Usually a sun-grazer, a comet approaching the Sun, reaches the end of its life as it gets closer and closer to the Sun. It burns or maybe evaporates. Like what we saw past July for a sun-grazer for the first time.
This was not the case for the Lovejoy comet, which was discovered just this November! As all eyes were on Lovejoy, it defied expectations, and stayed alive! Worthy of its name, Lovejoy lives on!
References:
[1]http://geeked.gsfc.nasa.gov/
[2]http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/16/lovejoy-lives/
[3] http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/track-comet.html
[4] http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/comet-streaks-sun.html
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