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The largest comet ever seen

APR 13, 2010
Physics Today
SPACE.com : The 2007 Comet McNaught has been identified as the biggest comet measured to date, according to scientists, whose calculations were based on the comet’s overall influence in space.
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Comet P1 McNaught, taken from Swifts Creek, Victoria, Australia
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