Comet ISON: Latest Data Shows ISON will Dissolve Soon - NASA's CIOC Says NO

The 2013 Comet ISON’s closest approach to planet Mars last October 1 had built up the excitement for a remarkable display but the “Comet of the Century” was not able to meet the expectations of the scientists in-charge with the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE camera. Astronomer Ignacio Ferrin from FACom, Universidad de Antioquia gave his evaluation on the latest Comet ISON data and discovered signs on its “imminent demise.”

Mr Ferrin uses the “secular light curves” in featuring the brightness history of a comet and he believes Comet ISON will dissolve soon. “The light curve of the comet showed a slowdown event characterized by a constant brightness with no sign of a brightness increase tendency,” the astronomer declared.

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Ignacio Ferrin further added that the slowdown of Comet ISON started Jan. 13, 2013 and it continued until the last observations made in September. “For nine months or more than 270 days, the brightness of ISON has remained constant, a behaviour without any example in cometary astronomy and that is a troubling sign for the survival of the comet,” Mr Ferrin explained. 

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 http://astronomia.udea.edu.co/cometspage/index.html#1._THE_SECULAR_LIGHT_CURVES

CIOC – NASA Comet ISON Observing Campaign http://www.isoncampaign.org/