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Old 25-October-2007, 03:20 AM
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Or the alternative explanation, that a bone dry rock is "somehow" now sublimating it's "volatiles" (that are of course hidden from observation!) at an unprecedented rate! Whats the coma and tail showing as the main constitutes?
Bone-dry rock? So you've been on it, then?

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How do the comet "experts" explain via the sublimating dirtysnowball model such an intense outburst from a comet moving AWAY from the Sun?
Because it takes time for the heat from the outer surface to soak into the inner layers? Because a heavier outer layer has ablated away and exposed a more volatile patch? Because the changes in temperature weakened an icy covering, causing it to give way from the pressure of a gas pocket?
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