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Russian amateur astronomer discovers new comet
September 16, 2011
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Russian amateur astronomer Artyom Novichonok, a student of Petrozavodsk University, made a discovery of a new comet, Russian astronomy website Astronet said on Sunday.
The comet is the first comet discovered from Russian territory since 1989.
Novichonok’s discovery was confirmed by the International Astronomical Union, the comet being designated P/2011 R3 (Novichonok), the Ka-Dar Observatory, where Novichonok made his discovery, said on its website.
Novichonok discovered the comet on six images taken in September using a 0.4-m Jigit telescope.
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astronomy, comet, Novichonok, P/2011 R3
Evidence Found for Undiscovered Comet That May Threaten Earth
July 28, 2011
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| This February eta Draconid was filmed by Peter Jenniskens with one of the low-light-level video cameras of the Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS) station in Mountain View, California, at 07:59:24 UT on February 4, 2011. CREDIT: All Sky Cameras/Peter Jenniskens |
A surprise meteor shower spotted in February was likely caused by cosmic “bread crumbs” dropped by an undiscovered comet that could potentially pose a threat to Earth, astronomers announced today (July 27).
The tiny meteoroids that streaked through Earth’s atmosphere for a few hours on Feb. 4 represent a previously unknown meteor shower, researchers said. The “shooting stars” arrived from the direction of the star Eta Draconis, so the shower is called the February Eta Draconids, or FEDs for short.
The bits of debris appear to have been shed by a long-period comet. Long-period comets whiz by the sun very infrequently, so it’s tough to Read more…
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astronomy, comet, earth, Eta Draconis, meteor shower, solar system
Comet Chunk Slams Into Earth’s Atmosphere
May 25, 2011
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Residents of Atlanta, Ga., were treated to a rare event on Friday night: a 2-meter wide chunk of cometary material entered the atmosphere right above their heads. The result? Nothing short of spectacular.
The fireball exploded and disintegrated like the Read more…
Comet CRASHES into SUN causes Solar Flare May 11th 2011 SOHO Live FEED Capture
May 12, 2011
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Alignments, Comet Elenin & Earthquakes – Scientific Proof (27th April 2011)
May 11, 2011
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Categories: astronomy
astronomy, comet, comet elenin, earth, earthquake, Elenin, planet alignment, Seismic Activity
Explosive Solar Eruption May 10th
May 10, 2011
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Categories: astronomy, Coming Events, Solar Cycle 24, Sun
CME, comet, coronal mass ejections, earth, NASA, solar cycle 24, sun, sun spots
Bad News from NASA: Proof That Comet Elenin Is Affecting Earth
May 4, 2011
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Dr. Mark Sircus, Contributing Writer
Activist Post
This is going to be the most extraordinary communication so fasten your seatbelts; we are in for a rough ride. I have known in my heart for months that I would have to make a communication like this but had no idea it would be this soon. Back in January, while investigating the underground city that is alleged to have been built under the new Denver Airport, reported on by the former governor Jesse Ventura, I put the puzzle together and came to the conclusion that a planetary event was in store for us in 2012.
Today I am presenting rock solid information; it does not get any better when NASA is your source. What you are about to read and see is happening. Last night, looking at a NASA mathematical model of comet Elenin, I found out that a large celestial body has already penetrated the solar system and is on course for a near and possibly horrific encounter with the earth in the fall of 2011. What we do not know is the size and mass of comet Elenin though I have no doubt that it is known by Read more…
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astronomy, Brown Dwarf, Chile, comet, earth, earthquake, Elenin, Gilgamesh, global warming, Japan, NASA, New Zealand, Nibiru, Noah, Seismic Activity, solar system, sun, volcanoes
Comet Hale-Bopp ‘Frozen to Death’
May 3, 2011
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Hale-Bopp, the most dazzling comet to grace our skies in the 20th Century, has drifted beyond the orbit of Neptune, over 30 AU from the sun (1AU = one sun-Earth distance).
Curious astronomers from Hungarian, U.S. and Australian research institutions decided to track the icy vagabond as it continued its outward journey on an epic 2,500 year orbit.
PHOTOS: 6 Intimate Comet Encounters
In 1997, Hale-Bopp gave us Earthlings a dazzling show. Heated by the sun, the comet underwent an impressive outburst, ices subliming into space, producing a dusty coma visible to the naked eye with bright dust and gas tails (plus the discovery of a previously unknown neutral sodium tail) carried away from the comet in the direction of the solar wind for millions of miles.
But what of the comet 15 years later? Read more…
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astronomy, comet, Comet Hale-Bopp, Neptune, solar system, sun
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