Re: [BAA Comets] Possible 12P outburst on or before Nov 14.75
Nick James 15 Nov 2023 20:37 UTC
Richard,
This comet has been to perihelion many times so it is very unlikely that
anything catastrophic would happen to it on this return. It is a big
nucleus, probably > 20km diameter, and these events are pretty small
compared to its size.
Nick.
On 15/11/2023 20:08, Richard Miles - rmiles.btee at btinternet.com (via
baa-comet list) wrote:
> Tony,
> The big question is will the nucleus survive this without fragmenting. If it does break up then it would have been an ‘explosion’ but I suspect we’ll see more events to witness.
>
> Richard