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Big comet plunging toward our Sun
Spaceweather.com ^ | 4-16-04 | Orlando

Posted on 04/16/2004 1:17:04 PM PDT by Orlando

Comet Bradfield is plunging toward the sun; at closest approach on April 17th it will be well inside the orbit of Mercury. Sun-approaching comets sometimes break-apart. Will Comet Bradfield survive? No one knows.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: allyourmeltedcomets; arebelongtous; asteroid; bradfield; callingartbell; comet; cometbradfield; endoftheworld; nasa; soho; space; sun; wearedoomed
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This comet looks big to me ? Should be interesting to see what happens on April 17th ? Here's a realtime link:

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/c3/512

1 posted on 04/16/2004 1:17:05 PM PDT by Orlando
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To: Orlando
Will Comet Bradfield survive?

It doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell.

Oh, wait, it IS a snowball...

2 posted on 04/16/2004 1:19:15 PM PDT by dirtboy (John Kerry - Hillary without the fat ankles and the FBI files...)
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To: Orlando
Here's real-time images.


http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/realtime-c3.html
3 posted on 04/16/2004 1:19:42 PM PDT by Orlando (www.mensnewsdaily.com, www.mensactivism.org (Support Fathers/Veteran Rights)
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To: Orlando; RadioAstronomer
Will this mean a greater chance for aurora's visible in lower latitudes?
4 posted on 04/16/2004 1:21:52 PM PDT by Ignatz (Britney Spears: The other white meat.)
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To: Orlando
spaceweather.com

"Expect overnight clearing with comet fragments in the morning, followed by solar flares."

""Wait a sec...there is no 'overnight' in space. Hey, who's writing this copy?"

5 posted on 04/16/2004 1:25:46 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Spirit of '76 bttt!)
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To: Ignatz
i don't know ?
I wonder if this comet is going to hit the sun ?
It looks big ?
6 posted on 04/16/2004 1:26:13 PM PDT by Orlando (www.mensnewsdaily.com, www.mensactivism.org (Support Fathers/Veteran Rights)
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To: Ignatz
Will this mean a greater chance for aurora's visible in lower latitudes?

Uhhh... comets don't cause auroras... Coronal mass ejections do.

7 posted on 04/16/2004 1:26:13 PM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Orlando
This is almost certain to usher in the next ice age in dramatic style. Hang on to your meatloaf.
8 posted on 04/16/2004 1:27:20 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Orlando
Could it be visible to the eye or binocs? Probably viewable close to sunrise/sunset if at all.
9 posted on 04/16/2004 1:28:20 PM PDT by Semper Paratus
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To: Fester Chugabrew
We're DOOMED!
10 posted on 04/16/2004 1:28:50 PM PDT by socal_parrot
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To: headsonpikes
NASA ?
11 posted on 04/16/2004 1:29:19 PM PDT by Orlando (www.mensnewsdaily.com, www.mensactivism.org (Support Fathers/Veteran Rights)
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To: socal_parrot
lol, I hope not :)
12 posted on 04/16/2004 1:31:06 PM PDT by Orlando (www.mensnewsdaily.com, www.mensactivism.org (Support Fathers/Veteran Rights)
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To: Orlando
Somehow, this will be blamed on SUVs.
13 posted on 04/16/2004 1:31:24 PM PDT by SpyGuy
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To: Orlando
So what's the over/under before someone posts a

WE'RE DOOMED!

Well that took care of that.

14 posted on 04/16/2004 1:32:25 PM PDT by N. Theknow
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To: SpyGuy
No, George W. Bush is responsible.
15 posted on 04/16/2004 1:32:39 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: N. Theknow
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16 posted on 04/16/2004 1:33:12 PM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (Stay safe in the "sandbox", cuz!)
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To: dirtboy
It's Bushes fault!

L

17 posted on 04/16/2004 1:33:37 PM PDT by Lurker ("Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite"-Robert Heinlein)
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To: socal_parrot
You are right
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1003210/posts
18 posted on 04/16/2004 1:33:39 PM PDT by Truth666
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To: Orlando
"Ted Striker's got more guts in his little finger than most of us do in our large intestine, including the colon!"
19 posted on 04/16/2004 1:34:05 PM PDT by steveo (Wagonqueen Family Truckster - You think you hate it now... just wait until you drive it!)
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To: dirtboy; aculeus; general_re; dighton; hellinahandcart; Constitution Day
Will Comet Bradfield survive?

Sure, as long as it approaches the sun at night.

20 posted on 04/16/2004 1:34:23 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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