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Old 07-16-2011, 12:51 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by CaliforniaMama View Post
So, if the comet disintegrated over a 15 minute period, then why does the video (Tanalia's) show it going so stinkin' fast?

Still, pretty interesting stuff.
The video is not in real time, but is instead a series of images that span a fifteen minute period, or thereabouts. Usually, there's a time indicator incrementing somewhere in the frame that shows the period covered.
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