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Originally posted by KingJod
Can I ask a simple question. Why is it that all the non-believers say that it will fly by like the rest? Are you guys saying there is no chance for a comet to ever hit Earth. I mean alot of you make it seem that Earth is just shielded from everything.
Elenin won't be coming within 43K miles of Earth. At its closest point, it will be 34,958,870 km (21,722,435 miles) from Earth.
Originally posted by spikey
And do the over 100 comets discovered last year, bring them in to within 43K miles?
Yeah, never mind that all the people who aren't in NASA who are observing this object have noticed no massive deviation in the orbital path. And that the 43,000 miles 'calculation' is a crock of bull, but whatever
The odds are quite high that NASA is not lying to start with. Considering the number of amateur astronomers who are just as capable as those working for NASA, it would be impossible for an immanent impact to be hidden anyway.
Sparking the fears of Minister Serdyukov, he says in this report, is that based upon the new orbit calculations for Comet Elenin, it appears in “all likelihood” that this celestial object is under some type of “intelligent control” and will approach our Earth “much closer” than originally thought this coming fall season.
Originally posted by Ex_CT2
Originally posted by R3KR
reply to post by Ex_CT2
If thats the case then the space station is not the only thing that needs to be concerned. That is approaching commercial airline traffic !!!
Originally posted by R3KR
reply to post by Ex_CT2
If thats the case then the space station is not the only thing that needs to be concerned. That is approaching commercial airline traffic !!!
What? I think perhaps you misread. That's approx. 43,000 miles, not 43,000 feet.
Regardless, it seems to me that that's an extremely finely calculated result (0.0004617 au) for something that far away. I mean, there are a number of variables that have to be taken into account; it just seems so excessively *accurate*....
Originally posted by KingJod
Can I ask a simple question. Why is it that all the non-believers say that it will fly by like the rest? Are you guys saying there is no chance for a comet to ever hit Earth. I mean alot of you make it seem that Earth is just shielded from everything.
right here. The orbit, fit to 1291 observations over 124 days shows the closest approach to Earth will be no closer than 0.233685410470319 AU (21,722,434.8 miles), about 500 times larger than the 43,000 mile figure.
Originally posted by KingJod
Where is your proof that the 43,000 mile's is a crock of bull?
Originally posted by Bob Sholtz
Sparking the fears of Minister Serdyukov, he says in this report, is that based upon the new orbit calculations for Comet Elenin, it appears in “all likelihood” that this celestial object is under some type of “intelligent control” and will approach our Earth “much closer” than originally thought this coming fall season.
He's a russian defence minister. does that help my credibility?
www.eutimes.net...
Originally posted by Blaine91555
Originally posted by KingJod
Can I ask a simple question. Why is it that all the non-believers say that it will fly by like the rest? Are you guys saying there is no chance for a comet to ever hit Earth. I mean alot of you make it seem that Earth is just shielded from everything.
The odds are quite high that NASA is not lying to start with. Considering the number of amateur astronomers who are just as capable as those working for NASA, it would be impossible for an immanent impact to be hidden anyway.
Originally posted by Logman
reply to post by phantomjack
So 1 through 5, all normal things.
6. Elenin is on an elliptical orbit which brings it to earth every ~3600 years. FACT
Not true. It's been calcuated to over 10,000 years. So WRONG.
7. World wide earth events have occurred on these 3600 year intervals, including the great flood, the loss of atlantis, the appearance of the Mayan civilization, etc. These events are documented in the bible, the Kolbrin bible, and various other ancient documents
Err, okay, what worldwide catastrophie happened in 1589 BC? Nothing. Next please.
The rest of your post was standard Kool-aid drinking. Fun to read that someone can be so scared of something that doesn't exist. Do you believe in the Yeti, Santa, Shoe-fixing eleves and the Easter Bunny? Might as well go all in, son.
edit on 15-4-2011 by Logman because: yes, I meant BC