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Dr. Astro said 1012 DA14 will not hit Earth 1250 wounded and 50 atomic bomb attack
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2012 DA14 didn't hit Earth.
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Chernobyl is a Ukrainian name for mugwort which is a species of artemesia (known as common wormwood).

Chronos=Pale

Chernobyl...Cherno...Chernos...Chronos...Hmm
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This game is fun!

Chernobyl...Cherno...Chernos...Chronos...Chrome...
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Halley's comet was "toxic" and we flew right through the "toxic tail" in 1910. Guess what happened? Nothing.
 Quoting: Dr. Astro


We do not know that..
 Quoting: Ohio Lovely

Yes we do, stop the fear mongering.
 Quoting: Dr. Astro


I am not fear mongering, I just not so sure of myself, I guess as others.
 Quoting: Ohio Lovely

Well that's your problem. We do know. Halley's comet didn't cause cyanide poisoning. Drop the fear mongering.
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Dr. Astro said 1012 DA14 will not hit Earth 1250 wounded and 50 atomic bomb attack
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2012 DA14 didn't hit Earth.
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2012 DA14 /2 hit Earth.
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Lol I have yet to see a comet that is meant to pass within half an AU of Earth. How is it meant to be mainstream media newsworthy? Barely a 'cover up'
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The 4 Horsemen sounds like a good analogy...

4 horsemen of the apocalypse

White Horse...
I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.

Red Horse...
Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.

Black Horse...
I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!"

Pale Horse...
I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine, and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

The "White Horse" has special mythological connections...

White horses (which are rarer than other colours of horse) have a special significance in the mythologies of cultures around the world. They are often associated with the sun chariot,[1] with warrior-heroes, with fertility (in both mare and stallion manifestations), or with an end-of-time saviour, but other interpretations exist as well.

[link to en.wikipedia.org]
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4 comets...?

Pfffft.

No worries...

yes



The Oort Cloud probably contains 0.1 to 2 trillion icy bodies in solar orbit. Occasionally, giant molecular clouds, stars passing nearby, or tidal interactions with the Milky Way's disc disturb the orbits of some of these bodies in the outer region of the Oort Cloud, causing the object to fall into the inner solar system as a so-called long-period comet. These comets have very large, eccentric orbits and take thousands of years to circle the sun. In recorded history, they are observed in the inner solar system only once.

In contrast, short-period comets take less than 200 years to orbit the sun and they travel approximately in the plane in which most of the planets orbit. They are presumed to come from a disc-shaped region beyond Neptune called the Kuiper Belt, named for astronomer Gerard Kuiper. The objects in the Oort Cloud and in the Kuiper Belt are presumed to be remnants from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.

The Kuiper Belt extends from about 30 to 55 AU and is probably populated with hundreds of thousands of icy bodies larger than 100 km (62 miles) across and an estimated trillion or more comets.

[link to solarsystem.nasa.gov]
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Dr. Astro said 1012 DA14 will not hit Earth 1250 wounded and 50 atomic bomb attack
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2012 DA14 didn't hit Earth.
 Quoting: phoomp


2012 DA14 /2 hit Earth.
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No, it did not, which is why I was able to take this picture of it 8 hours after the meteor hit russia:
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... any candidate for Seal 6 Revelation events? ...
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There are four events described in the breaking of the Sixth Seal:

1. A violent earthquake

2. The sun turning "black as sackcloth" and the moon turning "red as blood".

3. The stars of the sky falling.

4. And the sky disappearing "like a scroll and rolling up".


The first three events could be explained as events associated with some natural cause.

But the fourth event is clearly some sort of strictly supernatural public manifestation of God prior to the Second Coming. This is evident from the fact that the sky disappearing and "rolling up". The sky represents matter. When matter (say a piece of wood or paper) is split in two, what fills the space? Answer: air or "the sky" if you like. But when "the sky" (Matter)disappears and is "rolled up" what fills it's place? Answer: the Spirit.

Now, notice the response of the people to the breaking of the Sixth Seal: they desire to hide "in caves and among the rocks" and implore the mountains to "fall on them" killing them. Why? because they covet death at that point more than living and being exposed to the visible presence of "the One who sits on the throne and from the anger of the Lamb". There is another place in Scripture where we find people "hiding" from God's presence: in the Garden of Eden where Adam and Eve become embarrassed after the Fall and wish to hide from God.

So, clearly, the breaking of the Sixth Seal describes some sort of visible, supernatural manifestation of God's Holy Presence that causes people to see their sinful selves and makes them ashamed and afraid.
 Quoting: LunaHominem

Will this help you any?

[link to www.bibledefended.com]
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - four comets damned
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4 comets...?

Pfffft.

No worries...

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The Oort Cloud probably contains 0.1 to 2 trillion icy bodies in solar orbit. Occasionally, giant molecular clouds, stars passing nearby, or tidal interactions with the Milky Way's disc disturb the orbits of some of these bodies in the outer region of the Oort Cloud, causing the object to fall into the inner solar system as a so-called long-period comet. These comets have very large, eccentric orbits and take thousands of years to circle the sun. In recorded history, they are observed in the inner solar system only once.

In contrast, short-period comets take less than 200 years to orbit the sun and they travel approximately in the plane in which most of the planets orbit. They are presumed to come from a disc-shaped region beyond Neptune called the Kuiper Belt, named for astronomer Gerard Kuiper. The objects in the Oort Cloud and in the Kuiper Belt are presumed to be remnants from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.

The Kuiper Belt extends from about 30 to 55 AU and is probably populated with hundreds of thousands of icy bodies larger than 100 km (62 miles) across and an estimated trillion or more comets.

[link to solarsystem.nasa.gov]
 Quoting: Waterbug


4 Comets,Pffft no worries.?
These 4 Comets are coming into our solar system,this year,are you aware that everyone with half a brain knows that the Universe is full of flying rocks?
So what has that got to do with the 4 Comets coming to this solar system this year,rocket scientist guy?
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Hammer Fall all over again...
 Quoting: Aquarius58


Lucifer's Hammer is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1977.

Political lobbying by California Senator Arthur Jellison eventually gets a joint Apollo-Soyuz (docking with the second flight-worthy Skylab) mission into space to study the comet, dubbed "The Hammer" by popular media, which is expected to pass close to the Earth. Despite assurances by the scientific community that a collision with Earth is extremely unlikely, the public, fueled with religious fervor by the evangelist Henry Armitage, begins to hoard food and supplies in anticipation.

Eventually, to the shock of scientists at JPL in Pasadena, who could not track the trajectory accurately enough because of the comet's constant outgassing, the Hammer does fall, breaking up into several smaller comets that impact around the world with devastating results, striking parts of Europe, Africa, the Gulf of Mexico, and both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

The strikes trigger several volcanoes and earthquakes around the world, including the San Andreas fault, heavily damaging the Southern California region and the rest of California, causing millions of casualties. Several of the fragments land in the ocean, causing further damage by the resulting tsunamis (which destroy several major coastal cities around the world, including Los Angeles, killing millions) and long-term climate problems due to the massive quantities of vaporized seawater.

[link to en.wikipedia.org]


Remote controlled/satellite guided asteroids and now remote controlled/satellite guided comets?

Lasso My Comet: NASA Developing Comet Harpoon to Collect Data

[link to www.ibtimes.com]
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Any of them projected to get closer than 0.0001 AU?
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No. Here is a list of all objects (all of them are asteroids, incidentally) set to come closer than .001 AU (none are set to come as close as 0.0001 AU) for the next 33 years, followed by the Julian Day and then the date of close approach:
(99942) Apophis 2462240.40 2029 Apr. 13.90
2012 DA14 2456339.31 2013 Feb. 15.81
2010 FD 2464027.51 2034 Mar. 6.01
2012 UE34 2466617.63 2041 Apr. 8.13
 Quoting: Dr. Astro


I think that following the "cosmic coincidence" that NASA failed to detect on February 15, we can throw most of their data right out the window.

Now, NASA is saying that the Russian "meteor" was 1,000 times larger than previously thought. Thread: Russian Meteorite 1000 times larger than originally thought

What a joke!
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These four are nothing to worry about.

The giant Comet Aphophis' trajectory in 2036 however...
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Dr. Astro said 1012 DA14 will not hit Earth 1250 wounded and 50 atomic bomb attack
grumpy2
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2012 DA14 didn't hit Earth.
 Quoting: phoomp


2012 DA14 /2 hit Earth.
huffy
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No, it did not, which is why I was able to take this picture of it 8 hours after the meteor hit russia:
[link to i319.photobucket.com]
 Quoting: Dr. Astro


You remind me of Buzz Killington from Family Guy. I am in absolute awe of your greatness and want to be just like you when I grow up. Do you knock the end of it in front of a mirror?
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4 comets...?

Pfffft.

No worries...

yes



The Oort Cloud probably contains 0.1 to 2 trillion icy bodies in solar orbit. Occasionally, giant molecular clouds, stars passing nearby, or tidal interactions with the Milky Way's disc disturb the orbits of some of these bodies in the outer region of the Oort Cloud, causing the object to fall into the inner solar system as a so-called long-period comet. These comets have very large, eccentric orbits and take thousands of years to circle the sun. In recorded history, they are observed in the inner solar system only once.

In contrast, short-period comets take less than 200 years to orbit the sun and they travel approximately in the plane in which most of the planets orbit. They are presumed to come from a disc-shaped region beyond Neptune called the Kuiper Belt, named for astronomer Gerard Kuiper. The objects in the Oort Cloud and in the Kuiper Belt are presumed to be remnants from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.

The Kuiper Belt extends from about 30 to 55 AU and is probably populated with hundreds of thousands of icy bodies larger than 100 km (62 miles) across and an estimated trillion or more comets.

[link to solarsystem.nasa.gov]
 Quoting: Waterbug


4 Comets,Pffft no worries.?
These 4 Comets are coming into our solar system,this year,are you aware that everyone with half a brain knows that the Universe is full of flying rocks?
So what has that got to do with the 4 Comets coming to this solar system this year,rocket scientist guy?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 35009456


...sarcasm...

Did you see what I bolded, dude.. or dudette..?

wha
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Chernobyl is a Ukrainian name for mugwort which is a species of artemesia (known as common wormwood).

Chronos=Pale

Chernobyl...Cherno...Chernos...Chronos...Hmm
 Quoting: 4Cn

This game is fun!

Chernobyl...Cherno...Chernos...Chronos...Chrome...
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Is Chelyabinsk the next word? What did I win?
I want a teddy bear.
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Coments or Meteors???
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Coments or Meteors???
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Asteroids, comets, meteors...

'A Rose by any other name...'
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One, Two, Comets coming for you!
Three, Four, get away from the shore.
Five, Six, grab a boom stick.
Seven, Eight, gonna stay-up late.
Nine, Ten, gonna do it all again.
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I understand everything but what is a boom stick?

Much much appreciated.
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One, Two, Comets coming for you!
Three, Four, get away from the shore.
Five, Six, grab a boom stick.
Seven, Eight, gonna stay-up late.
Nine, Ten, gonna do it all again.
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I understand everything but what is a boom stick?

Much much appreciated.
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4 comets...?

Pfffft.

No worries...

:yes:



The Oort Cloud probably contains 0.1 to 2 trillion icy bodies in solar orbit. Occasionally, giant molecular clouds, stars passing nearby, or tidal interactions with the Milky Way's disc disturb the orbits of some of these bodies in the outer region of the Oort Cloud, causing the object to fall into the inner solar system as a so-called long-period comet. These comets have very large, eccentric orbits and take thousands of years to circle the sun. In recorded history, they are observed in the inner solar system only once.

In contrast, short-period comets take less than 200 years to orbit the sun and they travel approximately in the plane in which most of the planets orbit. They are presumed to come from a disc-shaped region beyond Neptune called the Kuiper Belt, named for astronomer Gerard Kuiper. The objects in the Oort Cloud and in the Kuiper Belt are presumed to be remnants from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.

The Kuiper Belt extends from about 30 to 55 AU and is probably populated with hundreds of thousands of icy bodies larger than 100 km (62 miles) across and an estimated trillion or more comets.

[link to solarsystem.nasa.gov]
 Quoting: Waterbug


4 Comets,Pffft no worries.?
These 4 Comets are coming into our solar system,this year,are you aware that everyone with half a brain knows that the Universe is full of flying rocks?
So what has that got to do with the 4 Comets coming to this solar system this year,rocket scientist guy?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 35009456


...sarcasm...

Did you see what I bolded, dude.. or dudette..?

:wha:
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Yeah, so what is your point? space is full of stuff.
You should call NASA and tell them your space is full of stuff theory,they will probably give you a high paying job, the benefits are amazing I hear.
Space has lumpy bits theory, that is groundbreaking observational science,well done,i will try to let the Nobel prize people know about your work.
This is how I got Barry his job.
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2012 DA14 didn't hit Earth.
 Quoting: phoomp


2012 DA14 /2 hit Earth.
huffy
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No, it did not, which is why I was able to take this picture of it 8 hours after the meteor hit russia:
[link to i319.photobucket.com]
 Quoting: Dr. Astro


You remind me of Buzz Killington from Family Guy. I am in absolute awe of your greatness and want to be just like you when I grow up. Do you knock the end of it in front of a mirror?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 30702047




2012 DA14 had four small meteorites (4 King) ... Ison Comet has 12 friends accompanied by a meteorite ... (12 disciples / apostles)

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Please don't lick the windows.
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lol 'lick the windows'???

huh
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Op called you a window licker aka " retard" but I dont see why.... You didnt do anything?!
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Puzzle not.

This is clearly a case of hearing a pithy phrase somewhere then applying it where it doesn't quite fit in order to appear cooler in some way.

As all can see .. *kof*.
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Any of them projected to get closer than 0.0001 AU?
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No. Here is a list of all objects (all of them are asteroids, incidentally) set to come closer than .001 AU (none are set to come as close as 0.0001 AU) for the next 33 years, followed by the Julian Day and then the date of close approach:
(99942) Apophis 2462240.40 2029 Apr. 13.90
2012 DA14 2456339.31 2013 Feb. 15.81
2010 FD 2464027.51 2034 Mar. 6.01
2012 UE34 2466617.63 2041 Apr. 8.13
 Quoting: Dr. Astro


I think that following the "cosmic coincidence" that NASA failed to detect on February 15, we can throw most of their data right out the window.
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Only if you're an idiot.

NASA never claimed to know where every object is, but to throw their data out the window for that reason is pure stupidity.
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2012 DA14 /2 hit Earth.
huffy
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No, it did not, which is why I was able to take this picture of it 8 hours after the meteor hit russia:
[link to i319.photobucket.com]
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You remind me of Buzz Killington from Family Guy. I am in absolute awe of your greatness and want to be just like you when I grow up. Do you knock the end of it in front of a mirror?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 30702047




2012 DA14 had four small meteorites (4 King) ... Ison Comet has 12 friends accompanied by a meteorite ... (12 disciples / apostles)

huffy
 Quoting: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

2012 DA14 was a single object. As for ISON, where are the "12 friends?"

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4 comets...?

Pfffft.

No worries...

yes



The Oort Cloud probably contains 0.1 to 2 trillion icy bodies in solar orbit. Occasionally, giant molecular clouds, stars passing nearby, or tidal interactions with the Milky Way's disc disturb the orbits of some of these bodies in the outer region of the Oort Cloud, causing the object to fall into the inner solar system as a so-called long-period comet. These comets have very large, eccentric orbits and take thousands of years to circle the sun. In recorded history, they are observed in the inner solar system only once.

In contrast, short-period comets take less than 200 years to orbit the sun and they travel approximately in the plane in which most of the planets orbit. They are presumed to come from a disc-shaped region beyond Neptune called the Kuiper Belt, named for astronomer Gerard Kuiper. The objects in the Oort Cloud and in the Kuiper Belt are presumed to be remnants from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago.

The Kuiper Belt extends from about 30 to 55 AU and is probably populated with hundreds of thousands of icy bodies larger than 100 km (62 miles) across and an estimated trillion or more comets.

[link to solarsystem.nasa.gov]
 Quoting: Waterbug


4 Comets,Pffft no worries.?
These 4 Comets are coming into our solar system,this year,are you aware that everyone with half a brain knows that the Universe is full of flying rocks?
So what has that got to do with the 4 Comets coming to this solar system this year,rocket scientist guy?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 35009456


...sarcasm...

Did you see what I bolded, dude.. or dudette..?

wha
 Quoting: Waterbug


Yeah, so what is your point? space is full of stuff.
You should call NASA and tell them your space is full of stuff theory,they will probably give you a high paying job, the benefits are amazing I hear.
Space has lumpy bits theory, that is groundbreaking observational science,well done,i will try to let the Nobel prize people know about your work.
This is how I got Barry his job.
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OK... you win...

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Now, NASA is saying that the Russian "meteor" was 1,000 times larger than previously thought. Thread: Russian Meteorite 1000 times larger than originally thought
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By the way dumbass, NASA never said it was 1000 times less than 10,000 tons.
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2012 DA14 had four small meteorites (4 King) ... Ison Comet has 12 friends accompanied by a meteorite ... (12 disciples / apostles)

huffy
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Source?
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Lol I have yet to see a comet that is meant to pass within half an AU of Earth. How is it meant to be mainstream media newsworthy? Barely a 'cover up'
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A Comet? 4 Comets at least are being discussed in this thread and the distance from the Earth is not really relevant.
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