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Newly found Comet Leonard might become 2021’s brightest
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Exciting news! A newly found comet might become 2021’s brightest comet. Astronomer Greg Leonard discovered the comet that now bears his name – C/2021 A1 (Leonard) – on January 3, 2021 at the Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona. Astronomers report that discovery images show a tail for the comet, suggesting we might see a nice tail as Comet Leonard draws closer to the Earth and sun. The comet is still far away, currently between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, heading inward. It’ll reach perihelion, its closest approach to the sun, around January 3, 2022. And so we’ll have a whole year to watch this comet get brighter, and brighter
originally posted by: neutronflux
Sputnik 1
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The R-7 core stage, with a mass of 7.5 tonnes and a length of 26 metres, also reached Earth orbit. It was a first magnitude object following behind the satellite and visible at night. Deployable reflective panels were placed on the booster in order to increase its visibility for tracking.[66] A small highly polished sphere, the satellite was barely visible at sixth magnitude, and thus harder to follow optically.[25] The batteries ran out on 26 October 1957, after the satellite completed 326 orbits.[68]
And the rocket that placed the first satellite Sputnik into orbit was visually verified along its track to place Sputnik into space with photographic evidence. That Sputnik was visible with binoculars. One of the rocket stages orbiting the earth was visible with the naked eye. And the actual satellite Sputnik was actually tracked by its broadcasting.
The fist rocket that place the first satellite in to orbit is verified as making it in to space. A indisputable fact with third party / layers of verification that it existed and completed its mission. Period.
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Sputnik 1
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The R-7 core stage, with a mass of 7.5 tonnes and a length of 26 metres, also reached Earth orbit. It was a first magnitude object following behind the satellite and visible at night. Deployable reflective panels were placed on the booster in order to increase its visibility for tracking.[66] A small highly polished sphere, the satellite was barely visible at sixth magnitude, and thus harder to follow optically.[25] The batteries ran out on 26 October 1957, after the satellite completed 326 orbits.[68]
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Spot the space station
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receive signals on the C-band analog, and were very large. The front cover of the 1979 Neiman-Marcus Christmas catalog featured the first home satellite TV stations on sale.[4] The dishes were nearly 20 feet (6.1 m) in diameter.[5] The satellite dishes of the early 1980s were 10 to 16 feet (3.0 to 4.9 m) in diameter[6] and made of fiberglass with an embedded layer of wire mesh or aluminium foil, or solid aluminium or steel.[7]
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originally posted by: turbonium1
Another point - why would the Sputnik rocket leave a long tail, lit up, when no other rockets leave such a tail, ever? Not that it matters, because it's fake, but I'd like to know if/how they have excused this, just for fun....
originally posted by: dragonridr
a reply to: neutronflux
You might as well stop arguing with him. When i read he didnt understand the photo you posted then hes incapable of understanding far more complicated things. He actually thinks the rocket left a long tail and doesnt realize it was just a long exposure on the film. If you cant figure out something this easy then hes way out of his league.
originally posted by: dragonridr
a reply to: neutronflux
You might as well stop arguing with him. When i read he didnt understand the photo you posted then hes incapable of understanding far more complicated things. He actually thinks the rocket left a long tail and doesnt realize it was just a long exposure on the film. If you cant figure out something this easy then hes way out of his league.
Newly found Comet Leonard might become 2021’s brightest
earthsky.org...
Exciting news! A newly found comet might become 2021’s brightest comet. Astronomer Greg Leonard discovered the comet that now bears his name – C/2021 A1 (Leonard) – on January 3, 2021 at the Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona. Astronomers report that discovery images show a tail for the comet, suggesting we might see a nice tail as Comet Leonard draws closer to the Earth and sun. The comet is still far away, currently between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars, heading inward. It’ll reach perihelion, its closest approach to the sun, around January 3, 2022. And so we’ll have a whole year to watch this comet get brighter, and brighter
originally posted by: turbonium1
originally posted by: dragonridr
a reply to: neutronflux
You might as well stop arguing with him. When i read he didnt understand the photo you posted then hes incapable of understanding far more complicated things. He actually thinks the rocket left a long tail and doesnt realize it was just a long exposure on the film. If you cant figure out something this easy then hes way out of his league.
If you can't figure out a. single grainy photo of a milestone event, is not exactly proof, you're beyond help.
The image itself is lousy, and flawed, maybe faked. It's worthless, to start with.
originally posted by: turbonium1
Same post, same answer - you have no proof comets exist as claimed, that's your problem, not mine.
So deal with it.
originally posted by: turbonium1
Same post, same answer - you have no proof comets exist as claimed, that's your problem, not mine.
So deal with it.
originally posted by: turbonium1
originally posted by: dragonridr
a reply to: neutronflux
You might as well stop arguing with him. When i read he didnt understand the photo you posted then hes incapable of understanding far more complicated things. He actually thinks the rocket left a long tail and doesnt realize it was just a long exposure on the film. If you cant figure out something this easy then hes way out of his league.
If you can't figure out a. single grainy photo of a milestone event, is not exactly proof, you're beyond help.
The image itself is lousy, and flawed, maybe faked. It's worthless, to start with.
originally posted by: neutronflux
Now comets don’t exist? On of the most recorded astronomical events recorded throughout history. One of the most studied items in our solar system. People in this thread, including myself, have witnessed various comets with our own eyes.
originally posted by: neutronflux
What are you going to do when C/2021 A1 (Leonard) comet becomes visible to the naked eye?
originally posted by: neutronflux
Sad you have to deny actual astronomical events to make your flat earth lie work. Sad you cannot give an alternate explanation while an actual astronomical event unfolds literally before our eyes.