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Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin)

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« Reply #30 on: January 06, 2009, 10:17:18 pm »

I think the hits on this thread are going to sky rocket in the weeks ahead. It will probably be our biggest yet!
I think so too. This topic will me more popular than 2 December conjunctions. 
I hope we'll see here many reports and images in the month ahead. Smiley

From Sky&Telescope article
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The comet is on a nearly parabolic orbit, suggesting that it has never been greatly perturbed by the planets at all. Yet its orbital inclination is 178.4°, meaning that it's orbiting in the opposite direction from the planets just 1.6— from the ecliptic plane.
If it crosses ecliptic and passes close to Earth, can it cause a meteor shower?

P.S. The weather gives me a chance for the next morning, but it will be a hard one: -23C is already outside Shocked
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