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'Comet of the century' nears Earth
Fox News ^ | July 18, 2013 | Megan Gannon

Posted on 07/18/2013 9:48:26 AM PDT by Sopater

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About 10,000 years ago, Comet ISON left our solar system's distant shell, a region known as the Oort cloud...

Allegedly...
1 posted on 07/18/2013 9:48:26 AM PDT by Sopater
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To: Sopater

It’s true. I saw the video


2 posted on 07/18/2013 9:50:33 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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'Comet of the century'

LOL! It's kind of early in the century.

3 posted on 07/18/2013 9:51:00 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Skiddle-arink a-dink, a-dink, Skiddle-arink a-doo . . .)
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To: Sopater

Are you a creationist?


4 posted on 07/18/2013 9:51:06 AM PDT by Frapster (Clear the mechanism)
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To: Sopater

Well, give or take a day or two.

You know of course that these dates are only rough estimates.


5 posted on 07/18/2013 9:51:26 AM PDT by Sequoyah101
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I am hoping that it will be even more impressive that Hale-Bopp. That was one impressive looking comet.


6 posted on 07/18/2013 9:51:59 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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We have a precise orbit for ISON; and from that orbit we have a very good idea of where it came from and when it did.

The idea that science can say absolutely nothing about the past because something wasn’t witnessed is beyond silly.


7 posted on 07/18/2013 9:52:49 AM PDT by Strategerist
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Are you a creationist?

Why do you ask?

My point is that the Oort cloud is merely hypothesized.
8 posted on 07/18/2013 9:54:38 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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"comet of the century,"

Can anyone say "Kohoutek"?

9 posted on 07/18/2013 9:55:39 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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Can anyone say "Kohoutek"?

I did a report on Kohoutek in grade school because it was visible in the sky at that time... or so I'm told. I couldn't see it. ;-)
10 posted on 07/18/2013 9:59:44 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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It’s in revelations people!

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11 posted on 07/18/2013 10:00:10 AM PDT by Preston Manning (When standing on the edge of a cliff, a "giant step forward" is NOT progress!)
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We can ask Helen Thomas to confirm that. She was about 23 years old back then.

"Helen, communism totally rules doesn't it?"

"You said it Kenyan boy!"

12 posted on 07/18/2013 10:01:51 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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Speaking of comets of the century... what follows is nothing more than a shameless pimping of a book I wrote. It is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords. It begins when a giant meteor strikes the moon. Again, shameless pimping...apologies:

Under a Cloven Moon: Satanta Run

13 posted on 07/18/2013 10:02:51 AM PDT by AD from SpringBay (http://jonah2eight.blogspot.com/)
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We have a precise orbit for ISON; and from that orbit we have a very good idea of where it came from and when it did.

What about "how"?
14 posted on 07/18/2013 10:03:52 AM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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IIRC, Japan and points South had the best views. The Northern Hemisphere, not so much.


15 posted on 07/18/2013 10:05:22 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: AD from SpringBay
"Pimpin' ain't easy, but it's necessary..."
16 posted on 07/18/2013 10:06:43 AM PDT by EEGator
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I am hoping that it will be even more impressive that Hale-Bopp.

Ahh...memories. I remember watching it with a cheap Tasco telescope out the second floor window of our first house with my then 6 year old son.

He was enthralled. It got him hooked on science and astronomy for life. He's 2 years out of college now and we have some lively discussions about cosmology and theoretical physics when he visits.

17 posted on 07/18/2013 10:07:01 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Anywhere there is tyranny you will find that the people were first disarmed.)
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To: Sopater

Time to get some new Nikes.


18 posted on 07/18/2013 10:10:19 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: Sopater

Sharkcomet!


19 posted on 07/18/2013 10:11:32 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

my son and daughter watched as well - we printed out celestial sky charts and drew the comet in accordingly - we them made detailed notes about its brightness etc....it was quite spectacular - weve fortunately saved all of it - so we’ll just add to the book now


20 posted on 07/18/2013 10:15:25 AM PDT by Revelation 911 (hump scratching n'er do well.....all strung out on chicken wings and venison jerky)
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