The Watchers - 20 April 2013 - by Chiffre
As comet ISON is approaching for its close encounter with the sun in November, 2013, excitement and anticipation are rising. Already being named the potential “Comet of the century” by some, because of the show it might put on for stargazers all over our planet, ISON might have yet one more surprise for us.
An observation of the comet in January 2013 by NASA’s Swift spacecraft, when ISON was still near the orbit of Jupiter, showed that it was already very active. The comet was ejecting more than 112,000 pounds of dust from its nucleus every minute. It looks like some of that dust might end up on Earth.
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