Comet Smacked Neptune 200 Years Ago, Data Suggests [2010]

Space dot com ^ | July 23, 2010 | Denise Chow

[dfwgator]

Comet
It will make your teeth turn green

Comet
It tastes like gasoline

Comet
It will make you vomit

So get some Comet, and vomit, today!

[SunkenCiv]

Uh, the answer is in the article. Also, Neptune was only identified as a planet in 1845, and close up pics are only a few decades old.

[SunkenCiv]

Takes me back. The Addams Family parody was going through my head the other day.

[Billthedrill]

At least it didn’t smack.....that other planet out there...

Yup. Last thing we'd need is a new ring around...you know...

[Az Joe]

I read some of it. Just thought some Chinese star gazer might have noticed a bright smudge in the sky for a second or two.

[SunkenCiv]

Good call, but the kaboom probably wouldn’t have been visible from Earth, even with the largest telescopes, which weren’t in China at that time.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_astronomy