Comments on: Think comets are cool? Tweet about them! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/31/think-comets-are-cool-tweet-about-them/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Sili http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/31/think-comets-are-cool-tweet-about-them/#comment-292473 Sili Sat, 04 Jun 2011 21:56:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=32739#comment-292473 I'd love to visit Darmstadt - if a tour of the Institut für Schweerionenforschung is included. I do loves me some heave elements. I’d love to visit Darmstadt – if a tour of the Institut für Schweerionenforschung is included. I do loves me some heave elements.

]]> By: mike burkhart http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/31/think-comets-are-cool-tweet-about-them/#comment-292472 mike burkhart Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:08:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=32739#comment-292472 Many poeple in the past feared comets when they appered not knowing what they were.The battle of Hastings convinced many that comets were bad .Halleys Comet appered in 1066 when William of Normandy invaded and conqured England, English King Harold II was killed .The famous Bayeux Tapestry shows this at the top is Halleys Comet with the words ''behold the wonderfull star'' in old english. Many poeple in the past feared comets when they appered not knowing what they were.The battle of Hastings convinced many that comets were bad .Halleys Comet appered in 1066 when William of Normandy invaded and conqured England, English King Harold II was killed .The famous Bayeux Tapestry shows this at the top is Halleys Comet with the words ”behold the wonderfull star” in old english.

]]> By: Solitha http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/31/think-comets-are-cool-tweet-about-them/#comment-292471 Solitha Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:40:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=32739#comment-292471 TwapperKeeper. Egads, I feel old now. TwapperKeeper.

Egads, I feel old now.

]]> By: Quiet Desperation http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/31/think-comets-are-cool-tweet-about-them/#comment-292470 Quiet Desperation Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:20:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=32739#comment-292470 <i>I am pretty sure we’re not ... part of the US.</i> You're welcome to join. :-) I can get the paperwork started or, you know, our southern border is a bit... porous if you prefer that way. I am pretty sure we’re not … part of the US.

You’re welcome to join. :-)

I can get the paperwork started or, you know, our southern border is a bit… porous if you prefer that way.

]]> By: DrFlimmer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/31/think-comets-are-cool-tweet-about-them/#comment-292469 DrFlimmer Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:58:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=32739#comment-292469 Hm. Phil, name your address and I'll send you a postcard from where I'll travel next (with a scientific background... I could have send you one from Namibia last year (HESS shift :) ), but I lack your address). Or is Dr Phil Plait, aka The Bad Astronomer Boulder US enough? :D Hm. Phil, name your address and I’ll send you a postcard from where I’ll travel next (with a scientific background… I could have send you one from Namibia last year (HESS shift :) ), but I lack your address).

Or is

Dr Phil Plait, aka The Bad Astronomer
Boulder
US

enough? :D

]]> By: mike burkhart http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/31/think-comets-are-cool-tweet-about-them/#comment-292468 mike burkhart Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:13:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=32739#comment-292468 I do think comets are cool, they come from the most distant part of our solar system the Oort cloud and some think they may be leftovers form the creation of the solar system.However people used to fear comets as omens of disater. We have come a long way in understaning comets since then. I do think comets are cool, they come from the most distant part of our solar system the Oort cloud and some think they may be leftovers form the creation of the solar system.However people used to fear comets as omens of disater. We have come a long way in understaning comets since then.

]]> By: TSC http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/31/think-comets-are-cool-tweet-about-them/#comment-292467 TSC Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:30:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=32739#comment-292467 So... Canada is an associate but not full member state in the ESA. Can Canadians participate? So… Canada is an associate but not full member state in the ESA. Can Canadians participate?

]]> By: Yeebok Shu'in http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/31/think-comets-are-cool-tweet-about-them/#comment-292466 Yeebok Shu'in Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:35:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=32739#comment-292466 Sometimes I hate living in Australia. I am pretty sure we're not members of the ESA, or part of the US. :( Sometimes I hate living in Australia. I am pretty sure we’re not members of the ESA, or part of the US. :(

]]> By: Fritriac http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/05/31/think-comets-are-cool-tweet-about-them/#comment-292465 Fritriac Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:38:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=32739#comment-292465 Will not tweet. Darmstadt is just 80 km from my place so I can enter a train and be there one hour later. Dear australian winner, have fun with your 25-hour flight (and your sore butt... ;-) Will not tweet. Darmstadt is just 80 km from my place so I can enter a train and be there one hour later. Dear australian winner, have fun with your 25-hour flight (and your sore butt… ;-)

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