THE COMET

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C17/P Holmes is now the largest object in the Solar system:


GIANT COMET: "Formerly, the sun was the largest object in the Solar System," says University of Hawaii astronomer David Jewett. "Now, Comet 17P/Holmes holds that distinction." On Nov. 9th, a team of Hawaii astronomers led by Rachel Stevenson measured the diameter of the comet's expanding debris cloud: 1.4 million kilometers, slightly larger than the sun itself.



This composite image prepared by Jewett shows a Nov. 9th photo of the comet beside the sun and Saturn for scale. To photograph the comet, Stevenson et al used the 3.6 meter Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope atop Mauna Kea, "one of the few professional instruments still capable of capturing the whole comet in one image," notes Jewett.

From SpaceWeather.com

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C17/P Holmes is now the largest object in the Solar system:


GIANT COMET: "Formerly, the sun was the largest object in the Solar System," says University of Hawaii astronomer David Jewett. "Now, Comet 17P/Holmes holds that distinction." On Nov. 9th, a team of Hawaii astronomers led by Rachel Stevenson measured the diameter of the comet's expanding debris cloud: 1.4 million kilometers, slightly larger than the sun itself.



This composite image prepared by Jewett shows a Nov. 9th photo of the comet beside the sun and Saturn for scale. To photograph the comet, Stevenson et al used the 3.6 meter Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope atop Mauna Kea, "one of the few professional instruments still capable of capturing the whole comet in one image," notes Jewett.

From SpaceWeather.com

What are the chances of this thing either hitting us or causing any type of gravitational interferance with the orbit of the Earth??

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What are the chances of this thing either hitting us or causing any type of gravitational interferance with the orbit of the Earth??

None. It's size is large, but the density of it's coma is next to nothing. There is a link to a page with an applet on the other page that demonstrates the orbit of the comet. This thing orbits between Jupiter and Mars. So, there is no chance of it hitting the Earth.