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Two comets to cut it close to Earth’s orbit next week
boston herald ^
| 03/18/2016
Posted on 03/18/2016 9:33:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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03/18/2016 9:33:28 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
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posted on
03/18/2016 9:45:56 PM PDT
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tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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03/18/2016 9:47:20 PM PDT
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Artcore
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posted on
03/18/2016 9:48:01 PM PDT
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doc1019
(Cruz)
To: tumblindice
Two comets enter, ...Is this a joke about tail?
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03/18/2016 9:50:55 PM PDT
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Stentor
To: SunkenCiv
To: fieldmarshaldj
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posted on
03/18/2016 9:54:32 PM PDT
by
Kit cat
(OBummer must go)
To: BenLurkin
Will we get a meteor shower out of it?
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posted on
03/18/2016 9:56:17 PM PDT
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Bogie
(Just a coincidence?)
To: BenLurkin
Yes, this is fascinating - two green comets which were probably pieces of one comet in the past, and though small they are coming very close.
I have been trying to find out since I first read of this, and am hoping someone out there may know:
* Is this the first time they have crossed nearby, when was the previous time? During the Roman times? Or more recent? Or so long ago we really have no idea?
* Being there are two, is there any chance one would pull or set the other off it’s current path? Could one or the other split again?
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03/18/2016 9:58:32 PM PDT
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ShivaFan
To: BenLurkin
Being discovered on the Ides of March, what do these comets portend?
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posted on
03/18/2016 10:00:46 PM PDT
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Cvengr
( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
To: ShivaFan
Another question...are there pieces of the shattered comet which have not yet been spotted, and the trajectory of which is therefore unknown?
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03/18/2016 10:01:23 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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03/18/2016 10:05:48 PM PDT
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higgmeister
( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - voted Trump 2016 & Dude, Cruz ain't bona fide)
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03/18/2016 10:21:10 PM PDT
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Stentor
To: BenLurkin; ShivaFan
Being there are two, is there any chance one would pull or set the other off its [sic! Should read: its] current path? Could one or the other split again?The nuclei of comets are generally quite small - on the order of 2-3 km. Their masses are correspondingly low. The gravitational influence of one such body upon another body a few million kms away (which is incredibly close in astronomical terms) is virtually nil. Multiple fragmentation is of course possible.
Another question...are there pieces of the shattered comet which have not yet been spotted, and the trajectory of which is therefore unknown?
Quite possibly. After all: How could we know that that was not the case?
Regards,
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03/18/2016 10:40:30 PM PDT
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alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: BenLurkin
Big rocks flying around in space, imagine that!
TEOTWAWKI, and maybe our successors will get it right next time.
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03/18/2016 10:50:25 PM PDT
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factoryrat
(We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
To: Stentor
Erotic heavenly bodies, who’d a thunk it?
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03/18/2016 10:59:56 PM PDT
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tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: Bogie
Will we get a meteor shower out of it? Pray we don't.
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03/18/2016 11:06:19 PM PDT
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Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: Cvengr
Being discovered on the Ides of March, what do these comets portend? Why do they arrive just before a very significant Jewish observance might be a better question with better answers.
Is Iran in the news? Israel?
Mon- comet 252P/LINEAR
Tue- comet P/2016 BA14
Wed- Fast of Esther
Thu- Purim
Fri- Shushan Purim
Sat- Sabbath
To: BenLurkin
Hot Fudge Sundae comes on a Tuesdae (and a Mondae) this week.
Love, Jerry
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03/19/2016 12:20:25 AM PDT
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NonValueAdded
(Buchanan: A note of caution: This establishment is not going quietly.)
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