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NASA Prepares for Potentially Damaging 2011 Meteor Shower
Space.com ^
| June 16th, 2010
Posted on 06/19/2010 5:29:44 PM PDT by TaraP
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posted on
06/19/2010 5:29:44 PM PDT
by
TaraP
To: TaraP
***Current meteor forecast models project a strong Draconid outburst, possibly a full-blown storm, on Oct. 8, 2011***
Thank you God (After Nov. 2010 and before Nov. 2012)
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posted on
06/19/2010 5:33:16 PM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption)
To: TaraP
Bush’s Fault. (couldn’t resist)
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posted on
06/19/2010 5:35:35 PM PDT
by
SoldierDad
(Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
To: TaraP
Obama’ll get right on it! As long as it doesn’t interfere with tee time. Or parties. Or ice cream trips...
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posted on
06/19/2010 5:37:11 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: TaraP
October 8th, 2011 is a Saturday, might have to make a trip out to the Outer Banks for this one.
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posted on
06/19/2010 5:37:41 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Political correctness in America today is a Rip Van Winkle acid trip.)
To: TaraP
A curious non-story. Lots of interesting details, but to the best of my recollection, NASA evaluates all of the annual showers, and there are quite a few, especially when you add in the radar/radio daytime showers.
Is this part of the USA’s getting out of space exploration?
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posted on
06/19/2010 5:40:47 PM PDT
by
DBrow
To: TaraP
” an international conference on minor bodies in the solar system held May 24-28 in Breckenridge, Colo. The conference was sponsored in part by NorthWest Research Associates/CoRADivision, NASA, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Office of Naval Research.
“
Our tax money being spent on expensive accommadations. More buearacrat waste.....
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posted on
06/19/2010 5:42:52 PM PDT
by
Trteamer
( (Eat Meat, Wear Fur, Own Guns, FReep Leftists, Drive an SUV, Drill A.N.W.R., Drill the Gulf, Vote)
To: TaraP
Don’t worry, Malia, your daddy will stop the meteor shower.
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posted on
06/19/2010 5:44:53 PM PDT
by
bgill
(how could a young man born here in Kenya, who is not even a native American, become the POTUS)
To: DBrow
Personally I just think they’re cool.
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posted on
06/19/2010 5:45:21 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: TaraP
And while no spacecraft electrical problems were reported during the strong Draconid outbursts of 1985 and 1998, he said that the lack of past anomalies should not be taken as carte blanche for satellite operators to ignore in 2011. In other words, it's probably no big deal.
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posted on
06/19/2010 5:46:03 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: Rebelbase
A Near Full moon will drown them out though.
If they peak that Friday night into Sat (Oct 7 - Oct 8) then maybe an hour or so before sunrise Sat morning they might be good
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posted on
06/19/2010 5:48:30 PM PDT
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
To: cripplecreek
Me too, I have not missed a Perseid or Leonid shower in a while.
That’s the point- there are lots and lots of annual showers yet the article focuses on just one, and not this year.
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posted on
06/19/2010 5:54:45 PM PDT
by
DBrow
To: DBrow
I need to find when the next decent shower is and make a point of getting out with the camera early some morning.
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posted on
06/19/2010 5:56:48 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: cripplecreek
I need to find when the next decent shower is and make a point of getting out with the camera early some morning.Problem is, Michigan and Ohio are terrible astronomical viewing sites. Clouds on top of clouds.
To: buccaneer81
Looks like the Perseids in August are my best bet.
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posted on
06/19/2010 6:11:03 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: cripplecreek
7/28 Delta Aquarids, zhr 16 or so, but there will be moon.
8/12-13, moonless Perseids!
10/8, moonless Draconids
Guy Ottewell’s Astronomical Calendar lists many, many showers
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posted on
06/19/2010 6:12:05 PM PDT
by
DBrow
To: cripplecreek
Living in Columbus, I can write off almost everything from November 1 to July 1.
To: TaraP
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posted on
06/19/2010 6:17:06 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
To: TaraP
Now will we stop driving our SUV’s?
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posted on
06/19/2010 6:18:33 PM PDT
by
eclecticEel
(Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
To: TaraP
There's also an awful lot of windage in there too," Cooke added.They have wind in space? Or does he mean he is just talking out his a$$?
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posted on
06/19/2010 6:29:42 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(I said free association. Not freely associate.)
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