Comet Elenin actually does appear to be fading away

http://www.universetoday.com/88927/comet-elenin-is-now-fading-away/


If Hoagland's theory of "intelligent design" of Elenin is correct, this could represent the loss of an outer cometary shell of material, leaving behind something small, artificial, and hard to see, unless it decides to "do something". Or of course it could be just "going out with a whimper", leaving us to wonder what we got excited about. The "great alignment" in in ten days; the closest approach, if there is anything left to approach, is in October.