That’s the chemical compound that gives raspberries their unique odor.
Oh, Okay....
Posted on 07/18/2013 9:48:26 AM PDT by Sopater
About 10,000 years ago, Comet ISON left our solar system's distant shell, a region known as the Oort cloud, and began streaking toward the sun. This November, the icy wanderer will reach the climax of its journey, potentially providing a stunning skywatching show here on Earth.
Comet ISON was discovered just last September by two Russian amateur astronomers. Scientists have since recognized ISON as a possible "comet of the century," but to live up to its promise, it will have to survive its dangerous perihelion, or closest approach to the sun.
ISON is what's known as a sungrazing comet. These suicidal objects have orbits that bring them within 850,000 miles of the sun, and scientists estimate that ISON's closest pass will be about 730,000 miles above the surface of Earth's star.
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>> Can anyone say “Kohoutek”? <<
No, I’m too young so that I’ve only seen it in print. Is it Kah-hu-tek or Ka-how-tek, or KOE-ha-tek?
Hale Bopp. PBTTTT.
I want to see a tail, not just a fuzzy dot.
PBTTTT?
I heard it as Kah ho tek
That’s the chemical compound that gives raspberries their unique odor.
Or how about Halley's Comet, which I thought would put on a spectacular show when it arrived in 1975. Instead, it looked like just another star.
“...when the comet runs” . . . The Seer Naustradamus foretold of the great war that would follow the appearance of the great comet. And as war reigns in Syria, Damascus shall cease to exist - and the great war shall begin...
oh woo is he who shall stand beneath the comet’s shadow on that horrible day. For then shall end the dominance of man and begin the second rule of demons. Fortunately, that will not last long.
One can only hope wonder how many more looney-tune New Age hope 'n changers will decide to 'jump on board' Heavens Gate-style.
From memory, Kah/KOE-hu-tek, depending on which anchor/reporter/guest astronomer was on the tube back then.
The music it inspired was more interesting than the comet itself.
This was their first album, pre-Steve Perry (a.k.a. Shrieking Vocalist).
No, I was kidding. It’s how you spell the noise made by a “raspberry.”
1975? Try 1986. It did breath new life into the telescope market for a while.
Bad Link.
-PJ
Hale-Bop was pretty cool
I had to drive far away from the city, because when I looked up (at my house) I saw nothing
I was expecting a small splotch of light with a tail- it was like 1/4 OF THE SKY!! at least 5 times the width of the full moon
For what it's worth, if predictions are accurate, no living person will have seen as bright a comet. I'm pretty excited.
Just curious.
I used a Russian-surplus light-intensifying scope, out in the country, and found I didn’t need it, but it did expand the apparent size to more like 1/3 the sky (IIRC).
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