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Garrettishere6 karma

When are we gonna get a BigC & Multa Ell reunion?

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Maximum heliocentric velocity (fastest an object can go relative to the sun) is determined by semimajor axis and eccentricity. Comets have a high eccentricity (~1) and a large semimajor axis. This means their orbit brings them really far away from the sun and then really close which gives them a lot of time to pick up speed (in a sense).

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Where can members of the general public go to see ISON or find information on how to locate it themselves?

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As you guys very well know, there's been a ton of speculation about whether ISON will break up over the next few days. What's your take? And if there's no way of knowing, what do you want to happen?