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Big comet plunging toward our Sun
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| 4-16-04
| Orlando
Posted on 04/16/2004 1:17:04 PM PDT by Orlando
Comet Bradfield is plunging toward the sun; at closest approach on April 17th it will be well inside the orbit of Mercury. Sun-approaching comets sometimes break-apart. Will Comet Bradfield survive? No one knows.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: allyourmeltedcomets; arebelongtous; asteroid; bradfield; callingartbell; comet; cometbradfield; endoftheworld; nasa; soho; space; sun; wearedoomed
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To: SpyGuy
this will be blamed on SUVs Bush
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posted on
04/16/2004 1:34:55 PM PDT
by
ninenot
(Minister of Membership, TomasTorquemadaGentlemen'sClub)
To: socal_parrot
O M G ! the mother ship is out of control and plunging into the sun! We Aurellians will never be rescued!
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posted on
04/16/2004 1:35:18 PM PDT
by
RicocheT
To: Lurker
It's Bushes fault!STAY OUT OF DA BUSHES!
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posted on
04/16/2004 1:35:46 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Darkdrake Lives!)
To: N. Theknow
That sort of low realization that we're doomed is going to get us all killed. Be quicker next time!
To: Orlando
We're doomed! DOOMED!
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posted on
04/16/2004 1:36:57 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: socal_parrot
Sorry
Does this make up for my tardiness?
To: Thinkin' Gal
AAAAAH!!!
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posted on
04/16/2004 1:38:39 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
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To: N. Theknow
lol, Does anybody out-there know the size of this comet ?
I know the little circle in the soho image represent the Sun size. hmm?
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posted on
04/16/2004 1:40:32 PM PDT
by
Orlando
(www.mensnewsdaily.com, www.mensactivism.org (Support Fathers/Veteran Rights)
To: Izzy Dunne
Yes, I know that. Could pieces of the comet hitting the sun cause the coronal mass ejections?
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posted on
04/16/2004 1:40:55 PM PDT
by
Ignatz
(Britney Spears: The other white meat.)
To: Orlando
I can hear the tour guide on the comet now.....here comes the sun, do en do do, here comes the sun and I say - it's all right......
To: Orlando
Will the Enterprise reach it in time? Its the only ship in the quadrant!
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posted on
04/16/2004 1:43:53 PM PDT
by
isom35
To: Orlando
I wonder if this comet is going to hit the sun ?
.....
The comet will be assimilated as will all other matter orbiting the sun.
Gravity is inexorable.
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posted on
04/16/2004 1:46:19 PM PDT
by
bert
(Save People.... Kill Terrorists)
To: Professional Engineer
ping
33
posted on
04/16/2004 1:47:33 PM PDT
by
msdrby
(US Veterans: All give some, but some give all.)
To: Ignatz
Could pieces of the comet hitting the sun cause the coronal mass ejections? I suppose it's possible they would trigger one, but since CMEs happen already without comets, it wouldn't be a cause.
You might be interested in SpaceWeather.com.
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posted on
04/16/2004 1:47:43 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Orlando
Historical photo document, April 16 2004 - largest comet ever hitting the sun
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posted on
04/16/2004 1:50:00 PM PDT
by
Truth666
To: Orlando
Women, children and minorities hit hardest...
To: N. Theknow
I have replaced the F12 key on my keyboard with this...
To: Semper Paratus; Howlin; petuniasevan; RadioAstronomer; Molly Pitcher; Miss Marple; MozartLover
From the linked article:
Telescopes on Earth can't see the comet because of the sun's glare. But the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a spacecraft with sun-blocking coronagraphs, can. Comet Bradfield entered SOHO's field of view earlier today. If Comet Bradfield survives and emerges from the sun's glare, northern sky watchers can see it beginning April 24th. It will join Comet LINEAR (C/2002 T7) in the constellation Pisces, just above the eastern horizon at dawn. Both comets could be visible to the unaided eye.
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posted on
04/16/2004 1:59:18 PM PDT
by
kayak
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To: Orlando
I don't want to cause a panic here or anything, but what if the comet extinguishes (or in layman's terms, "puts out") the sun? That's all for now, going to the store to pick up some extra lightbulbs just in case.
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posted on
04/16/2004 2:06:44 PM PDT
by
searchandrecovery
(Ward Cleaver - "A thing is either right or it's wrong".)
To: searchandrecovery; hchutch
I don't want to cause a panic here or anything, but what if the comet extinguishes (or in layman's terms, "puts out") the sun?We'll launch a Titan IV out of Vandenberg with a really big match...
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posted on
04/16/2004 2:07:51 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Darkdrake Lives!)
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