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Old November 2nd 07, 12:30 AM posted to uk.sci.astronomy,sci.astro.amateur
ThomA
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Default Holmes coma detail - October 30th


Yes. The flux decreases 4 X's at double the distance. So some 200
watts/m** would
be rather warm.



At its current distance from the Sun of 2.5 AU, it is still perfectly
capable of absorbing enough energy to vaporize many common compounds if
they were suddenly exposed at the surface by a shift of material (comet
quake) or a low energy collision with co-orbital material.