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Comet ISON Is Hurtling Toward The Sun At A Tremendous 48,000 mph
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 7:52
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July 3,2013 – This July Fourth the solar system is showing off some fireworks of its own.
Superficially resembling a skyrocket, comet ISON is hurtling toward the sun presently at a whopping 48,000 mph.
Its swift motion is captured in this time-lapse movie made from a sequence of pictures by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. At the time the images were taken, the comet was 403 million miles from Earth, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Watch the video: Comet ISON Is Hurtling Toward The Sun At A Tremendous 48,000 mph
Comet ISON Is Hurtling Toward The Sun At A Tremendous 48,000 mph
The movie shows a sequence of Hubble observations taken over a 43-minute span and compresses this into just five seconds.
The comet travels 34,000 miles in this brief video, or 7 percent of the distance between Earth and the moon.
The deep-space visitor streaks silently against the background stars.
This false-color, visible-light image was taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Unlike a firework, the comet is not combusting, but in fact is pretty cold. Its skyrocket-looking tail is really a streamer of gas and dust bleeding off the icy nucleus, which is surrounded by a bright star-like-looking coma.
The pressure of the solar wind sweeps the material into a tail, like a breeze blowing a windsock.
