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BREAKING: Approaching Unidentified Object! December 7, 2012 STAY TUNED! | |
| Dr. Astro Not to be confused with Phil Plait  User ID: 27749847  United States12/08/2012 03:18 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's travelling precisely as fast as it should, which is why its position matches with my predicted position for it. I really don't understand what you think is odd about the coma size, it's too small to accurately measure with hi2 anyway given all the coma (as in the optical distortion known as coma) present in the images. That's why the stars look so bloated in my processing of the data.  |
| The 6th Sun User ID: 25121342 United States12/08/2012 03:21 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's travelling precisely as fast as it should, which is why its position matches with my predicted position for it. I really don't understand what you think is odd about the coma size, it's too small to accurately measure with hi2 anyway given all the coma (as in the optical distortion known as coma) present in the images. That's why the stars look so bloated in my processing of the data. Quoting: Dr. Astro Maybe it is an optical shadow ... but from that vantage, it certainly looks impressive. "God sleeps in the rocks, stirs in the plants, dreams in the animals, and finally awakens in man." -Famous Vedic Quote- |
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Dr. Acula Forum Moderator User ID: 78748 United States12/08/2012 03:25 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Obviously this is a major event because Astro is avoiding the slam dunk debunk. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 9258462 RUN!!!!!  Come back here running man!!! Doom Off -- per Dr Astro!!! let em run it'll make him sleep good tonight lol I am a HelpTard, need Help? Ask me! Peace Means Reloading Your Guns! Some of my custom graphics are featured in the Official GLP Store: [link to www.cafepress.com]  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 19612400 United States12/08/2012 03:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So once again, the day is saved. Thanks to.. the Astro Doctor! Quoting: northo 2482640 *Cues Powerpuff Girls outro* ....What? :docastro: Trust the Doctor Astro now but eventually (hopefully) trust yourself more. Learn and gain your own knowledge in astronomy if it interests you and you do not want to be a mindless follower. Take the basics at a community college (or a 4-year college) and get a cheap telescope. Look up on every cloudless night, record everything and learn the math. Compare with other non-mindless, online followers and you will come to your own facts and truths. In the end, those will probably match the facts and truths of Dr. Astro but you will not have to rely on being a FOLLOWER. Be a leader, at least for yourself. Never blindly believe in anything (or anyone saying anything) that you cannot prove yourself given enough effort, no matter how flashy the presentation or graphic is. We all have the power to be our own authority but most of us waste it on an easy answer from an expert so we can feel safe that the matter is closed in our mind. Be your own expert, in every facet of your life! |
| donnie0805 User ID: 28556536 United States12/08/2012 03:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Obviously this is a major event because Astro is avoiding the slam dunk debunk. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 9258462 RUN!!!!! Come back here running man!!! Doom Off -- per Dr Astro!!! let em run it'll make him sleep good tonight lol Obviously this is a major event because Astro is avoiding the slam dunk debunk. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 9258462 RUN!!!!! Come back here running man!!! Doom Off -- per Dr Astro!!! let em run it'll make him sleep good tonight lol    |
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| Dr. Acula Forum Moderator User ID: 78748 United States12/08/2012 04:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | it wont fucking die! I keep smashing it and smashing it! it doesnt die! I am a HelpTard, need Help? Ask me! Peace Means Reloading Your Guns! Some of my custom graphics are featured in the Official GLP Store: [link to www.cafepress.com] |
| #Geomagnetic_Storm# "Official SunTard" User ID: 1497928 United States12/08/2012 04:56 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | you can go here to see what planets are seen on STEREO images and where they are located [link to stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov]   |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 26200846 United States12/08/2012 05:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [q Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19612400 Trust the Doctor Astro now but eventually (hopefully) trust yourself more. Learn and gain your own knowledge in astronomy if it interests you and you do not want to be a mindless follower. Take the basics at a community college (or a 4-year college) and get a cheap telescope. Look up on every cloudless night, record everything and learn the math. Compare with other non-mindless, online followers and you will come to your own facts and truths. In the end, those will probably match the facts and truths of Dr. Astro but you will not have to rely on being a FOLLOWER. Be a leader, at least for yourself. Never blindly believe in anything (or anyone saying anything) that you cannot prove yourself given enough effort, no matter how flashy the presentation or graphic is. We all have the power to be our own authority but most of us waste it on an easy answer from an expert so we can feel safe that the matter is closed in our mind. Be your own expert, in every facet of your life! TRUST NO ONE |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 29130142  Finland12/08/2012 06:19 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 12123857 United Kingdom12/08/2012 08:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | great, tonight i call the police on my husband for being a violent cunt, my mum tears me a new arsehole for having a man in the first place, i can't even get a smoke to chill the fuck out and now meteors/aliens/nibiru is about to crash into my house. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29306594 Cheerz. Hey it aint all bad ,i got smokes and chillin' while reading the GLP, life is great , on monday im travelling back to Wales to visit my kids and i even feel chilled bout that ,so a meteor is gonna damage ur paintwork ,no problem if u got insurance , u met an arsehole u chose him and no you can't change him you musta known he was violent when you met him probably some "gangsta" wannabe who never done a days work in his life , but life is cool  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 28630651 United States12/08/2012 08:18 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Indeed it is. Here's my processing of the raw STEREO Behind HI2 data from the first image of the day on the 1-4 of December (I aligned the images relative to the stars). The comet is faint but you can see it cutting through the "bow" or "arm" of Orion. [link to i319.photobucket.com] And here's a comparison to Celestia showing where C/2012 V4 should be relative to the stars from STEREO Behind's position: [link to i319.photobucket.com] The comet isn't actually coming at us, it's much closer to STEREO-B than it is to us. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| The 6th Sun User ID: 25121342 United States12/08/2012 08:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Suspicious0bservers gave this a pretty good acknowledgement today, but did not confirm Astros conclusions. However, I have heard skuttlebutt that SO is an attorney, so no reason he would ... still keeping an eye on it, though. "God sleeps in the rocks, stirs in the plants, dreams in the animals, and finally awakens in man." -Famous Vedic Quote- |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1320939 United Kingdom12/08/2012 08:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Indeed it is. Here's my processing of the raw STEREO Behind HI2 data from the first image of the day on the 1-4 of December (I aligned the images relative to the stars). The comet is faint but you can see it cutting through the "bow" or "arm" of Orion. [link to i319.photobucket.com] And here's a comparison to Celestia showing where C/2012 V4 should be relative to the stars from STEREO Behind's position: [link to i319.photobucket.com] The comet isn't actually coming at us, it's much closer to STEREO-B than it is to us. You've killed all the hopes of the Nibiru tards now. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 22328830 United States12/08/2012 09:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | IS IT COMING 2 EARTH.... Quoting: ANSWER THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 27310024 IT IS SOMETHING THATS FOR SURE BUT IS IT COMING NEAR EARTH AT ALL??? LEMME KNOW Has anyone checked the rsoe website for near miss comets? I just did out of curiousity, there is one on the 20, 21, 22nd. Of course many other dates .But take a look at this, how close this one is on the 8th! Object Name Apporach Date Left AU Distance LD Distance Estimated Diameter* Relative Velocity (2008 WJ60) 07th December 2012 0 day(s) 0.1631 63.5 160 m - 350 m 9.11 km/s 32796 km/h (2007 WM3) 07th December 2012 0 day(s) 0.1561 60.8 64 m - 140 m 9.47 km/s 34092 km/h (2008 YZ28) 08th December 2012 1 day(s) 0.1637 63.7 270 m - 590 m 21.11 km/s 75996 km/h 345705 (2006 VB14) 09th December 2012 2 day(s) 0.1065 41.5 510 m - 1.1 km 16.14 km/s 58104 km/h (2012 SD22) 09th December 2012 2 day(s) 0.1739 67.7 260 m - 580 m 10.77 km/s 38772 km/h (2009 BS5) 10th December 2012 3 day(s) 0.0217 8.4 8.8 m - 20 m 5.69 km/s 20484 km/h (2012 XR2) 11th December 2012 4 day(s) 0.1377 53.6 62 m - 140 m 15.54 km/s 55944 km/h (2012 XA) 11th December 2012 4 day(s) 0.0374 14.6 27 m - 60 m 4.70 km/s 16920 km/h 4179 Toutatis 11th December 2012 4 day(s) 0.0463 18.0 5.4 km 11.91 km/s 42876 km/h (2011 OB57) 13th December 2012 6 day(s) 0.1660 64.6 17 m - 37 m 4.93 km/s 17748 km/h 88213 (2001 AF2) 14th December 2012 7 day(s) 0.1812 70.5 510 m - 1.1 km 21.31 km/s 76716 km/h (2004 YA5) 16th December 2012 9 day(s) 0.0597 23.2 81 m - 180 m 20.23 km/s 72828 km/h (2002 XQ40) 16th December 2012 9 day(s) 0.1199 46.7 98 m - 220 m 14.61 km/s 52596 km/h (2011 LT17) 17th December 2012 10 day(s) 0.1226 47.7 120 m - 260 m 16.54 km/s 59544 km/h (2012 QQ50) 18th December 2012 11 day(s) 0.1470 57.2 310 m - 690 m 10.77 km/s 38772 km/h (2012 VA5) 18th December 2012 11 day(s) 0.1109 43.1 110 m - 260 m 9.35 km/s 33660 km/h (1999 NW2) 18th December 2012 11 day(s) 0.1695 66.0 62 m - 140 m 5.31 km/s 19116 km/h (2004 XL14) 19th December 2012 12 day(s) 0.1962 76.3 150 m - 340 m 18.32 km/s 65952 km/h (2012 HK31) 19th December 2012 12 day(s) 0.1807 70.3 22 m - 50 m 3.86 km/s 13896 km/h 203471 (2002 AU4) 20th December 2012 13 day(s) 0.1023 39.8 490 m - 1.1 km 11.92 km/s 42912 km/h (2004 JO1) 21st December 2012 14 day(s) 0.1975 76.9 190 m - 440 m 17.87 km/s 64332 km/h 33342 (1998 WT24) 22nd December 2012 15 day(s) 0.1779 69.2 700 m - 1.6 km 14.85 km/s 53460 km/h 163899 (2003 SD220) [link to hisz.rsoe.hu] |
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| 7.83Hz User ID: 16538235  Australia12/08/2012 09:25 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ^^^ 4179 Toutatis 11th December 2012 4 day(s) 0.0463 18.0 5.4 km - size? 11.91 km/s 42876 km/h To love we must feel hate, to appreciate something we must experience loss, to feel joy we must feel pain, to remember... we must forget. - James Kot |
| Renegade (Me too) User ID: 28510817 United States12/08/2012 09:45 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ahead of December 21, which marks the conclusion of the 5,125-year "Long Count" Mayan calendar, panic buying of candles and essentials has been reported in China and Russia, along with an explosion in sales of survival shelters in America. In France believers were preparing to converge on a mountain where they believe aliens will rescue them. Quoting: SeaPunk The precise manner of Armageddon remains vague, ranging from a catastrophic celestial collision between Earth and the mythical planet Nibiru, also known as Planet X, a disastrous crash with a comet, or the annihilation of civilisation by a giant solar storm. In America Ron Hubbard, a manufacturer of hi-tech underground survival shelters, has seen his business explode. "We've gone from one a month to one a day," he said. "I don't have an opinion on the Mayan calendar but, when astrophysicists come to me, buy my shelters and tell me to be prepared for solar flares, radiation, EMPs (electromagnetic pulses) ... I'm going underground on the 19th and coming out on the 23rd. It's just in case anybody's right." [link to www.telegraph.co.uk] I better update my home insurance policy. Who is John Galt? |
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| Renegade (Me too) User ID: 28510817 United States12/08/2012 10:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How far away from the device taking the photos is this object? Quoting: PolarPrecursor Closer objects would appear larger. That's some Astro-math right there. I couldn't figure that out if I tried. I have an idea...but not being formally taught, I'll wait for the experts. I have had a few jack and coke's tonight, so my math was taking a ruler lining it up with the comets tail to see its trajectory,on the computer monitor, and it according to that, remind you I been drinking, it will miss earth. I don't see a tail. Maybe I need a few Jack Daniels to see it?  Who is John Galt? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 9870176 United States12/08/2012 10:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Listen Up guys..... We are lucky that we have good people like Dr ASTRO and MR Comet and others working and sharing. Think about this....It will take a GLP village of people to drag the truth if and when something that destructive can be coming at us. As humans we do not really understand how we would be impacted as possibly the few may survive a blast from space...so think how this when down...think of your emotions when you are confronted with a ELE event that can terminate your life and of those around you...SO the insults, the disrespect, the BS and lies should not be so easily spread here...We all want the same thing, THE TRUTH... I want to know if I have little time left so I can say goodbye or to prepare those with me...SO please thank who ever you have for having this media and for those of us that want the truth and nothing else....SO lets keep working together for the truth and hope that nothing, I mean nothing IT is going to harm this earth...its life forms and that we all will be here to exchange ideas to unvail the truth and destroyed the MIS-informationn... Thanks to all watchers!!!! |
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| Renegade (Me too) User ID: 28510817 United States12/08/2012 11:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The comet in question seems to be C/2012 V4. Robert Matson noted the comet on SWAN Nov 7 and Terry Lovejoy found the comet on the 29th. Quoting: visionandvoid Google the C/2012 v4 iceinspace and the first post shows the STEREO image of it on Dec. 4th. Looks to be near Mars on the 7th. Best view from the southern hemisphere. Perihelion on the 18th In mid-January northern hemisphere should be able to see it. Comet Pons-Gambart Seen Again After 188 Years On June 21, 1827, French astronomers Jean Louis Pons and Jean-Félix Adolphe Gambart discovered a comet among the stars of Cassiopeia. Both men were prolific comet finders. Pons was the most prolific discoverer of comets up until the modern era and still holds the record for most visual discoveries. A record that is unlikely to ever be broken. Between 1801 and 1827, Pons found 26 comets. Comet Pons-Gambart was his second to last comet find. Though not as prolific as Pons, Gambart is credited with 5 comet discoveries between 1822 and 1834. Comet Pons-Gambart was his 3rd find. As the comet was already a few weeks past perihelion at discovery, it was only observed for ~1 month before it faded. Over the years, orbit computers have noticed that Pons-Gambart was on an obvious elliptical orbit and determined periods between ~45 and 65 years. The only problem was with periods that short the comet should have returned at least 2 to 4 times since 1827. Perhaps the comet was fainter now or even broke up in the intervening years to explain why it was constantly being missed. Fast forward to this year… Robert Matson of Newport Coast, CA found evidence of an unknown comet on images taken with the SOHO spacecraft. SOHO’s SWAN imager is used to map the Lyman-α emission of the solar wind. SWAN is also very good at detecting hydrogen was dissociated water molecules released by comets. As a result, SWAN has been used to discover comets. Matson noted the presence of a comet on SWAN images from Nov. 7, 10, 11, 13 and 19. He then informed a number of observers about the new find and on Nov. 29 Terry Lovejoy of Australia found the comet. <snip> [link to transientsky.wordpress.com] Good find you two "By then the comet will be almost 1.7 AU from Earth." That's not very far, right? Wait .... what is an AU? Who is John Galt? |
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| Mrc User ID: 29239935 United States12/08/2012 11:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | JPL/HORIZONS 2012 V4 (C/2012 V4) 2012-Dec-08 08:09:09 Rec #:903920 (+COV) Soln.date: 2012-Dec-04_20:50:02 # obs: 88 (5 days) FK5/J2000.0 helio. ecliptic osc. elements (AU, DAYS, DEG, period=Julian yrs): EPOCH= 2456263.5 != 2012-Dec-02.0000000 (CT) Residual RMS= .49992 EC= .9835093366015384 QR= .8130420722055293 TP= 2456280.980832892 OM= 320.3356912274759 W= 19.78750718757295 IN= 136.3907659567195 A= 49.30317553394345 MA= 359.95023157964 ADIST= 97.79330899568136 PER= 346.19480039509 N= .002847028 ANGMOM= .021845152 DAN= .83756 DDN= 21.62856 L= 305.7346673 B= 13.5031202 TP= 2012-Dec-19.4808329 Physical & non-grav parameters (KM, SEC; A1,A2,A3=AU/d^2; DT=days): GM= n.a. RAD= n.a. A1= n.a. A2= n.a. A3= n.a. DT= n.a. M1= 11.9 M2= n.a. k1= 10. k2= n.a. PHCOF= n.a. COMET comments 1: soln ref.= JPL#2, data arc: 2012-Nov-29 to 2012-Dec-04 2: k1=10.; |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 26143620 United States12/08/2012 11:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So once again, the day is saved. Thanks to.. the Astro Doctor! Quoting: northo 2482640 *Cues Powerpuff Girls outro* ....What? :docastro: Trust the Doctor Astro now but eventually (hopefully) trust yourself more. Learn and gain your own knowledge in astronomy if it interests you and you do not want to be a mindless follower. Take the basics at a community college (or a 4-year college) and get a cheap telescope. Look up on every cloudless night, record everything and learn the math. Compare with other non-mindless, online followers and you will come to your own facts and truths. In the end, those will probably match the facts and truths of Dr. Astro but you will not have to rely on being a FOLLOWER. Be a leader, at least for yourself. Never blindly believe in anything (or anyone saying anything) that you cannot prove yourself given enough effort, no matter how flashy the presentation or graphic is. We all have the power to be our own authority but most of us waste it on an easy answer from an expert so we can feel safe that the matter is closed in our mind. Be your own expert, in every facet of your life! Exactly....Not a genius in these matters so going to trust in Dr. Astro. However, the best person to trust is yourself. If these matters are a concern to you, learn how to work it out for yourself. |
