Don and all, The comets are all at safe distance of about 9 million miles from Earth. That's as close as they're going to get. A couple of other comets and especially asteroids have come considerably closer in the past with no ill effects. If you haven't seen 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann 3, go to http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/comets/article_1704_1.asp for a chart, grab your binoculars and take a look. Under a dark sky the one comet (C component) shows a delicate and beautiful tail with binoculars. Happy clear skies, Bob
Original Message: ----------------- From: Chris Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 09:57:30 -0600 To: [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Earth collision from Comet fragments Interesting paper? Eyebrow raising points? We must have read something different. What I read is some utter nonsense involving UFOs, crop circles, and other imaginary fluff, devoid of any physics, and written by someone just trying to sell some books lacking in any scientific merit. This Julien guy is clearly a waste of oxygen. Chris ***************************************** Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Merchant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 10:30 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Earth collision from Comet fragments Hi list. Here is an interesting paper about the Comet 73P Schwassmann- Wachmann. MAY 25, 2006 - the Day of Destiny! [ HTML | PDF ] Click either one to read this.This guy has some eyebrow raising points of interest on a possible collision this month or even a possible meteor shower! Any comets? I mean comments about this? Thank you. Sincerely Don Merchant ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
