TyHolden said:
This is really bad if true.
Bruce Willis is very sick and Ben Afleck is still outside smoking a cigarette.
We gotta find new drillers.
Rapier108 said:
NASA hasn't been releasing any photos (James Webb, Hubble, etc.) thanks to the Democrats shutting down the government.
They are not hiding photos of the space rock.
fc2112 said:
This is a comet that many people think might be a man made or alien object. It's tail is facing the wrong way and it's off gases are a composition consistent with commercially fabricated nickel.
So - it's catnip for UFO theorists.
TexAgs91 said:
It's just a comet... an interstellar comet, which is cool, but it's just a comet.
Hopefully our orbiters around Mars can get some good data from it.
TheEternalOptimist said:
The strangest thing about this object is that it has had a tail going towards the sun instead of trailing away from it with the solar wind. In theory, this should only happen if there is venting at the front of the object that is faster than it's motion OR if the object was slowing down, which it is not doing.
Urban Ag said:TyHolden said:
This is really bad if true.
Bruce Willis is very sick and Ben Afleck is still outside smoking a cigarette.
We gotta find new drillers.
I got this
now just hire some spares for the other parts and let's drill that rock
TheEternalOptimist said:
I have $200 telescope I got at Costco a few years ago. That's the extend of my amateur astronomy skills.
The strangest thing about this object is that it has had a tail going towards the sun instead of trailing away from it with the solar wind. In theory, this should only happen if there is venting at the front of the object that is faster than it's motion OR if the object was slowing down, which it is not doing.
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If a comet is moving away from the Sun, its tail will trail behind it (as you might expect).
But if a comet is moving toward the Sun, the tail actually points ahead of it, away from the Sun which can look "backward" compared to the comet's path.
YouBet said:TheEternalOptimist said:
I have $200 telescope I got at Costco a few years ago. That's the extend of my amateur astronomy skills.
The strangest thing about this object is that it has had a tail going towards the sun instead of trailing away from it with the solar wind. In theory, this should only happen if there is venting at the front of the object that is faster than it's motion OR if the object was slowing down, which it is not doing.
From the internet. Someone else can verify:Quote:
If a comet is moving away from the Sun, its tail will trail behind it (as you might expect).
But if a comet is moving toward the Sun, the tail actually points ahead of it, away from the Sun which can look "backward" compared to the comet's path.
javajaws said:YouBet said:TheEternalOptimist said:
I have $200 telescope I got at Costco a few years ago. That's the extend of my amateur astronomy skills.
The strangest thing about this object is that it has had a tail going towards the sun instead of trailing away from it with the solar wind. In theory, this should only happen if there is venting at the front of the object that is faster than it's motion OR if the object was slowing down, which it is not doing.
From the internet. Someone else can verify:Quote:
If a comet is moving away from the Sun, its tail will trail behind it (as you might expect).
But if a comet is moving toward the Sun, the tail actually points ahead of it, away from the Sun which can look "backward" compared to the comet's path.
That reads like it was written by bad AI
Im Gipper said:
Could be an angel.
Should be the reverse. The tail always points away from the sun regardless of the comet's path. It only "points ahead" of the comet when the comet is moving directly away from the sun, not towards it.YouBet said:TheEternalOptimist said:
I have $200 telescope I got at Costco a few years ago. That's the extend of my amateur astronomy skills.
The strangest thing about this object is that it has had a tail going towards the sun instead of trailing away from it with the solar wind. In theory, this should only happen if there is venting at the front of the object that is faster than it's motion OR if the object was slowing down, which it is not doing.
From the internet. Someone else can verify:Quote:
If a comet is moving away from the Sun, its tail will trail behind it (as you might expect).
But if a comet is moving toward the Sun, the tail actually points ahead of it, away from the Sun which can look "backward" compared to the comet's path.
Fenrir said:
Comet tails always point away from the sun. There is however something called an "anti-tail" which is basically a situation where heavier debris left behind by the comet can look like a tail towards the sun based on earth's perspective.
one safe place said:
How hard is it to release some pictures?
The cameras and sensors are not all the same on each platform. Webb doesn't have a "camera", for example. The images are produced from multiple sensors' output; it has to be analyzed and interpreted to make a picture that makes sense to human eyes. That requires analyst and computer time. And the government is shut down right now. In other words, the images are not sitting in someone's iPhoto library just waiting for an intern to click the "Share" button.one safe place said:
How hard is it to release some pictures?
usmcbrooks said:
Does this have anything to do with Orionid Meteor shower?
fc2112 said:usmcbrooks said:
Does this have anything to do with Orionid Meteor shower?
no.
and i saw some really nice ones out in El Paso this weekend.
YouBet said:fc2112 said:
This is a comet that many people think might be a man made or alien object. It's tail is facing the wrong way and it's off gases are a composition consistent with commercially fabricated nickel.
So - it's catnip for UFO theorists.
Facing the wrong way because of its relative position? That's normal.
fc2112 said:usmcbrooks said:
Does this have anything to do with Orionid Meteor shower?
no.
and i saw some really nice ones out in El Paso this weekend.
