Posted on 03/25/2016 4:03:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin
On March 22, Comet P/2016 BA14 (Pan-STARRS) flew just 2.2 million miles (3.5 million kilometers) from Earth, making it the third closest comet ever recorded. The last time a comet appeared on our doorstep was in 1770, when Lexell’s Comet breezed by at about half that distance. Through a telescope, comet BA14 looked (and still looks) like a faint star, though time exposures reveal a short, weak tail. With an excellent map and large amateur telescope you might still find it making a bead across the Big Dipper and constellation Bootes tonight through the weekend.
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Looks like a 6-pack.
Hale-Bopp was quite a sight.
"Here, hold muh comet a minute, would ya?"
Flyby Comet Imaged By Radar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVzKlYWSd2U
Comet Kidney Stone is out there somewhere.
Comets are female Asteroids because they are eccentric and tend to have a tail.....
Well, we know that something like this will hit the earth someday.
The second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
Revelation 8: 8-9
This one however, was not much of a looker:
“comet BA14 looked like a faint star (like Mia Farrow), though time exposures reveal a short, weak tail.”
RE: “Comets are female Asteroids because they are eccentric and tend to have a tail...”
That's always seemed a bit haunting to me in that the beginnings of Earth were in meteorite bombardment.
On March 22, Comet P/2016 BA14 (Pan-STARRS) flew just 2.2 million miles (3.5 million kilometers) from Earth, making it the third closest comet ever recorded. The last time a comet appeared on our doorstep was in 1770, when Lexell's Comet breezed by at about half that distance.
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Boo hoo! You micro-meteorite agressed my feminine side. :<{
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