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Old 01-07-2005, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons
Party-poopers!!

Still, it will take a bit of time for us to notice anything.

I suppose my question should be simplified by saying "will we see anything by the time it is dark enough to view or will it be all over by then?"
Ken,
I think it will take several hours after impact before there is a cloud of debris created that is large enough to reflect light back to earth of any noticable difference. I may be wrong but I wouldn't think the impact would be large enough for us to view from here with the comet being about 90 million miles away.
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