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To: Justa

As I understand it, there is no more Comet Ison. There are I nly the pieces formerly known as Comet Ison. If this is not so my post is inoperative. If there are only pieces left, all former predictions of the trajectory are inoperative.


85 posted on 12/05/2013 12:27:31 PM PST by ez (Muslims do not play well with others.)
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To: ez

Not true.
The pieces will continue to follow the orbital path.
Nothing has changed except that there are now pieces.
The bits of Shoemaker-Levy 9 didn’t magically change path, they continued to “wagon train” along the same path.


87 posted on 12/05/2013 12:30:21 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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http://www.psc.edu/science/MacLow/CometOrbit.html

Shoemaker-levy 9.
Note that the chunks didn’t follow “magic” orbits but continued on to impact Jupiter.


89 posted on 12/05/2013 12:38:51 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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IF we do see any kind of meteor shower from Ison, it will be the week of January 14 or so give or take two days.
AND the shower will be from Isons descending inbound orbit, NOT the ascending outbound orbit.


92 posted on 12/05/2013 12:45:27 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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