Rare Comet Will Pass Earth For First Time
In 50,000 Years: How To Watch And What
It Means For The Past
Forbes,
by
Arianna Johnson
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
1/10/2023 10:31:20 PM
A comet will appear in the night sky for the first time since the last ice age, offering scientists a look at the progression of the solar system. (Photo)
A bright green comet—named C/2022 E3 (ZTF)—will pass by Earth for the first time in 50,000 years and will first pass by the Sun, arriving from the outer parts of the solar system, which is why it’s taken thousands of years to return.
C/2022 E3 ZTF hasn’t made an appearance since the Upper Paleolithic period, which is the time Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens roamed the Earth, according to Space.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Catherine 1/10/2023 10:44:50 PM (No. 1375490)
Well I don't know much about science but 50,000 years? Is there a date stamped on there somewhere. I know, there are all sorts of measurements scientists use but remember when we were taught Saturn had 7 rings?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Quigley 1/10/2023 11:10:04 PM (No. 1375504)
Very nice article. Mankind has a very difficult history with comets. Among other things there is substantial evidence that a comet ended the younger dryas ice age 12,900 years ago rapidly melting ice causing flooding and ultimately the seas to rise some 200 feet. If only obum’sbumb had been around to stop it. By comparison an suv is child’s play.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
padiva 1/10/2023 11:12:24 PM (No. 1375506)
These scientists certainly like to assume.
How did the solar system originate?
Was there a Creator? An omnipotent Creator?
Are these scientists 'deniers'? Creation deniers?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
paleoconserv43 1/10/2023 11:57:43 PM (No. 1375527)
50,000 years ago, huh. How do they know that when no one was around see it. They’ve made calculations based on assumptions.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
mifla 1/11/2023 5:00:25 AM (No. 1375596)
Actually #4, several members of our current Congress were around to see it.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 1/11/2023 7:07:35 AM (No. 1375659)
Our solar system navigates the center of the Milky Way just like the Earth navigates around the sun. The MW is a spiral galaxy so it takes a while to navigate the Milky Way. A google search revealed that it takes 200 million years for our system to make a complete orbit of the center of the Milky Way. Our solar system orbits the Milky way at the rate of 130 miles per second. BTW, we are on a collision course with the Andromeda galaxy where we will combine into a super spiral. This will happen in a few billion years. Astronomy is fascinating.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
msjena 1/11/2023 8:23:01 AM (No. 1375751)
How do they know when it last passed the earth? Did Biden tell them?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 1/11/2023 9:07:10 AM (No. 1375793)
I have some superb photos that I took of Hale-Bopp comet in 1997, IIRC. In those days I used a film camera, and the time exposures required using my telescope equatorial mount and clock drive. If you see photos of H-B with the two tails, one white, one blue - the blue one is only visible on film, not to the naked eye.
I'll be checking on this one. The heavens are amazing, especially when viewed far from cities' light pollution.
Huge numbers of people have never actually seen the Milky Way, because they live forever in light polluted skies. At our remote Colorado cabin, at high altude, above 1/3 of the atmosphere, the Milky Way pops out magnificently on clear nights. And the planets stand out boldly as very bright "stars".
If you are on vacation, or live, far from city lights, spending a few minutes just staring up at the magnificence of God's creation is time well spent.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/11/2023 10:33:34 AM (No. 1375893)
#8, we used to live on a small farm in rural Virginia where the nearest town was so small that, to this day, there are no traffic lights. We could step outside and see the Milky Way whenever the sky was clear of clouds at night. It never ceased to amaze and was a joy to behold.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 1/11/2023 12:22:45 PM (No. 1376018)
Re #9, an old friend, in her 60s at the time, visited us at our cabin and was amazed at seeing the grandeur of the Milky Way for the first time. If you've never seen it from high altitude, dry climate, far away from city lights, you may be surprised. Water in the atmosphere blocks a lot of light, so more humid areas like the east coast can be good, but getting dry air and above a portion of the 'sea of air' makes it really pop. This is best in the western mountain states.
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