Comments on: Twice the ice http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:01:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: George http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-15661 George Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:03:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/#comment-15661 Regarding this claim that 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann comet fragments could hit the Earth: I'm sure that astronomers have tracked the big ones and none could have posed any risk for us. But on wednesday, 7 jun, Norway took a good punch. http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1346411.ece Record meteorite hit Norway As Wednesday morning dawned, northern Norway was hit with an impact comparable to the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima. Maybe it was just another meteorite, like many others that hit Earth with regularity. Or maybe not. Regarding this claim that 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann comet fragments could hit the Earth:
I’m sure that astronomers have tracked the big ones and none could have posed any risk for us.
But on wednesday, 7 jun, Norway took a good punch.

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1346411.ece

Record meteorite hit Norway
As Wednesday morning dawned, northern Norway was hit with an impact comparable to the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima.

Maybe it was just another meteorite, like many others that hit Earth with regularity.
Or maybe not.

]]> By: CR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-15660 CR Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:19:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/#comment-15660 I'm sure this has been posted around here before, but it bears repeating: http://www.despair.com/wishes.html I’m sure this has been posted around here before, but it bears repeating:
http://www.despair.com/wishes.html

]]> By: Kaptain K http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-15659 Kaptain K Tue, 06 Jun 2006 16:40:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/#comment-15659 "All kidding aside, I do have a quick question about the comet. Are the pieces of this comet staying in about the same orbit, or are they moving away from each other?" Yes! ;) They are all staying in about the same orbit and are moving away from each other in that orbit. “All kidding aside, I do have a quick question about the comet. Are the pieces of this comet staying in about the same orbit, or are they moving away from each other?”

Yes! ;)

They are all staying in about the same orbit and are moving away from each other in that orbit.

]]> By: Evolving Squid http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-15658 Evolving Squid Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:45:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/#comment-15658 <i>bad hair days</i> Comet-induced bad hair. That one is going on my excuse calendar! bad hair days

Comet-induced bad hair.

That one is going on my excuse calendar!

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-15657 Gary Ansorge Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:18:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/#comment-15657 Guess this comet would be a good source of easily extracted H2O for astronauts on their way,,,somewhere else,,, GAry 7 Guess this comet would be a good source of easily extracted H2O for astronauts on their way,,,somewhere else,,,

GAry 7

]]> By: Mark Hansen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-15656 Mark Hansen Tue, 06 Jun 2006 04:50:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/#comment-15656 I also have a couple of questions similar to Swordfish. Is there enough of the comet left to keep the designation 73P active? If so, what about the smaller pieces; will they receive new designations or do they keep their suffixes until they burn out, burn up, or collide with the Earth wreaking death, destruction, mayhem, and bad hair days? I also have a couple of questions similar to Swordfish. Is there enough of the comet left to keep the designation 73P active? If so, what about the smaller pieces; will they receive new designations or do they keep their suffixes until they burn out, burn up, or collide with the Earth wreaking death, destruction, mayhem, and bad hair days?

]]> By: Swordfish http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/comment-page-1/#comment-15655 Swordfish Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:45:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/06/04/twice-the-ice/#comment-15655 Yes, master. Must join discussion board. All kidding aside, I do have a quick question about the comet. Are the pieces of this comet staying in about the same orbit, or are they moving away from each other? Yes, master. Must join discussion board.

All kidding aside, I do have a quick question about the comet. Are the pieces of this comet staying in about the same orbit, or are they moving away from each other?

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