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Message Subject BREAKING NEWS --- Mars to be hit by massive comet! 40 billion nuke bomb size explosion! CONFIRMED!
Poster Handle Dr. Astro
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Hey Dr. Astro, much love and respect to you. But are you kidding me, an unprecedented meteor strike on Russia that injured thousands (never recorded in human hisotry), and now, NOW, just MAYBE, a planet destroying asteroid (which happens every once tens of millions of years) on our nearest neighbor (ok Venus is probably closer, but who cares)???
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26533342

Again, if it weren't for science you wouldn't even know this comet was out there. Think about that for a minute. Supposing it hits Mars, would you rather it hit mars when no one was watching because no one was doing the science necessary to know it would happen?
 Quoting: Dr. Astro


Hey Astro, have you calculated the rough time it will take for the light to be visible? If it did hit, could we theoretically watch the whole thing go down on a really sweet telescope? That's be so cool to see.

I guess you simple answer will be "Yes, if you have a view of Mars when it hits."
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 19079034


It will be visible in telescopes if you're in the right spot on earth. The light from the collision will have taken roughly 13 minutes to reach you if I recall correctly.
 Quoting: Dr. Astro

I should further qualify that statement: Mars will be visible in telescopes at the moment of impact if you're standing in the right place on earth, but whether you can actually see the impact or not would depend on where it hits mars. I'm working on figuring out the possibilities regarding that right now.
 
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