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NeVeR
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http://janus.astro.umd.edu/javadir/orbits/ssv.html ...and if you click on comets and speed it up to the year 2011, it looks as though a comet called "Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova" is going to impact the earth on August 15! O_O + Show Spoiler + I researched this on google and apparently the comet will miss us just narrowly (0.0601 AU). Still, kinda scary. ^_^;   | ||
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Megalisk
United States6095 Posts
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Icysoul
Canada254 Posts
 looking forward to that | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
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Trezeguet
United States2656 Posts
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Jyvblamo
Canada13788 Posts
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
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Kenpachi
United States9908 Posts
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deconduo
Ireland4122 Posts
On January 18 2010 12:58 Jyvblamo wrote: 0.06 AU is a prettty big margin to miss by. Yeah 1 A.U. is the distance from here to the sun, so 0.06AU is about 9 million Km or 700 times the diameter of the earth. Nothing much to worry about there. | ||
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ero
United States66 Posts
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Spenguin
Australia3316 Posts
On January 18 2010 13:12 ero wrote: Yeah but 0.06 AU is 0.000000949 light years. We're fucked. That makes no difference, still 700 times diameter of Earth. I bet that's not close enough to do anything. | ||
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meeple
Canada10211 Posts
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
On January 18 2010 13:21 Spenguin wrote: That makes no difference, still 700 times diameter of Earth. I bet that's not close enough to do anything. It's still pretty close actually. Think about how big the solar system is. Hope nobody's driving the comet. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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Pinnacle55
Singapore173 Posts
Even if it did hit us, it would burn up in the atmosphere. At most it would stink for a couple of days. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
On January 18 2010 13:43 Pinnacle55 wrote: Also, comets are really nothing more than a bunch of frozen ammonia flying through space. Even if it did hit us, it would burn up in the atmosphere. At most it would stink for a couple of days. Its a lot more shit than that, there is a reason why they call them dirty snowballs. (there is a little science experiment that you can do at home to create comet makeup). I think it's going so fast that it doesn't have a chance to disintegrate in time. Comet hit would be brutal. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
5P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova is not going to hit Earth in 2011. It will be approximately 9 million kilometres away at its closest approach, which is around 23 times the distance to the Moon ! You have to remember that the "orbital simulation" that you are referring to is being shown on a 2D screen, and is being viewed from one particular angle. Fortunately for us, all solar orbiting objects move in 3D space, and it's very easy to demonstrate that the comet will miss Earth by a comfortable margin. I say "easy" because I have a Solar System simulator installed on my PC. It's called Dance of the Planets (ARC Science Simulations; www.arcscience.com ), and I can simulate the orbit of this (and any other) comet very accurately. | ||
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cokencheese
Philippines748 Posts
Heh, that would be one SMASHING birthday present, amirite guise? | ||
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BanZu
United States3329 Posts
On January 18 2010 13:52 cokencheese wrote: The 15th of August is my birthday. Heh, that would be one SMASHING birthday present, amirite guise? Oh man that would be such a blast! | ||
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stoned_rabbit
United States324 Posts
On January 18 2010 13:52 cokencheese wrote: The 15th of August is my birthday. Heh, that would be one SMASHING birthday present, amirite guise? oh my god .... worst pun ever but seriously i lol'd and my bday is on the 17th haha. | ||
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