1 posted on
03/14/2010 7:18:57 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
To: KevinDavis; 75thOVI; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
Ka-boom!
Because the sungrazers are so short-lived and many seem to follow similar orbits... the majority belong to a hypothesized "mother comet" that disintegrated perhaps as long as 2000 years ago.
2 posted on
03/14/2010 7:20:39 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(http://themagicnegro.com/)
To: SunkenCiv
The Kreutz Sungrazers are a family of sungrazing comets, characterized by orbits taking them extremely close to the Sun at perihelion.About 83% of the sungrazers observed with SOHO are members of the Kreutz group.
3 posted on
03/14/2010 7:26:02 PM PDT by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: SunkenCiv
The result will hit us on the solstice in... 2012!!!!
(just saw 2012 today for the first time — funniest movie I have seen in quite some time).
5 posted on
03/14/2010 7:32:53 PM PDT by
freedumb2003
( Tagline lost -- anyone seen it?)
To: SunkenCiv
7 posted on
03/14/2010 7:37:13 PM PDT by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: SunkenCiv
17 posted on
03/14/2010 8:37:51 PM PDT by
Sender
(It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
To: SunkenCiv
As their orbits are perturbed, surviving sungrazers can collide with the sun on a subsequent passage. You want to talk about being perturbed, the news coming from DC has me all perturbed! Knocked me right out of my usual orbit.
-PJ
25 posted on
03/15/2010 4:29:34 PM PDT by
Political Junkie Too
("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
To: SunkenCiv
28 posted on
03/16/2010 4:17:23 PM PDT by
Straight Vermonter
(Congratulations UVM Catamounts - Going to the Big Dance!)
To: SunkenCiv
Man... those things must be *really* moving in that tight of a turn around the Sun.
29 posted on
03/16/2010 4:22:14 PM PDT by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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