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Giant comet may collide with Earth late October
Pravda ^ | October 6, 2006

Posted on 10/09/2006 9:40:33 PM PDT by tlb

According to the Russian astronomer Nikolai Fedorovsky, a giant comet flying at top speed is bound for Earth. Should the comet stay on the collision course, it may hit the planet in late October. The impact will cause devastating tsunamis, earthquakes and avalanches, says Fedorovsky. He saw the killer comet in a telescope two weeks ago. He managed to calculate the comet’s trajectory. We got in touch with Nikolai Fedorovsky:

“I’m not trying to scare anybody, I just want to warn the public,” sums up Fedorovsky. “We should pay attention to this suspicious celestial body. We could obtain more accurate calculations if other astronomers join forces. We could also photograph it if we’re in luck. We will probably partake in one of the greatest events in the history of humankind,”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: artbell; asteroids; chickenlittle; cleanyourlensnikolai; doomed; drunkstargazing; keeplookingup; science; space; theskyisfalling; weallgonnadie
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To: hosepipe

This is probably just Marshall Applewhite and his "home team" crew coming back to pick up Nancy Pelosi and the Daily Kos crowd.


61 posted on 10/09/2006 10:06:45 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Today we march, tomorrow we vote!" The illegal aliens won't be "staying home" on Nov. 7th.)
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To: advertising guy

Frost!!!!!


62 posted on 10/09/2006 10:07:01 PM PDT by Rockitz (This isn't rocket science- Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: appeal2
Whatever it takes to stop the dims from gaining control of the house, if it means we collide with comet causing cataclysmic destruction then so be it!

The Dems would be routed because they all voted against missile defense funding.

63 posted on 10/09/2006 10:07:02 PM PDT by montag813
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To: tlb; pax_et_bonum; Xenalyte; Bacon Man; Hap; humblegunner; Slings and Arrows
“I’m not trying to scare anybody, I just want to warn the public,” sums up Fedorovsky.

No, that's cool, dude. Mass panics are always more organized when we have a little "heads up," you know?

I can't stand a disorganized mass panic.

I need to stock up on beer for the "We're All Gonna Die in the Comet Crash" party. I guess I can use the same decorations I recently used for the August 22 "Ahmadinejad's Gonna Nuke Us All" party?

64 posted on 10/09/2006 10:07:19 PM PDT by Allegra (Super Elastic Bubble Plastic!)
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To: Slings and Arrows
ANOTHER pail of garbage that Clinton and his crew left behind for us to clean up...


65 posted on 10/09/2006 10:07:52 PM PDT by bitt ("And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.")
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To: tlb

Is this Rove's big October surprise?


66 posted on 10/09/2006 10:07:52 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby
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To: tlb

wait a minute I thought that this summer was the end of all hurricanes? what happened?


67 posted on 10/09/2006 10:08:26 PM PDT by lndrvr1972
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To: SkyDancer
Oh, pleeeze ....

Hey, we need another liberal sap to fall on his sword. Affleck would be perfect for the part.

68 posted on 10/09/2006 10:09:21 PM PDT by Rockitz (This isn't rocket science- Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: abigailsmybaby

>>>Is this Rove's big October surprise?

That was my subheading to the article title but it disappeared. This makes me think a moderator has more knowledge of this comet and the Rove plan then they let on.


69 posted on 10/09/2006 10:10:24 PM PDT by tlb
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To: verum ago
time to start looting?

Already started!

70 posted on 10/09/2006 10:10:44 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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To: DemforBush

I remember that movie!!


71 posted on 10/09/2006 10:11:18 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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To: tlb

You don't suppose it came early, smashed into N. Korea, and now Lil Kim is taking credit for it!


72 posted on 10/09/2006 10:12:14 PM PDT by Mjaye
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To: All
All of this is fun and games. BUT..

IF a real comet or asteroid was on a trajectory toward Earth-- And we had say 6 months till impact--

WOuld the powers-that-be REALLY stand around and do NOTHING??

Many here probably know that ICBM'S are NOT the answer:: They cannot get away from the Earth's orbital boundaries. To use one or more to destroy a comet would mean detonation RIGHT ABOVE the Earth--and that would leave thousands of pieces or radioactive debris raining down on the planet-- NOT AN ANSWER!!

However-- IF such a threat did arise, could not a number of SLV's (space launch vehicles) such as the Titan IV be fitted with one or more nukes of 1MT or larger, and sent out a week or 2 in advance, to rendezvous with the asteroid, most likely in a "necklace blast" or possibly a "stand-off blast" (after all-- you do NOT need to destroy the object--just send it away from the Earth)??

Or would they just sit around arguing and pretending there was no problem--until it was visible to the naked eye, by which time it is too late??
73 posted on 10/09/2006 10:12:22 PM PDT by Rca2000 (NEVER underestimate the power of the pajama party!!)
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To: tlb

>>>>>"According to the Russian astronomer Nikolai Fedorovsky, a giant comet flying at top speed is bound for Earth"<<<<<

What is the "Top Speed" for a 2006 Comet?

TT


74 posted on 10/09/2006 10:12:40 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
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To: ModelBreaker

As the old Russian saying goes, there is no truth in Pravda and no news in Izvestia.


75 posted on 10/09/2006 10:12:41 PM PDT by MediaMole (9/11 - We have already forgotten.)
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To: advertising guy

Foyt!

76 posted on 10/09/2006 10:12:44 PM PDT by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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To: FrPR
No kidding. I found three triffids in my tomato plants this morning.

Yup, I'd say that sounds just like Rove's MO.

77 posted on 10/09/2006 10:12:46 PM PDT by Dianna
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To: struwwelpeter

The statement does sound pretty silly, but the speed of a comet does vary, and is at it's greatest during the comet's closest pass to the Sun, known as "perihelion." What this Russian is describing, though, sounds inbound to the inner solar system, from the Kuiper Belt (or the Oort Cloud), so he's incorrect about "top speed" anyway.


78 posted on 10/09/2006 10:12:56 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: tlb; Dog Gone; Grampa Dave; tubebender

I heard that a message was inscribed in the dirty ice of the comet... "HERE I COME! READY OR NOT!!!


79 posted on 10/09/2006 10:13:49 PM PDT by SierraWasp (To be fair, Bill Clinton did more than any other President to protect us from the Branch Davidians!)
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To: Rockitz

I liked him in a few movies (Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and one other) ... but since??????


80 posted on 10/09/2006 10:14:01 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("The Americans on Flight 93 did more to counter terrorism than the Democrats have done in 4 years")
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