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Halley's Comet Portrayed On Ancient Coin
ABC.net ^ | 5-19-2004 | Heather Catchpole

Posted on 05/19/2004 2:14:39 PM PDT by blam

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To: skepsel

Actually, the coins I've found like that, all have the date 86 B.C. stamped right on them. But seriously, if astronomers can date Halley's Comet back to 240 B.C. with accuracy, and they know the comet appeared 12 years before the birth of Jesus -- then they ought to be able to peg the Savior's birth date just about to the day.

I guess I just don't see a comet on that hat. I'll have to get my magnifying glass. Hey, it's Merlin! Wait, wait, the inscription on the hatband reads ... I ... predict ... that ... gasoline ... prices ... will ... continue ... to ... climb ... to ... over ... four ... dollars ... per ... gallon ... by ... this ... time ... next ... year ... stop. I ... may ... look ... old ... and ... foolish ... to ... you ... but ... my ... offspring ... will ... hold ... the ... oil ... leases ... while ... you ... hold ... jeez, it looks like ... while ... you ... hold ... your ... breath ... stop. Nice guy, huh? Anyway, I always find it hard to believe that Jesus was a Capricorn.


21 posted on 05/19/2004 11:10:58 PM PDT by chickens (Just promotin' the diffusion of knowledge and understanding.)
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To: chickens

Huh?


22 posted on 05/19/2004 11:20:56 PM PDT by skepsel
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To: skepsel
"Wasn't there a nova recorded by the Chinese around the time of the Nativity, +/- a couple of years?"

This one?

" On July 4, 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers noted a "guest star" in the constellation Taurus; Simon Mitton lists 5 independent preserved Far-East records of this event (one of 75 authentic guest stars - novae and supernovae, excluding comets - systematically recorded by Chinese astronomers between 532 B.C. and 1064 A.D., according to Simon Mitton). This star became about 4 times brighter than Venus in its brightest light, or about mag -6, and was visible in daylight for 23 days. "

23 posted on 05/20/2004 2:45:43 AM PDT by blam
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24 posted on 03/24/2006 10:32:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Yes indeed, Civ updated his profile and links pages again, on Monday, March 6, 2006.)
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25 posted on 01/22/2010 4:56:37 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: Doctor Stochastic
Halley's comet is often misprounced. The word rhymes with vomit.

Veni, vidi, vomi...

26 posted on 01/22/2010 5:05:24 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 366 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: Calvin Locke
Yeah, but there was Hale-Bopp(?) in 1997 that put on quite the show.

I remember that, Mom and I went out one night to see it. In 1996, Hyukatake put on a decent show as well.
27 posted on 01/22/2010 5:05:34 PM PST by Nowhere Man (General James Mattoon Scott, where are you when we need you?)
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Halley rhymes with Sally.

Nope.

Holly...

28 posted on 01/22/2010 5:09:45 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 366 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: chickens
Anyway, I always find it hard to believe that Jesus was a Capricorn.

Agreed.

Pisces all the way...

29 posted on 01/22/2010 5:14:19 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 366 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: Calvin Locke

Halley's Comet appears in the skies over England in April 1066, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry.

30 posted on 01/22/2010 5:28:13 PM PST by MrsEmmaPeel (a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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To: blam

Good to see you’re posting again. Haven’t you been missing for a while?


31 posted on 01/22/2010 5:45:31 PM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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"Good to see you’re posting again. Haven’t you been missing for a while?"

Yup. I'm still missing. This was posted in 2004.

32 posted on 01/22/2010 6:18:08 PM PST by blam
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Note: this topic is from 5/19/2004. Thanks blam. Just an update.

33 posted on 02/29/2016 7:58:15 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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Note: this topic is from 5/19/2004. Thanks blam. Just an update.



34 posted on 02/29/2016 7:58:35 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Could the star shape on the king's crown be Halley's comet?

Nope.

35 posted on 02/29/2016 8:22:18 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tigran_Mets.jpg

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1110824.htm

http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0405073

http://astrogeo.oxfordjournals.org/content/45/4/4.6.short
http://astrogeo.oxfordjournals.org/content/45/4/4.6.extract.jpg
http://astrogeo.oxfordjournals.org/content/45/4/4.6.full
http://astrogeo.oxfordjournals.org/content/45/4/4.6.full.pdf


36 posted on 02/29/2016 9:40:05 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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