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Tom_Joad 01/27/23 6:23:44 PM #1:	https://apnews.com/article/science-planets-af15da666c16b784e79f2fead8bc01ac https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/9/3/AAfQqfAAEIVF.jpg CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years. The dirty snowball last visited during Neanderthal times, according to NASA. It will come within 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) of Earth Wednesday before speeding away again, unlikely to return for millions of years. So do look up, contrary to the title of the killer-comet movie Dont Look Up. Discovered less than a year ago, this harmless green comet already is visible in the northern night sky with binoculars and small telescopes, and possibly the naked eye in the darkest corners of the Northern Hemisphere. Its expected to brighten as it draws closer and rises higher over the horizon through the end of January, best seen in the predawn hours. By Feb. 10, it will be near Mars, a good landmark. Skygazers in the Southern Hemisphere will have to wait until next month for a glimpse. While plenty of comets have graced the sky over the past year, this one seems probably a little bit bigger and therefore a little bit brighter and its coming a little bit closer to the Earths orbit, said NASAs comet and asteroid-tracking guru, Paul Chodas. Green from all the carbon in the gas cloud, or coma, surrounding the nucleus, this long-period comet was discovered last March by astronomers using the Zwicky Transient Facility, a wide field camera at Caltechs Palomar Observatory. That explains its official, cumbersome name: comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). --- "History shows again and again that nature points out the folly of man. Go go Godzilla!" Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult <cite>Tom_Joad posted [p:971141417] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>https://apnews.com/article/science-planets-af15da666c16b784e79f2fead8bc01achttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/9/3/AAfQqfAAEIVF.jpg <quote>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years.The dirty snowball last visited during Neanderthal times, according to NASA. It will come within 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) of Earth Wednesday before speeding away again, unlikely to return for millions of years.So do look up, contrary to the title of the killer-comet movie Dont Look Up.Discovered less than a year ago, this harmless green comet already is visible in the northern night sky with binoculars and small telescopes, and possibly the naked eye in the darkest corners of the Northern Hemisphere. Its expected to brighten as it draws closer and rises higher over the horizon through the end of January, best seen in the predawn hours. By Feb. 10, it will be near Mars, a good landmark.Skygazers in the Southern Hemisphere will have to wait until next month for a glimpse.While plenty of comets have graced the sky over the past year, this one seems probably a little bit bigger and therefore a little bit brighter and its coming a little bit closer to the Earths orbit, said NASAs comet and asteroid-tracking guru, Paul Chodas.Green from all the carbon in the gas cloud, or coma, surrounding the nucleus, this long-period comet was discovered last March by astronomers using the Zwicky Transient Facility, a wide field camera at Caltechs Palomar Observatory. That explains its official, cumbersome name: comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF).</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Heartomaton 01/27/23 6:25:11 PM #3:	To make a wish on this one, you gotta be stoned as fuck. --- https://www.youtube.com/user/Heartomaton Heartomaton for President 2028. <cite>Heartomaton posted [p:971141445] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>To make a wish on this one, you gotta be stoned as fuck.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 01/27/23 6:25:49 PM #4:	50,000 years ago, huh? This thing is going to cause mass mutation/evolutionary changes, isn't it? <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:971141460] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>50,000 years ago, huh? This thing is going to cause mass mutation/evolutionary changes, isn't it?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tom_Joad 01/27/23 6:27:20 PM #5:	Heartomaton posted... To make a wish on this one, you gotta be stoned as fuck. Or just drunk off the Green Faerie, ie: Absinthe. How to drink Absinthe: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/9/4/AAfQqfAAEIVG.jpg --- "History shows again and again that nature points out the folly of man. Go go Godzilla!" Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult <cite>Tom_Joad posted [p:971141498] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>Heartomaton posted... </cite><quote>To make a wish on this one, you gotta be stoned as fuck.</quote>Or just drunk off the Green Faerie, ie: Absinthe.How to drink Absinthe:https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/9/4/AAfQqfAAEIVG.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ratchetrockon 01/27/23 6:28:44 PM #6:	where the heck did it travel to 50k years ago and why is it coming back --- I'm a Taurus I like collecting headphones and iems. My fave game of all time is DMC 3 SE on PC w/ style switch mod. IMO it the best button masher on earth <cite>Ratchetrockon posted [p:971141526] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>where the heck did it travel to 50k years ago and why is it coming back</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Master_Bass 01/27/23 6:30:06 PM #7:	This comet judges life on planets every 50,000 years. Maybe this time we'll be deemed worthy. --- Many Bothans died to bring you this post. <cite>Master_Bass posted [p:971141548] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>This comet judges life on planets every 50,000 years. Maybe this time we'll be deemed worthy. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tom_Joad 01/27/23 6:30:42 PM #8:	Ratchetrockon posted... where the heck did it travel to 50k years ago and why is it coming back Probably the Kuiper belt or the Oort cloud. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oort_cloud --- "History shows again and again that nature points out the folly of man. Go go Godzilla!" Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult <cite>Tom_Joad posted [p:971141559] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>Ratchetrockon posted... </cite><quote>where the heck did it travel to 50k years ago and why is it coming back</quote>Probably the Kuiper belt or the Oort cloud.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oort_cloud</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mustachedmystic 01/27/23 6:37:04 PM #9:	Ratchetrockon posted... where the heck did it travel to 50k years ago and why is it coming back Is dis supposed to be a joke? --- Sittin' here in a hired tuxedo, you wanna see my bacon torpedo? <cite>mustachedmystic posted [p:971141677] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>Ratchetrockon posted... </cite><quote>where the heck did it travel to 50k years ago and why is it coming back</quote>Is dis supposed to be a joke?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ratchetrockon 01/27/23 6:57:12 PM #10:	Tom_Joad posted... Probably the Kuiper belt or the Oort cloud. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oort_cloud Oo interesting mustachedmystic posted... Is dis supposed to be a joke? no idk why it would come back lol --- I'm a Taurus I like collecting headphones and iems. My fave game of all time is DMC 3 SE on PC w/ style switch mod. IMO it the best button masher on earth <cite>Ratchetrockon posted [p:971142035] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>Tom_Joad posted... </cite><quote>Probably the Kuiper belt or the Oort cloud.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuiper_belthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oort_cloud</quote>Oo interestingmustachedmystic posted... </cite><quote>Is dis supposed to be a joke?</quote>no idk why it would come back lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 01/27/23 6:58:47 PM #11:	How do we know it was here 50,000 years ago --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. <cite>Irony posted [p:971142072] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>How do we know it was here 50,000 years ago</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 01/27/23 6:59:24 PM #12:	Too bad it's been very cloudy here all this week. Ratchetrockon posted... where the heck did it travel to 50k years ago and why is it coming back Many comets in our solar system have similar or even longer orbital periods. Ratchetrockon posted... no idk why it would come back lol It's still bound to our solar system so it will eventually return to the inner solar system during its long orbit. --- 11/8/2022 - The day the Blue Wall intercepted the Red Wave. <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:971142078] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>Too bad it's been very cloudy here all this week.Ratchetrockon posted... </cite><quote>where the heck did it travel to 50k years ago and why is it coming back</quote>Many comets in our solar system have similar or even longer orbital periods.Ratchetrockon posted... </cite><quote>no idk why it would come back lol</quote>It's still bound to our solar system so it will eventually return to the inner solar system during its long orbit.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kirbymuncher 01/27/23 7:01:29 PM #13:	Ratchetrockon posted... no idk why it would come back lol it orbits the sun. it's just a very long, far away orbit the "coming back" part is because unlike the orbits of the planets, which are mostly circular, orbits of comets can be very stretched ovals, which means during some parts of the orbit they are very close to the sun (aka when we're going to see it) and during other parts they are very very far away --- THIS IS WHAT I HATE A BOUT EVREY WEBSITE!! THERES SO MUCH PEOPLE READING AND POSTING STUIPED STUFF <cite>kirbymuncher posted [p:971142128] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>Ratchetrockon posted... </cite><quote>no idk why it would come back lol</quote>it orbits the sun. it's just a very long, far away orbitthe "coming back" part is because unlike the orbits of the planets, which are mostly circular, orbits of comets can be very stretched ovals, which means during some parts of the orbit they are very close to the sun (aka when we're going to see it) and during other parts they are very very far away</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 01/27/23 7:03:55 PM #14:	For example, this comet has a 78,000-year orbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1992_J1_(Spacewatch) --- 11/8/2022 - The day the Blue Wall intercepted the Red Wave. <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:971142165] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>For example, this comet has a 78,000-year orbit:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/1992_J1_(Spacewatch)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ratchetrockon 01/27/23 7:07:41 PM #15:	Solar_Crimson posted... It's still bound to our solar system so it will eventually return to the inner solar system during its long orbit. kirbymuncher posted... it orbits the sun. it's just a very long, far away orbit the "coming back" part is because unlike the orbits of the planets, which are mostly circular, orbits of comets can be very stretched ovals, which means during some parts of the orbit they are very close to the sun (aka when we're going to see it) and during other parts they are very very far away Ohhhh. I didn't know 50k years away was still within our solar system what the frick --- I'm a Taurus I like collecting headphones and iems. My fave game of all time is DMC 3 SE on PC w/ style switch mod. IMO it the best button masher on earth <cite>Ratchetrockon posted [p:971142238] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>Solar_Crimson posted... </cite><quote>It's still bound to our solar system so it will eventually return to the inner solar system during its long orbit.</quote>kirbymuncher posted... </cite><quote>it orbits the sun. it's just a very long, far away orbitthe "coming back" part is because unlike the orbits of the planets, which are mostly circular, orbits of comets can be very stretched ovals, which means during some parts of the orbit they are very close to the sun (aka when we're going to see it) and during other parts they are very very far away</quote>Ohhhh. I didn't know 50k years away was still within our solar system what the frick </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FortuneCookie 01/27/23 7:10:04 PM #16:	https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/8/AAdlC_AAEIVe.jpg <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:971142288] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/8/AAdlC_AAEIVe.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 01/27/23 7:14:03 PM #17:	Ratchetrockon posted... Ohhhh. I didn't know 50k years away was still within our solar system what the frick Our Solar System is huge, and we still really don't know where exactly it ends. That said, time =/= distance. An object that takes 50k years to orbit the Sun still could not reach anywhere close to the edge of the solar system at its furthest point, depending on how fast it actually travels. --- 11/8/2022 - The day the Blue Wall intercepted the Red Wave. <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:971142354] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>Ratchetrockon posted... </cite><quote>Ohhhh. I didn't know 50k years away was still within our solar system what the frick</quote>Our Solar System is huge, and we still really don't know where exactly it ends.That said, time =/= distance. An object that takes 50k years to orbit the Sun still could not reach anywhere close to the edge of the solar system at its furthest point, depending on how fast it actually travels.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Alteres 01/27/23 7:17:31 PM #18:	They said it probably wont return for millions of years. --- ........the ghost in the machine... IGN: Fox, FC: 5344-2646-0982 <cite>Alteres posted [p:971142415] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>They said it probably wont return for millions of years.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrKapowski 01/27/23 7:20:50 PM #19:	Pre dawn huh? How early do I need to get up, and where do I look? --- So! You want to hear a story, eh? <cite>MrKapowski posted [p:971142478] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>Pre dawn huh?How early do I need to get up, and where do I look?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
indica 01/27/23 7:27:50 PM #20:	FortuneCookie posted... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/8/AAdlC_AAEIVe.jpg That dude was like the Tyler Perry of the 90s. What ever happened to him? --- There is no good. There is no evil. There just is. <cite>indica posted [p:971142629] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>FortuneCookie posted... </cite><quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/8/AAdlC_AAEIVe.jpg</quote>That dude was like the Tyler Perry of the 90s. What ever happened to him?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BettyWhite 01/27/23 7:37:04 PM #21:	Jenova is on her way boyzzz. --- Thank you for being a friend <3 <cite>BettyWhite posted [p:971142831] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>Jenova is on her way boyzzz.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mustachedmystic 01/27/23 7:39:57 PM #22:	Ratchetrockon posted... no idk why it would come back lol You cannot be serious. --- Sittin' here in a hired tuxedo, you wanna see my bacon torpedo? <cite>mustachedmystic posted [p:971142882] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>Ratchetrockon posted... </cite><quote>no idk why it would come back lol</quote>You cannot be serious.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ratchetrockon 01/27/23 7:53:12 PM #23:	Solar_Crimson posted... Our Solar System is huge, and we still really don't know where exactly it ends. That said, time =/= distance. An object that takes 50k years to orbit the Sun still could not reach anywhere close to the edge of the solar system at its furthest point, depending on how fast it actually travels. Thanks for the info mustachedmystic posted... You cannot be serious. well i was and i do feel a bit embarrassed that i didnt even consider the comet was still orbiting our sun lol. thought it would have gone off to a diff solar system by now. i underestimated the size of our solar system and overestimated the speed of the comet --- I'm a Taurus I like collecting headphones and iems. My fave game of all time is DMC 3 SE on PC w/ style switch mod. IMO it the best button masher on earth <cite>Ratchetrockon posted [p:971143140] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>Solar_Crimson posted... </cite><quote>Our Solar System is huge, and we still really don't know where exactly it ends.That said, time =/= distance. An object that takes 50k years to orbit the Sun still could not reach anywhere close to the edge of the solar system at its furthest point, depending on how fast it actually travels.</quote>Thanks for the infomustachedmystic posted... </cite><quote>You cannot be serious.</quote>well i was and i do feel a bit embarrassed that i didnt even consider the comet was still orbiting our sun lol. thought it would have gone off to a diff solar system by now. i underestimated the size of our solar system and overestimated the speed of the comet</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kuwab0 01/27/23 8:08:17 PM #24:	indica posted... That dude was like the Tyler Perry of the 90s. What ever happened to him? Meteor Man happened --- http://i.imgur.com/QfpP05s.png http://i.imgur.com/vdnZ1o6.png http://i.imgur.com/zTgf822.png <cite>kuwab0 posted [p:971143445] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>indica posted... </cite><quote>That dude was like the Tyler Perry of the 90s. What ever happened to him?</quote>Meteor Man happened </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mustachedmystic 01/27/23 8:08:45 PM #25:	Everything in the system(that isnt orbiting something else) is orbiting the sun. I thought the edge of the system was pretty well known as where the pressure from the solar wind is in balance with the interstellar medium. --- Sittin' here in a hired tuxedo, you wanna see my bacon torpedo? <cite>mustachedmystic posted [p:971143456] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>Everything in the system(that isnt orbiting something else) is orbiting the sun.I thought the edge of the system was pretty well known as where the pressure from the solar wind is in balance with the interstellar medium.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kirbymuncher 01/27/23 8:16:15 PM #26:	Ratchetrockon posted... i underestimated the size of our solar system https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/6/1/AAOx38AAEIWJ.jpg the pink is this comet's orbit, cut off at the end because wow you'd really have to zoom out far to fit the whole thing in. it's hard to really comprehend as a 2D image since space is 3D but it should at least give an idea of the relative size of it and the orbits of the planets --- THIS IS WHAT I HATE A BOUT EVREY WEBSITE!! THERES SO MUCH PEOPLE READING AND POSTING STUIPED STUFF <cite>kirbymuncher posted [p:971143598] in Green come... [t:80326808]...</cite> <quote>Ratchetrockon posted... </cite><quote>i underestimated the size of our solar system</quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/6/1/AAOx38AAEIWJ.jpg the pink is this comet's orbit, cut off at the end because wow you'd really have to zoom out far to fit the whole thing in. it's hard to really comprehend as a 2D image since space is 3D but it should at least give an idea of the relative size of it and the orbits of the planets</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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