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Madrid. (EP) -. The TV NASA relays , Thursday, live step Comet ISON next to Sun . Which may be one of the most important scientific events of the year, can be followed through the web www.nasa.gov between 19.00 and 21.30 hours (Spanish time).
During that time, the rock will go just 1.1 million kilometers above the Sun’s surface in a cosmic maneuver that scientists around the world have been anticipating since the discovery of the comet in September 2012. Now the consequences of this step is expected. If ISON disintegrates or survives and becomes the brightest object ever seen from Earth, so far.
For this to happen, in early December, will see the rock from anywhere on the planet and at first sight, without telescopes or binoculars. Despite retransmission over the Internet, NASA scientists have said that “it will be difficult to predict exactly” is happening during the approach to the Sun
The U.S. space agency and the European Space Agency (ESA) have put their different missions dedicated to studying the star, recording the whole process in order to obtain all possible information about the comet.
ISON is making his first visit to the inner solar system from distant and icy Oort Cloud. Scientists say is a relatively pristine body, hence their study could reveal many details about the solar system, about how it was created and how it has evolved to the formation of planets.
“The Comet ISON is a relic,” he pointed from NASA, which has been compared to a dinosaur bone formation of the Solar System. “Comets are needed to build planets, and this comet has been in the freezer in the Oort Cloud from 4,500 million years ago,” says the agency.
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