Elenin - The Comet to end Earth!

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by Inmykombi

Thanks for your post Ken.
I missed any talk/news about the Comet ending the world.

Geoff, Comet Elenin is going to pass by the Earth at a fairly close distance on 16th, 17th & 18th October 2011 on it's way back to the outer Solar System, but not close enough to be of any consequence.
But the Conspiracy Theorists claim that it is going to actually hit the Earth and blow us to smithereens.

And of course, the Conspiracy Theorists know better than all the Astrophysicists, Orbital Mechanics Scientists, Astronomers, and Mathematicians.

Give me a break!

See the Path of the Comet in the animation from the Comet Elenin website: HERE
Zoom in, slow the fram rate, reverse etc.

Anyway, thanks for looking at my pic

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Geoff, Comet Elenin is going to pass by the Earth at a fairly close distance on 16th, 17th & 18th October 2011 on it's way back to the outer Solar System, but not close enough to be of any consequence.

I would not have called 0.23AU close. Asteroids that pass inside the Moon's orbit are close.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by mithrandir

I would not have called 0.23AU close. Asteroids that pass inside the Moon's orbit are close.

True Andrew, 0.23AU isn't close.
But for a Comet it is. It's an Astrophotographers dream. Should be able to get some decent pics as it goes by

[joeallen (Joe)]

http://www.space.com/13038-comet-ele...ing-video.html

Article and video of this comet by Castlemaine Astronomer Michael Mattiazzo.