“Green comet expected to bring meteor shower to UK - New York Post” |
| Green comet expected to bring meteor shower to UK - New York Post Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:31 AM PDT A green comet that is passing close to Earth this month could produce an impressive meteor shower over Britain and Ireland next week, astronomers predicted. Two fireballs have already been observed over the U.S. and Canada. NASA experts said that another shower may be visible in Britain next Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 2 and 3, as Comet Hartley 2 makes one of the closest approaches to Earth by a comet in centuries. Just 11 million miles away, it was closest last Wednesday and appeared as a fuzzy glow through small telescopes. Warmed by the sun, it revealed a green gaseous shell and a tail of ejected dust -- the material that burns up as meteors or shooting stars. The comet was discovered by British-born professional astronomer Malcolm Hartley from Siding Spring, Australia. NASA's Deep Impact probe will fly past Hartley 2 next Thursday and is expected to send back dramatic photos of its rocky nucleus. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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