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Originally posted by FlyInTheOintment
I totally understand how people are trying to explain these events away, but to my mind there are presently simply too many in quick succession to dismiss it as normal.
I hold certain beliefs about the nature and origin of our local stellar environment which lead me to err on the side of caution and thus prepare myself to expect the unexpected as the months and years progress.
Watch for the signs of the Age - in all spheres & realms of activity.
Originally posted by buddha
they just keep coming!
is this the end? god I hope so.
sick of life and all the poo they put us though.
Originally posted by buddha
they just keep coming!
is this the end? god I hope so.
sick of life and all the poo they put us though.
Originally posted by TruthSeekersRUS
reply to post by Quyll
Just like Asteroids. Earth is also traveling through the cosmos.
Originally posted by Starwise
Even though Asteroid 1998 QE2 is doing a fly by it wont even be close to hit us, but I also wonder if it has debris behind it or in front of it that could reach us.
This is what I want to know:
Aside from the asteroid’s hulking mass, another thing that intrigues astronomers about QE2 is that nobody can say with any certainty where it came from. One clue to its origins, however, is that its surface is said to be covered with a sticky, black residue, suggesting that it may be the remains of a comet that came in close proximity to the sun, Amy Mainzer, a researcher at Jet Propulsion Laboratory at La Cañada Flintridge, California, told the Los Angeles Times.
If it is the remains of an unknown comet, then it could be easy to associate these new meteorite strikes with it yes?
edit on 19-5-2013 by Starwise because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by TheEthicalSkeptic
Not to scare anyone, but I put this spreadsheet and graph together here of the tabulated fireball counts and trends extracted from the American Meteor Society (Founded 1911) database of reports.
The best fit on the data (.76+) was a square power curve with a moderate upward bias and a differential ratio of 5.7 more fireballs per each new month across the period on average. So a moderately accelerating trend of increase.
2013 is a linear projection, which is way conservative since the fall months tend to involve heavier fireball activity - which could put 2013 more in the 3800 range more realistically.
Interesting.
edit on 19-5-2013 by TheEthicalSkeptic because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by TDawgRex
Thank you, Mr. Spock.
From what I get from your post, 2013 should be a great year for stargazers. Am I correct?
And I know about the comet later this year...that should be pretty cool.
There are circumstances affecting the data collected by the AMS that should be understood to prevent misinterpretation regarding the change of fireballs reported.
1. From January 2005 through December 2010 the AMS fireball reports system was based on the same data collection form and process created by Bob Lunsford in 2005.
2. In December 2010 the AMS fireball reporting system was upgraded to a database google maps system developed by Mike Hankey and company. The new software made it much easier for witnesses to file reports and resulted in more witnesses successfully reporting events.
3. Internet traffic on the AMS site has increased since 2005. In current years, more people are connected with mobile devices, laptops and computers than ever before. This leads to more people reporting fireballs. At least one huge event with over 100+ reports in 2009 was space trash, and there was at least 1 space trash event for 2012. The graph of 100+ events has not been adjusted to account for space trash.
4. A percentage of reports received are cloud contrails, planes, sun dogs or phenomenon other than fireball meteors. These reports are deleted when detected and generally tend to be events reported by only one witness.
5. In November 2012, the AMS fireball reporting software was upgraded again and this upgrade resulted in an immediate increase of reports received. It is believed that improvements to the user interface lessened the amount of form abandonment and other training issues that may have kept witnesses from successfully logging events on the previous version.