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Old November 20th 10, 06:51 AM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default Comet caught throwing basketball-sized snowballs

NASA's Deep Impact probe saw an armada of snowballs – some as large as
basketballs – fly off Comet Hartley 2 when it passed by the comet two
weeks ago. On 4 November, the probe whizzed by Comet Hartley 2 at a
distance of 700 kilometres.
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