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If The Sun Doesn’t Blast It, Comet ISON Will Soon Light Up The Sky
CBS ^ | September 10, 2013 5:35 PM | Mike Shuh

Posted on 09/10/2013 6:24:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin

BALTIMORE (WJZ)— A comet looping behind the sun could emerge this fall as a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle, or it may not. Mike Schuh has more on what he calls the “intergalactic snowball.”

Educators have a different take.

“It’s called Comet ISON,” said Jim O’Leary of the Maryland Science Center.

NASA provided an image of ISON (agove). It has a small head and a big tail.

“That tail can get tens of millions of miles long, so it’s huge,” O’Leary said.

And if it doesn’t bust apart it will be visible for weeks, from December in through January.

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimore.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy
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1 posted on 09/10/2013 6:24:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Soon to be renamed “St. Trayvon”.


2 posted on 09/10/2013 6:26:30 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: doc1019

Hmmmm.

I’m thinking that these kind of comments are why the previous thread went “poof”


3 posted on 09/10/2013 6:29:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Either that or the thread got too close to the sun.


4 posted on 09/10/2013 6:33:45 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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To: BenLurkin

Mayhap you are right, mayhap you are wrong ... speculation without proof is just that, speculation.

Not sure which thread was pulled ... all the ones I have been privy to concerning a new comet are still around.


5 posted on 09/10/2013 6:41:47 PM PDT by doc1019
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To: BenLurkin
It has a small head and a big tail.

Sounds like any number of Democrats, from Michael Moore to Michelle Obama.

6 posted on 09/10/2013 6:42:35 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: doc1019

Only if the sun blasts it then okay


7 posted on 09/10/2013 7:00:09 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: BenLurkin

THis is the big one, Elizabeth!! (/rfoxx)


8 posted on 09/10/2013 7:03:19 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --)
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Hubble's view of Comet ISON (C/2012 S1) on April 10, 2013. This image was taken in visible light.
The blue false color was added to bring out details in the comet structure.
Credit:NASA, ESA, J.-Y. Li (Planetary Science Institute),
and the Hubble Comet ISON Imaging Science Team


9 posted on 09/10/2013 7:26:23 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --)
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To: BenLurkin
NASA provided an image of ISON (agove). It has a small head and a big tail.

Seen it.


10 posted on 09/10/2013 7:35:44 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Play the 'Knockout Game' with someone owning a 9mm and you get what you deserve)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Excellent!


11 posted on 09/10/2013 7:46:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: VeniVidiVici

That can’t be it, that one has a big head and even bigger tail!


12 posted on 09/10/2013 7:56:56 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Jeremiah Jr; Yehuda

Comet eyes-on SION ping.


13 posted on 09/10/2013 8:00:59 PM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: BenLurkin
if it doesn’t bust apart

If it flies to close to the sun they should rename it, Comet Icarus!
14 posted on 09/11/2013 12:38:05 AM PDT by redheadtoo
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To: BenLurkin; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; ...

Thanks BenLurkin, extra to APoD.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3065213/posts


15 posted on 09/11/2013 3:40:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: VeniVidiVici

*guffaw*


16 posted on 09/11/2013 7:21:33 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

If the sun doesn't blast it it would not be possible to "light up the sky". The author has to realize it is the sun "blasting it" that makes comets light up, right??


17 posted on 09/11/2013 7:23:08 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: doc1019
>"Soon to be renamed “St. Trayvon”.

I wonder how much I owe his momma for my reproductions of her son's trademarked likeness every morning?

18 posted on 09/11/2013 7:56:07 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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To: doc1019
Little head and big tail?

I was thinking along the lines of Komet kardashian.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

19 posted on 09/11/2013 8:08:35 AM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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