Science and Exploration

Comet ISON approaches the Sun

By Marc Boucher
Status Report
November 28, 2013
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Comet ISON approaches the Sun
Comet ISON approaches the Sun
ESA and NASA.

SOHO image showing comet ISON approaching the Sun. ISON makes its closest approach on 28 November, when it will pass at a distance of 1.2 million kilometres above the Sun’s visible surface. SOHO’s instruments are expected to have a view of the comet as it passes through their fields-of-view.
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