[meteorite-list] Holmes17P

[Marco Langbroek]

> Hello list,
> It seems that Comet Holmes 17P still has a few surprises
> up it's sleave.
> Check this link out.
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311868,00.html
> 
> 
> Pete

Hi Pete,

As Jerry already noted, this is "old news". In the meantime comet 17P/Holmes has 
grown even bigger, and the comet's coma is currently over 5.5 million km wide or 
4 times the size of the sun:

http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2007/12/comet-17pholmes-coma-now-over-55.html

- Marco

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