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I have edited the original post and added a link to an article by CNN dated July 25, 2011. The article concerns ELENIN.
That is not an article by CNN. Maybe you missed this:
So you know: iReport is the way people like you report the news. The stories in this section are not edited, fact-checked or screened before they post. Only ones marked 'CNN iReport' have been vetted by CNN.
ireport.cnn.com...
I’ve checked the data on comets on “www.minorplanetcenter.net...” and discovered, of course, that Elenin is *not* just another usual comet out there. Among the list of 35 comets with eccentricity greater or equal to 1 (parabolic/hyperbolic orbits) *all* but Elenin have inclination with the ecliptic greater than 30 deg. (and Elenin has ~ 1.8 degree ) and among the 27 comets with inclination smaller than 5 deg only 2 have eccentricity above 0.56 and none have eccentricity greater or equal to 1 (except Elenin). For me this suggests that Elenin is more like a another planet of the solar system than an usual comet and its long orbital period suggests that it probably orbits between the Sun and the binary companion. Thank you so much my friend for your articles, they are very, very interesting. Elenin is probably the most interesting Astronomical event in a very long time, because of its direct connection with events happening now, and the fun part is that if you go to a discussion forum and say these things people start to call you ‘nuts’ and ‘fear monger’, but *the facts* say otherwise eh?
Originally posted by XplanetX
An article that I posted in another thread, not sure if it has been posted in here?
Regarding ELENIN:
ireport.cnn.com...
There are two populations of comets, when their distribution is measured by the characteristics of eccentricity, inclination and semi-major orbital axis size. The first large population of comets have nearly circular orbits (low eccentricity), short orbital periods (< 200 years) and relatively small orbits. The second population - those with higher eccentric orbits - are evenly distributed in inclination, are more distant from the Sun and have long orbital periods ( > 200 years).
Originally posted by liejunkie01
From the looks of it, it is possible.
But I still would like confirmation......
It looks like they are hoping on 2 years.
Astrophysicists John Matese and Daniel Whitmire from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette think data from NASA's infrared space telescope WISE will confirm Tyche's existence and location within two years.
Two long years for the doom
ETA: I would like to state that I realize that it might be 2 more years for detection. Not the end of the world. For clarification.edit on 14-8-2011 by liejunkie01 because: ETA
Nothing but a bunch of gutless, yes men robots who are always the last to feel the wrath
Originally posted by Xcalibur254
reply to post by SheopleNation
Nothing but a bunch of gutless, yes men robots who are always the last to feel the wrath
Yeah who can forget the wrath we were subjected to in 1995 when Nibiru collided with Earth and again in 2003. And who can forget when all of us debunkers were killed by the aliens following Comet Hale-Bopp. Then there were all the times Hal Lindsey said the world was going to end. And lets not forget Harold Camping's 1994 and 2011 warnings. We really should have listened to him. Then there's our ancestors who were all wiped out by the likes of the return of Christ in 1843 and 1844, that time the Sun exploded in 1919 due to a galactic alignment, Comet Kohoutek passing in 1973, and the deadly cyanogen they were subjected to when we passed through the tail of Halley's Comet in 1910. With a track record like that, how can we have the gall to say that Comet Elenin won't kill us all?
Originally posted by DJW001
reply to post by XplanetX
Terral: you're slipping. Sorry your cult never took fire, but now you're showing your hand. (Deleted by Mods in 3... 2...1...)
but that DOES NOT discount my quoted text...in fact it supports it.
those with higher eccentric orbits - are evenly distributed in inclination, are more distant from the Sun and have long orbital periods ( > 200 years).
Originally posted by Thestargateisreal
reply to post by Nobama
If a brown dwarf was in a high elliptical orbit around our sun and could therefore be predicted to return at certain time periods, it would have accumulated the Oort cloud into it's own mass and the Oort cloud would not exist. The fact that it does exist shows that no celestial bodies with as high a mass as a brown dwarf ever passes through it.