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Originally posted by libertytoall
"For several days around January 12, 2014, Earth will pass through a stream of fine-grained debris from Comet ISON," says Wiegert. "The resulting shower could have some interesting properties.
science.nasa.gov...
Where do you think that debris is coming from?
Originally posted by libertytoall
Earth is going to pass through comet Ison's tail in mid to late January of 2014.
Originally posted by madmac5150
The last I had heard, comet tails were creating zombies... did I miss a memo? a meeting? guess my illuminati newsletter was late in the mail...
Originally posted by alfa1
Originally posted by libertytoall
Earth is going to pass through comet Ison's tail in mid to late January of 2014.
No, it isnt.
As the comet moves through its orbit, it leaves particles behind. This is NOT the same as the tail.
Around the middle of January, the earth will pass *near* the place where comet ISON had been on November 2nd, some months earlier.
Note, that I said *near*. The earth isnt passing *through* anything. And if it did, it isnt the tail.
There is a small chance that some micron sized material will still be at that place in the orbit, those months later, but it isnt a "tail". The "tail" of the comet in the middle of January will be on the other side of the orbit.
Originally posted by libertytoall
Originally posted by madmac5150
The last I had heard, comet tails were creating zombies... did I miss a memo? a meeting? guess my illuminati newsletter was late in the mail...
Do you post an immature and smug remark directed at the material I posted because you don't understand the science behind it or simply because you want to be a jerk? I was just wondering..
Please feel free to correct my understanding of what comet tails create if not then you can let yourself out of this thread.
Originally posted by libertytoall
Now you want to get into semantics OK FINE IT'S NOT IT'S TAIL even though the dust is from it's tail.. Now go refute the science rather than getting into semantics or baseless insults.
According to Wiegert's computer models, the debris stream is populated with extremely tiny grains of dust, no more than a few microns wide, pushed toward Earth by the gentle radiation pressure of the sun. They will be hitting at a speed of 56 km/s or 125,000 mph.
Because the particles are so small, Earth’s upper atmosphere will rapidly slow them to a stop. "Instead of burning up in a flash of light, they will drift gently down to the Earth below," he says.
Originally posted by AlphaHawk
reply to post by libertytoall
Greetings.
What science do you speak of?
I have seen none in your posts so far.
We pass through dust trails quite often, what do you think meteor showers are?
There was one just a couple of weeks ago:
news.nationalgeographic.com...
edit on 26-6-2013 by AlphaHawk because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by alfa1
Originally posted by libertytoall
Now you want to get into semantics OK FINE IT'S NOT IT'S TAIL even though the dust is from it's tail.. Now go refute the science rather than getting into semantics or baseless insults.
Sorry, didnt realise that this thread was going to be about science.
But if it's science you want, then this says your thread title is nonsense:
According to Wiegert's computer models, the debris stream is populated with extremely tiny grains of dust, no more than a few microns wide, pushed toward Earth by the gentle radiation pressure of the sun. They will be hitting at a speed of 56 km/s or 125,000 mph.
Because the particles are so small, Earth’s upper atmosphere will rapidly slow them to a stop. "Instead of burning up in a flash of light, they will drift gently down to the Earth below," he says.
Originally posted by libertytoall
That's a good point but meteors behave differently. Have you observed a meteor having an immense tail trailing behind it? Meteors are not charged objects like comets.
Originally posted by libertytoall
If the dust isn't going to burn up then what are we going to do with all the additional water vapor, water, and possible hydrogen peroxide?