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Comet Ison destroyed in Sun passage
BBC World News ^
| Nov. 28 ,2013
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Posted on 11/28/2013 3:19:30 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: COBOL2Java
“If you like your comet you can keep it”.
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:46:10 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(Impeach We Much!)
To: rfp1234
LOL! That meme’s gonna get a lot of mileage in the coming year.
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posted on
11/28/2013 3:47:27 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: LeoWindhorse
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posted on
11/28/2013 4:02:52 PM PST
by
Fiji Hill
(Io Triumphe!)
To: LeoWindhorse
In the year of Obamacare, it’s a fitting end, don’t you think?
To: LeoWindhorse
The Thunderbolt Org people got this one right again. They predicted destruction not from heat or gravity of the sun, being that comets are not snow and ice but solid rock with electrical charges, but destroyed by solar electrical discharge.
To: LeoWindhorse
Telescopes saw the giant ball of ice and dust disappear behind the star, but only a dull streamer emerge. Should read: "Telescopes saw an electrically charged body disappear behind the star, where the immense solar energy overpowered it, reversed its electrical bleeding and shut down its coronal dischaged and tail. Then, as the massive electrical charge continued to force its way into the "comet" the charge built up to immense amounts of energy. Now fully charged with energy, ISON is heading away from the sun and re-forming its corona and tail, possible heading towards a gigantic outburst like we saw in Comet Holmese in 2007. Only this time the comet, ISON, will be directly due north, and only 40+million miles away. Look s like it's going to be a spectacular Solstice/Christmas. Oh and BTW, the real Mayan Calendar end date is December 16 of this year, so the outburst might be then, too."
There, fixed it.
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posted on
11/28/2013 4:15:18 PM PST
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: djf
“I haven’t seen a decent comet diisplay since Bennet in ‘69.”
That was good, but Hale-Bopp and Hyatuke(sp?) of the mid-90’s were pretty good, too.
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posted on
11/28/2013 4:25:24 PM PST
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: Vince Ferrer
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posted on
11/28/2013 4:29:53 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: djf
This all happened within a few hours today.
It looks like it was dimming before it went behind the Sun. I wonder if all the material simply burned off rather than being blown apart.
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posted on
11/28/2013 4:32:06 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Talisker
and then a star appeared in the East?
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posted on
11/28/2013 4:34:57 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(It's not the penalty, it's the lack of coverage on 1 Jan. Think about it.)
To: LeoWindhorse
Well, that sucks.
I told my kids that they’d get a show for Christmas.
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posted on
11/28/2013 4:36:37 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(IRS = Internal Revenge Service)
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
Thanks LeoWindhorse, extra to APoD.
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posted on
11/28/2013 4:44:09 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: LeoWindhorse
I wonder what the members of the ISON Tinfoil Hat Conspiracy Society are going to do now?!?
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posted on
11/28/2013 4:44:48 PM PST
by
Old Sarge
(And Good Evening, Agent Smith, wherever you are...)
To: George from New England
To: LeoWindhorse
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posted on
11/28/2013 4:48:30 PM PST
by
GraceG
To: mad_as_he$$
Not to worry. It is the Destiny, now uncloaked and refueled from the passage close to the sun.Or someone dropping by to pick up some whales.
To: GraceG
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posted on
11/28/2013 4:51:01 PM PST
by
CJ Wolf
(God Bless)
To: LeoWindhorse
I think this whole "comet" thing is a fraud. I've been alive 50 something years and never seen one that was worthy of my attention. All this hype over nothing. I remember 1973 when I was in the 5th grade and all this hullabaloo was being made over Comet Kahoutek. School teachers made all this fuss about how the Christmas skies would be dominated by this "comet of the century" and us school children would rush home with great anticipation. Then nothing. I remember having a box of chocolates for the occasion and when I found out it wasn't coming, I ate the whole box at once and got sick to my stomach.
Remember the coming of Comet Halley in the 1980s? Absolutely nothing came of that. Then we had Comet Hale-Bopp and the only thing exciting about that was that some moonbat cult committed mass suicide so that their souls could hop aboard the spaceship that was traveling behind it.
I'm beginning to think that comets are nothing but a fairy tale.
To: RandallFlagg
Pretty ballsy taking on the sun like that.
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posted on
11/28/2013 4:52:43 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Vince Ferrer
lol...forgot about that!
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