New Comet Discovered—May Become "One of Brightest in History" (outshine the moon)

National Geographic ^ | September 27, 2012 | Andrew Fazekas

[procrustes]

Comet “Novichonok-Nevski”, I guess is the name if the article is correct.

[usconservative]

ROFL!

[DNME]

Comets just creep me out.

There may be a dozen comets bearing down on us right now and we wouldn’t know it for weeks or months to come. Almost all comets miss the Earth, but some scientists speculate that comet impacts are what filled the oceans with water.

And a comet strike would be a “disaster” of the first order. In fact, that’s where the word “disaster” came from — “dis-” meaning bad and “aster” meaning star.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NYer.

Newly spotted comet may outshine the full moon
New Scientist | Tuesday, September 25, 2012 | Jeff Hecht
Posted on 09/26/2012 6:29:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2936767/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NYer. No ping, just adding to the catalog.

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