'Green Comet' to streak past Earth on Tuesday
Space scientists are keeping a close vigil on Comet Lulin, also known as the 'Green Comet', which will streak past the Earth on Tuesday.
Comet Lulin will pass within 38 million miles - 160 times farther than the moon - of the Earth and is expected to be visible to the naked eye. Discovered only a year ago, the comet gains its green colour from poisonous cyanogen and diatomic carbon gases in its atmosphere.
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Posted By phw On Tuesday, February 24th 2009 In SciTech | Tags: comet lulin, earth, green comet, NASA, scientist |
'Green Comet' to streak past Earth on Tuesday
Space scientists are keeping a close vigil on Comet Lulin, also known as the 'Green Comet', which will streak past the Earth on Tuesday.
Comet Lulin will pass within 38 million miles - 160 times farther than the moon - of the Earth and is expected to be visible to the naked eye. Discovered only a year ago, the comet gains its green colour from poisonous cyanogen and diatomic carbon gases in its atmosphere.
This will ... Read More
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Published in The Independent, it is definitely worth reading.
‘Since you were so kind as to greet us in London at Downing Street last month, the President would like to return the favour,” announces Major-General Rashid Qureshi, President Pervez Musharraf’s PR man over the phone. Only in Pakistan could the government’s head of spin be a retired major-general. He is referring to my last encounter with the President on 28 January – when, along with a 2,000-strong, placard-waving, slogan-jeering mob, I ... Read More
