Did anyone else find a bit of a problem with the author's statement from The Independent, "You could walk to the equator, kneel down and gather up handfuls of comet material to make snowballs, throw them in a direction against the comet's spin and watch them hang motionless in front of you."? The author is supposedly an astronomer - silly me, I thought astronomers had to have at least some understanding of Newtonian physics. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chrismo Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 12:18 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) Anyone had eyes on this one yet? The reports and predictions are pretty impressive! http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/brighter-than-a-full-moon-the-bigg est-star-of-2013-could-be-the-comet-of-the-century-8431443.html http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2012/09/25/new-comet-c2012-s1ison-could-be-sp ectacular-sight-in-fall-2013/ _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".