Posted by Denis Buczynski at 10:07 on 2012 Nov 03
There has been further evidence of the break up of this comet with news of observations from the Mauna Kea in this press release. "Using the National Optical Astronomy Observatory’s Gemini North Telescope on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, we have resolved that the nucleus of the comet has separated into at least four distinct pieces resulting in a large increasein dust material in its coma." http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-349Denis Buczynski