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Boozy comet leaves '500 bottles of wine per second' trail in its wake
ninemsn ^
| 27/10/2015
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Posted on 10/26/2015 7:26:54 PM PDT by Fred Nerks
A comet with the nickname Happy Hour leaves a boozy trail equivalent to "500 bottles of wine per second" in its wake as it shoots through space.
Scientists studying the comet, known as Lovejoy, have found its glowing trail is made up of alcohol and sugar.
A study published by a group of scientists from NASA and European agencies observed the unusual comet as it rocketed alongside the sun on January 30, NASA reports.
"You have alcohol and sugar, so that can lead to a 'happy hour' name, but I would not recommend anyone drink this water," team researcher Darek Lis said.
The IRAM 30-meter radio telescope where the scientists researched Lovejoy. (Photo: Nicolas Biver)
The organic compounds released by Happy Hour include ethyl alcohol, which is commonly found in alcoholic beverages, and a sugar called glycoaldehyde.
It is the first time these compounds have been observed in a comet.
Happy Hour is one of the most active comets to be discovered since the Hale-Bopp comet in 1997.
When it was observed near the sun, Lovejoy released about 20 tons of water a second.
© ninemsn 2015
TOPICS: Astronomy; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; catastrophism; comet; cometlovejoy; comets; electricuniverse; ethanol; glycoaldehyde; greencomet; greentail; happyhour; hydrocarbons; lovejoy; napl; oenology; science; space; zymurgy
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To: dfwgator
Woah. Flashback to elementary school. Haha.
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posted on
10/26/2015 10:07:34 PM PDT
by
DigitalVideoDude
(It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit. -Ronald Reagan)
To: tophat9000
ethyl alcohol... I thought that was a byproduct of yeast (life) fermentation digesting sugar not a naturally occurring substance...? You are committing a logical fallacy.
Fermentation is ONE possible cause of the formation of alcohol.
Other chemical reactions having nothing to do with "life" have likewise been observed to produce alcohol.
Regards,
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posted on
10/26/2015 10:18:30 PM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: dfwgator
Haven’t heard that one in a while!
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posted on
10/26/2015 10:47:58 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
To: Fred Nerks
Wine weighs about 8.27 pounds/gallon.
40,000 lbs. per second would be 4,837 gallons of wine/sec.
At 0.2 gallons per bottle (one fifth of a gallon) that would
be 24,200 bottles/sec.
These must be the guys that augered that probe into Mars
when they used metric and english measurements witthout converting them.
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posted on
10/26/2015 11:43:18 PM PDT
by
alpo
To: Fred Nerks
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posted on
10/26/2015 11:50:15 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: Jet Jaguar; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Now we know where Thunderbird comes from.
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posted on
10/27/2015 1:25:33 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
10/27/2015 1:30:25 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
To: Fred Nerks
All of life is alcoholic!
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posted on
10/27/2015 1:30:34 AM PDT
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:21:06 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
To: Fred Nerks
In space no-one can hear you belch!
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posted on
10/27/2015 2:26:09 AM PDT
by
mitch5501
("make your calling and election sure:for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")
To: Slings and Arrows
LOL ...R-A-C-H-E-LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!?!
Longtimenosee. ;)
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posted on
10/27/2015 3:22:31 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
To: Fred Nerks; 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
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posted on
10/27/2015 3:41:07 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: Fred Nerks
They should rename the comet Comet Boehner
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posted on
10/27/2015 5:05:14 AM PDT
by
stbdside
To: dfwgator
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posted on
10/27/2015 5:19:32 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Will Hillary's testimony on Benghazi be under oath? Baseball players were tried for perjury.)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
10/27/2015 10:37:53 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg | Instagram: hopalonginsberg)
To: Fred Nerks
"...glowing trail is made up of alcohol and sugar."
That was me 23 years ago....
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posted on
10/27/2015 10:58:27 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: Slings and Arrows
Classic memes R always *edgy*. ;)
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posted on
10/27/2015 12:07:27 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
To: Psalm 73
...that was me too...specifically rum and coca cola
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posted on
10/27/2015 5:32:56 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(Fair Dinkum!)
To: Fred Nerks; al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...
I’m guessing that this comet is a prank by extraterrestrial college students from an advanced civilization.
DANG!
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posted on
10/27/2015 5:47:06 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
To: Fred Nerks; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ...
"Dude, we've been to that comet, like, SIX TIMES, bro!"
PING!
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posted on
10/27/2015 5:53:04 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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