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Comment A Tail's Tale (Score 1) 62

The linked gif "http://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/9-small-bodies/2013/20131128_ison_lasco-c2_20131129_0013_c2_1024.gif" seems to show the debris "tail" mostly flowing back along the comet's direction of travel, with some off-axis blow evident in the later post-encounter image. I would have expected the "tail" to always be pointing *away* from the sun as it made this fly-by. Derp?

-DC

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