[meteorite-list] Newly Spotted Comet Will Soon Grace Night Skies (Comet C/2002 C1 - Ikeya-Zhang)

From: almitt <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:07 2004
Message-ID: <3C73F43D.D610BD1_at_kconline.com>

Hi Ron and all,

Ron Baalke wrote:

>>The 1986 appearance of Halley's comet, considered disappointing by many,<<
>>also peaked at around magnitude 3.0<<


Although the news media hyped up Comet Halley, comparing it to its 1910 return which was
favorable, to most astronomers the brightness was much better than expected even though it
wasn't a favorable return that year and being farther from the Earth. So generally people
were disappointed, thanks to the news media but astronomers weren't disappointed with the
show overall.

--AL
Received on Wed 20 Feb 2002 02:08:45 PM PST