I remember seeing Ikeya back in the early-mid 60s. I could see it sitting in a chair in our living room looking out the front door when it was pretty bright outside around sunset. (Not my photo.)
Ping!
... or not.
Great news for the astronomy oriented crowd.
Not so good news for the ‘end of the world’ crowd.
Another Kahoutek?...............
Wonder if we’re going to see the same level of hysteria over this one that we saw over Elenin.
There is a ship behind the comet. I have sneakers and robes for sale at my website. www.ImPrettySureThisIsTheRightOne.com
The mayans where off by a year.
We shall call this comet Kohoutek II because the hype has already started. It’s close approach to the sun will be problematic for a bright display, no?
Not coming close to earth around Dec 21st is it?
I remember seeing Ikeya back in the early-mid 60s. I could see it sitting in a chair in our living room looking out the front door when it was pretty bright outside around sunset. (Not my photo.)
Comet “Novichonok-Nevski”, I guess is the name if the article is correct.
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.