[no-to-illegals]

Have not been keeping up with ISON and was unaware. Those comets are real bruisers. The one which hit Jupiter made a hole the size of nearly Earth if not as large as Earth. Happy New Year, djf! May our homes dodge another bullet from space. Would surmise we have been extremely lucky for a long long time. Don’t know when our time will be up but it is for certain the cosmic universe holds wonders we humans will never understand and if we do ever become close to knowing or understanding anything those cosmic bullets may come in droves. The demons like throwing things ... LOL.

[djf]

The only bit of luck we might have is ISON is currently North of the ecliptic plane. Soon, it will pass south of the plane. As it comes absolutely the closest to Earths orbit (Earth won't be there - yet) it will be northbound and out into almost interstellar space. That's all premised on it surviving at all!

Therefore, it might be that any objects due to hit us might be traveling in a north (somewhat - very obliquely) direction and impact in the southern hemisphere.

Well, we can hope...

I'm just hoping for a good viewing. The most excellent comet viewing ever for me was Comet Bennet in 1970.

[Mike Darancette]

The one which hit Jupiter made a hole the size of nearly Earth if not as large as Earth. Happy New Year, djf!

Shoemaker-Levy 9 made lots of holes.