[annie laurie]

The little comet that could ;-)

[Army Air Corps]

Where is it in the sky?

[RDTF]

Scientology alert! The comet is coming and it’s been named after Katie!

[isthisnickcool]

Holmes is big?

Not gonna touch that ....

[Kevmo]

bmflr

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks annie for the ping.

28 October 2004
COMET STRIKE SURPRISINGLY MORE LIKELY
http://www.astrobiology.cf.ac.uk/ccabnews.html

Research conducted by a Cardiff University astronomy scientist suggests that a comet colliding with Earth is actually more likely than was previously believed.

Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, Honorary Professor Bill Napier and research student Janaki Wickramasinghe of Cardiff University’s Centre for Astrobiology believe that some comets are not visible using current astronomical scanning equipment. They argue that if this is the case, international programmes designed to detect near-Earth asteroids, and ways to reduce the worst effects of them colliding with Earth may need to be urgently reviewed.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks to annie laurie for the ping. See my earlier reply. An update regarding Comet Holmes.

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[Swordmaker]

Halo?!

It’s a coma, not a halo. Sheesh. ;^)>

[SunkenCiv]

related:

A distant comet explodes, another Red Sox omen?
Boston Globe | 25 October 2007 | Andrew Ryan
Posted on 10/25/2007 1:54:26 PM EDT by Fractal Trader
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1916330/posts

Comet Brightens Mysteriously By A Factor Of A Million
New Scientist | 10-25-2007 | Maggie McKee
Posted on 10/25/2007 5:39:29 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1916450/posts

King George County astronomer Stephen Hamilton
took this view of Comet 17P/Holmes on Wednesday.
Courtesy of Stephen Hamilton / November 2, 2007
http://www.dailypress.com/media/photo/2007-11/33642267.jpg

Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA | 10/29/07 | Igor Chekalin
Posted on 10/29/2007 7:05:46 AM EDT by sig226
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1917803/posts

Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA | 10/30/07 | Eric Allen Observatoire
Posted on 10/30/2007 5:55:24 PM EDT by sig226
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1918607/posts

[SunkenCiv]

comet holmes images:

Google

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Comet Holmes (left) from the 3.6-meter Canada-France-Hawaii telescope on Mauna
Kea showing the coma at 869,900 miles (1.4 million kilometers) in diameter. The white
''star'' near the center of the coma is in fact the dust-shrouded nucleus of the comet.The
sun and the planet Saturn are shown at the same scale for comparison. Credit:
University of Hawaii/CFHT (comet); NASA/Voyager (Saturn); NASA/ESA/SOHO (sun)

[ARridgerunner]

fyi

[myuhaul]

We are doomed. Bushes fault. Gore please save us.

[RightWhale]

Images on earlier thread.

[wardaddy]

Wassup Holmes?