A comet predicted to light up the sky in 2024 may already be doomed

[Admin]

While some comet experts think Comet Tsunchinchan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) will "soon be no longer," others think it's doing just fine.

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[Unclear Engineer]

I would have appreciated some more science in the description of Dr. Sekanina's "three main reasons that he believes that the comet is all but finished." There is a colon after that sentence, but then the story switches to how well respected he is and what others disagree with him about. Was something edited out of the story? Readers seem to have to glean from the disagreements what Dr, Sekanina's data and logic are that support his conclusion.

 

[JustPassingThrough]

08/10/2024 @ 6:30am The 'INTRUDER' (And yes we must treat this as an intruder) appears to be equally level with Earths orbit, while aligning with our Star as well. It's intentions are not apparent/transparent, but seem's as if it is rolling through the wrong hood so to speak. Shoot it down. What ever it is...

 

[COLGeek]

08/10/2024 @ 6:30am The 'INTRUDER' (And yes we must treat this as an intruder) appears to be equally level with Earths orbit, while aligning with our Star as well. It's intentions are not apparent/transparent, but seem's as if it is rolling through the wrong hood so to speak. Shoot it down. What ever it is...

Assuming this is a serious comment (?), just how would you propose doing this?

Shooting down is a bit of a misnomer. Assuming you could disrupt the core, what do you suggest for the all the bits that remain?