Approaching Comet (inter solar system)

Spaceweather.com ^ | 1.09.2009 | n/a

[wolfcreek]

Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3), discovered in 2007 by a Strait-bridging team of astronomers from Taiwan and China, is swinging around the sun and approaching Earth. Astronomer Karzaman Ahmad sends this picture taken Jan. 7th from the Langkawi National Observatory in Malaysia:

[SlowBoat407]

I saw a movie once where lots of people turned into brain eating zombies because of some comet or asteroid. I hope it doesn’t happen again......

Too late.

[ZX12R]

Too late.

[wxgesr]

How close will it come to Uranus?

[Jeff Head]

If you want to worry about it, that's fine. But this comet is going to miss us by 37 million miles (or more), which is about 150 time further from earth than the moon, so I will not lose an instant of sleep over this one.

[John W]

“I wonder if there was a truly life threatening extinction event on the near horizon would our glorious leader tell us?”

No, and no other leader would either. Job # 1: Crowd Control.

[blueplum]

wonder how they knew in the 3rd century the damage comets (and asteriods) can bring?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdSTE4jWJmk
(National Geographic totals the USA, the oceans, and the world)

[blueplum]

I’m just gonna guess, if one doesn’t see a tail, one is about to experience this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69W8WpU4n1M
(might want to kill the soundtrack)

and so will be kissing one’s own tail goodbye

[Centurion2000]

I saw a movie once where lots of people turned into brain eating zombies because of some comet or asteroid.

Night of the comet. The only people safe were behind sheet steel in the theater.

[blam]

bfl

[cartan]

I wonder if there was a truly life threatening extinction event on the near horizon would our glorious leader tell us?

Of course not. It’s such a downer!

[AFreeBird]

Almost seems like an apt way to finish out 2008.....but alas, 2008 is already closed.

So IOW: Same $#!t Different Year.

Swell.

[wolfcreek]

That was WAY cool. (especially the music)

[wolfcreek]

Your calculations are a little off based on the info provided in post #12 (from Chinapost.com) (14.5 times Earth to moon average)

Come out to approximately 3.46 million miles.

I'm not worried because it wouldn't do any good. Just trying to figure why the powers that be decided to rape us at this point in time.

Maybe it's all coincidence. who knows?

[wolfcreek]

Seems like even reporters in China are screwy. Your info based on .4 AU, was correct. Sorry

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks wolfcreek.

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[Judith Anne]

It’s “...and love will steer the stars,” iirc.

[Cvengr]

ping

[TN4Liberty]

... this is the dawning of the Age of Asparagus...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks. :’)