A small paragraph or two is all we see in the news. Is this nothing to worry about? OR is this just the tip of the proverbial iceburg with a much greater pitfall in store for us. Don't leave it up to the scientists to do our work for us. People get ready. We have a voice. Speak up.
I don't want to be an alarmist. But then again I don't want to be the idiot that could have told the world that the sky was falling before it did. People, there is a very real possibility that our planet, the Earth, could be in grave danger! I am sure that many of you (like myself) probably thought "yeah, another comet" and then went about their business...
Space Weather News for Oct. 29, 2007 http://spaceweather.comBut what if this wasn't just "another comet" what if the debris from this coma were to reach the Earth? The very planet from which we draw our life..destroyed! Just image the scenario: a huge block of ice hurtling towards us at an alarming rate of speed. Would NASA observatories catch it in time, would MIT? And if it did, what could they do to prevent a disaster on a global scale, perhaps big enough to start another ice age?
Last week, Comet 17P/Holmes shocked sky watchers around the world with a sudden million-fold increase in brightness. It literally exploded into view, rapidly becoming a naked eye "star" in the constellation Perseus. Since then the comet has expanded dramatically. It is now physically larger than the planet Jupiter and subtends an angle in the night sky similar to the Moon's Sea of Tranquility, the right eye of the "Man in the Moon." Photographers, this amazing comet is an excellent target for off-the-shelf digital cameras and backyard telescopes. It grows visibly from night to night and no one knows how large it will become. Stay tuned to http://spaceweather.com for sky maps and the latest images.
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Here is my rational...if we can see the light from that exploding comet, then the debris and ejecta coming from it could reach us as well. I think that they call it line of sight!
Let's get the discussion going right now! People get ready; stand up! Demand that we are informed about the situation here. Time is of the essence. We don't know practically anything about the effects from this thing, nor the dangers, which it can present.
AND HERE IS THE REPORT FROM AOL...
Exploding Comet Visible to the Naked Eye Posted: 2007-11-05 06:49:18 Filed Under: Science NewsIt is time to get the people of this world to turn their attention away from nuclear proliferation and focus on this possible tragedy. I am contacting you, to let you know, that it is time that we make up our minds to do something about this real and present hazard. It is time that we protect our earth. One of the ways that we can do this, is to determine any real danger and respond accordingly.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 4) - A comet that has unexpectedly brightened in the past couple of weeks and now is visible to the naked eye is attracting professional and amateur interest.
Paul Lewis, director of astronomy outreach at the University of Tennessee, is drawing students to the roof of Nielsen Physics Building for special viewings of Comet 17P/Holmes.
CAPTION READS: Astronomers speculate that Comet 17P/Holmes has suddenly brightened because a collapse caused by sinkholes on its surface has sent a bubble of sunlight-reflecting dust and ice into space.
The comet is exploding and its coma, a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by the sun, has grown to be bigger than the planet Jupiter. The comet lacks the tail usually associated with such celestial bodies but can be seen in the northern sky, in the constellation Perseus, as a fuzzy spot of light about as bright as the stars in the Big Dipper.
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"This is truly a celestial surprise," Lewis said. "Absolutely amazing."
Until Oct. 23, the comet had been visible to modern astronomers only with a telescope, but that night it suddenly erupted and expanded.
A similar burst in 1892 led to the comet's discovery by Edwin Holmes.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime event to witness, along the lines of when Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smashed into Jupiter back in 1994," Lewis said.
Scientists speculate the comet has exploded because there are sinkholes in its nucleus, giving it a honeycomb-like structure. The collapse exposed comet ice to the sun, which transformed the ice into gas.
"What comets do when they are near the sun is very unpredictable," Lewis said. "We expect to see a coma cloud and a tail, but this is more like an explosion, and we are seeing the bubble of gas and dust as it expands away from the center of the blast."
Experts aren't sure how long the comet's show will last, but estimate it could be weeks - if not months. Using a telescope or binoculars help bring the comet's details into view, they said.
We have set up a poll and we ask all of you to answer it when you can. The results will be sent to every aerospace engineer and stiff at NASA and we will show them what the world thinks of their total lack of preparedness. We can't stop there, no-no. Don't let the sun go down before you know the outcome of this potential danger, that lay before us.
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