re: 1AU=93 Million Miles

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Michael Gmirkin — 9/8/2006 3:58:10 AM (archived)

Fair enough. Good info on Astronomical Units. :)

Now then, any clues on why the comas of comets often reach 1+ AU in length, and still remain filamentary and not diffuse clouds of gas? I'm just wagering a guess of magnetic self-constriction of their ionized sheaths (comas)?

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Comets versus asteroids? - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 9:05:30 PM
- 1AU=93 Million Miles - Mark Eby - 9/8/2006 2:46:46 AM
  - re: 1AU=93 Million Miles - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 4:31:14 AM
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  - re: 1AU=93 Million Miles - Michael Gmirkin - 9/8/2006 3:58:10 AM
- re: Oops. - Michael Gmirkin - 9/7/2006 9:07:41 PM

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