[meteorite-list] OT: triple planetary conjunction + comet visible in SOHO

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Sep 29 15:17:28 2004
Message-ID: <AF564D2B9D91D411B9FE00508BF1C86904EE60A7_at_US-Torrance.mail.saic.com>

Hi All,

On this the day of Toutatis' closest approach, you might want to check
out the nice planetary conjunction between Jupiter, Mars and Mercury:

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/javagif/gifs/20040929_0442_c3.g
if

The triplet is to the right of the sun; the dimmest is Mars. Of the
bright pair, Mercury is on top, Jupiter below.

Comet C/2003 K4 (LINEAR) is also visible in this image on the other side
of the sun, about 1" in from the left border, a little above the center.
Look for 4 "dots" in a roughly equally spaced line, slanted slightly up
to the right. Moving from left to right, the first two dots are noise;
the third fuzzier looking dot is the comet, and the fourth dot is a star.

--Rob
Received on Wed 29 Sep 2004 01:04:31 PM PDT