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Incredible Comet Now Bigger than the Sun

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by steve468 | November 15, 2007 at 11:56 am

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A comet that has delighted backyard astronomers in recent weeks after an unexpected eruption has now grown larger than the sun.
Comet Holmes has released so much gas and dust that its extended atmosphere, or coma, is larger than the diameter of the sun.

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at 12:25 on November 15th, 2007

Wow, that is just incredible! Thanks for the interesting article and links, very cool stuff.

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at 18:05 on November 15th, 2007

steve468, thats friggin awesome, thanks for the story

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