C/2012 S1 (ISON)

Author(s): John van Vliet

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Comet ISON, formally known as C/2012 S1, was a sungrazing comet from the Oort cloud discovered on 2012-Sept-21 by Vitaly Nevsky (Belarus) and Artyom Novichonok (Russia). It was initially predicted to become a bright comet by November 2013, however it didn't survive its perihelion and disintegrated instead

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