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Dr. Astro Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 4211721 United States 09/25/2012 06:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OK Astromut, serious question.....how can they acurately predict the trajectory/flightpath of this comet when it is still so far off and has only been tracked for such a short time? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 5127800 Can they honestly already say that it will miss our sun or earth? Gravity works. We know the approximate position and velocity of the comet to a degree that is accurate enough to easily tell that it won't hit earth or the sun. I was able to tell that the Curiosity rover was going to reach Mars even just based on a few pictures I took of it only hours after it left earth, 254 days before it reached mars. I call bullshit. You lie. NASA intentionally launched the rover away from MARS and corrected the orbit later on. I know. I detected that fact myself. They wanted to make sure the centaur stage would not hit mars, but the trajectory took it right by mars and only required a small course correction to make it hit mars. That's nothing at all like missing earth by nearly half an AU. Saying they launched "away from mars" is a bit of an exaggeration. Last Edited by Astromut on 09/25/2012 06:23 PM |
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Dr. Astro Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 4211721 United States 09/25/2012 06:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have a question.. Can anyone explain in laymans terms the brightness of this. Will it give us light at our normal night time? That kinda stuff? Quoting: Krazy Effin Ivan 11691423 The point at which it will be at its brightest will be during the day anyway, but it will still be quite bright when it gets farther from the sun in the sky. Not "turn night into day" bright, but enough to put on an amazing show. |
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Krazy Effin Ivan User ID: 11691423 United States 09/25/2012 06:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hale Bopp was beautiful when it went by, I'm sure this one will be even better. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 16553491 I just got a new telescope, can't wait to take some pics. Yes, I remember Hale Bopp very well. It was so cool to be abel to see it with the naked eye just hanging there in the nighttime sky. I remember thinking what much earlier man thougth when they would see such a thing. I look forward to see this one. God willing it will dazel us all. |
Dr. Astro Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 4211721 United States 09/25/2012 06:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You are badass. I can't imagine the amount of pussy you must get with "Unofficial official GLP "astromoner"" next to your name. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7864962 Wow, you're attacking me personally because I backed up what I said with proof? What a surprise... Hahahhaaaaaaaaa Haaaaa Ha !! You are not alone. I got a BAD KARMA for making this thread, the unnamed person called me a fearmonger !! Classic. That's ridiculous. You said nothing about the comet causing doom. |
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Redpaw360 (OP) User ID: 11235712 United States 09/25/2012 07:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You are badass. I can't imagine the amount of pussy you must get with "Unofficial official GLP "astromoner"" next to your name. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7864962 Wow, you're attacking me personally because I backed up what I said with proof? What a surprise... Hahahhaaaaaaaaa Haaaaa Ha !! You are not alone. I got a BAD KARMA for making this thread, the unnamed person called me a fearmonger !! Classic. That's ridiculous. You said nothing about the comet causing doom. Nope, never have never will. Thank you for your input so far in this thread, it is very insightful and furthers my interest in what is coming our way. Keep up the great work. Headed back to work, the mud is drying after the texture job. I have to reposition the blowers and secure the site. Oregon Constitution Article I, Section 27 The people shall have the right to bear arms for the defence of themselves, and the State, but the Military shall be kept in strict subordination to the civil power. |
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Hydra User ID: 24417095 Germany 09/25/2012 07:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For the people who use Stellarium: Put the code between the ---- at the end of the file "ssystem.ini" to show C/2012 S1 (ISON) in Stellarium. -------------------- [c2012s1%28ison%29] parent=Sun orbit_Inclination=61.7257 coord_func=comet_orbit orbit_Eccentricity=1 orbit_ArgOfPericenter=345.4946 absolute_magnitude=6 name=C/2012 S1 (ISON) slope_parameter=4 lighting=false tex_map=nomap.png color=1.0, 1.0, 1.0 orbit_AscendingNode=295.7623 albedo=1 radius=5 orbit_PericenterDistance=0.012529 type=comet orbit_TimeAtPericenter=2456625.42829861 -------------------- Location of the file "ssystem.ini" in XP: C:\Documents and Settings\your username\Application Data\Stellarium\data Save the file, start Stellarium and search for C/2012 S1. Have fun. . :ase26122019: Annular Solar Eclipse - December 26, 2019 - Kannur, Kerala, India |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 22944982 United Kingdom 09/25/2012 07:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have a question.. Can anyone explain in laymans terms the brightness of this. Will it give us light at our normal night time? That kinda stuff? Quoting: Krazy Effin Ivan 11691423 The point at which it will be at its brightest will be during the day anyway, but it will still be quite bright when it gets farther from the sun in the sky. Not "turn night into day" bright, but enough to put on an amazing show. Astro, I have a question which I have never understood, maybe you can answer... How can astronomers predict the trajectory and estimate a date of close approach of a comet when it's way out in the Oort Cloud, do they all travel at the same speed? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22944982 United Kingdom 09/25/2012 07:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have a question.. Can anyone explain in laymans terms the brightness of this. Will it give us light at our normal night time? That kinda stuff? Quoting: Krazy Effin Ivan 11691423 The point at which it will be at its brightest will be during the day anyway, but it will still be quite bright when it gets farther from the sun in the sky. Not "turn night into day" bright, but enough to put on an amazing show. Astro, I have a question which I have never understood, maybe you can answer... How can astronomers predict the trajectory and estimate a date of close approach of a comet when it's way out in the Oort Cloud, do they all travel at the same speed? Never mind I just spotted your reply to a similar question |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 11995984 United States 09/25/2012 07:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nostradamus talks about a daylight comet during the Third World War . Appearing in December. This could be it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 24387456 It didn't believe you until this came up in google search....that's freaky. [link to prophecyinthemaking.blogspot.com] Can I explain it?, no, not even going to try. I'll stick with electric universe for now, and avoid the doom of some theories... It's easier to swallow, and makes me think positive for mankind. um wasn't there a thread also that pointed out that any huge comet on the ecliptic w/the galactic center alignment would cause enough energy to spark a world wide earthquake also? Something else everyone has predicted in one fashion or another ???!?!?!?!! |
Dr. Astro Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 4211721 United States 09/25/2012 07:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I have a question.. Can anyone explain in laymans terms the brightness of this. Will it give us light at our normal night time? That kinda stuff? Quoting: Krazy Effin Ivan 11691423 The point at which it will be at its brightest will be during the day anyway, but it will still be quite bright when it gets farther from the sun in the sky. Not "turn night into day" bright, but enough to put on an amazing show. Astro, I have a question which I have never understood, maybe you can answer... How can astronomers predict the trajectory and estimate a date of close approach of a comet when it's way out in the Oort Cloud, do they all travel at the same speed? We don't see comets when they're way out in the Oort cloud. This comet is currently about 6.25 AU's from the sun, nowhere near the Oort cloud. We calculate the orbit of comets by watching how their position in the sky changes over time from a known location, using methods that were first developed by Gauss. |
TOMMY B User ID: 23951991 United States 09/25/2012 07:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm going to point out that I've been watching a lot of "electric universe" videos lately and also trying to understand the rumored wave of energy that has been shown to occur in our galaxy leaving behind tell tell traces of its past occurrences. Quoting: Redpaw360 I'm not asking you to swallow hook line and sinker what this video shows you, but the videos put out by this group as well as Teslas' theories about an electric universe has me thinking differently lately about dark matter, gravity, mass, anti matter, magnetism and a host of other things that are very hard to learn more about. Check this link out: [link to www.youtube.com] Give me you thoughts on this matter please, and whether you think this comet could be part of the electric universe. Great thread bud. You are also on to something with the electric universe theory, but that changes so much of what everybody has been taught. Big changes coming. Thanks Last Edited by SLIPPERY NIPPPS on 09/25/2012 07:49 PM |
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Jasto (OP) User ID: 22797020 United States 09/25/2012 07:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Fuck MABUS. To paraphrase Sarah Conner, There is no fate but what we make for ourselves. THIS. AMEN! Thread: NEW THREAD! POSITIVE THINKING!! Start now, join in with your thoughts GLPers!! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1094960 United States 09/25/2012 08:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Who discover that? Quoting: DUCM900 I immagine NASA (not) they never discover such things and no one ask some questions.. Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok of the International Scientific Optical Network (ISON). NASA's job is not comet hunting. Let's see, you said, "NASA's job is not comet hunting". You idiot [link to www.popsci.com] NASA has many jobs and one of them is "comet hunting"...or are they spending money building a "Giant Harpoon to Hunt Comets" just to make you look stupid? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 6550855 United States 09/25/2012 08:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wow! Coming pretty close to Earth also, .0125 is pretty close for a comet, with a 1.0 eccentricity? Hmmmmm... Quoting: PolarPrecursor Coming .0125 from Earth with a 1.0 eccentricity ..better hope its not off by much. This would be considered a near miss actually. No wonder it's going to be so bright, its almost on our doorstep. Also, i wonder how BIG it is? Thats what she said!!!!! |