Comet from another star?

wrote:
On a more serious note, devoid of any anime nonsense, it seems to me
that the energy requirements to intercept an extrasolar comet on a
hyperbolic trajectory would be too great.
Too much fuel would be needed to even catch up to it.


This one has entered a short period solar orbit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/96P/Machholz

Pat

On Dec 5, 12:50*pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
wrote:
On a more serious note, devoid of any anime nonsense, it seems to me
that the energy requirements to intercept an extrasolar comet on a
hyperbolic trajectory would be too great.
Too much fuel would be needed to even catch up to it.

This one has entered a short period solar orbit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/96P/Machholz

Pat

A better source for this information:
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=96P%2FMachholz+1

I do not trust Wikipedia for anything as any bozo can edit it.

wrote:

I do not trust Wikipedia for anything as any bozo can edit it.


Hey, hey, hey....we don't have to be cruel...we don't have to be cruel.
I edited the stuff on the Giant Squid (most of which I added is now
obsolete; I've got to get back over there again and see if what I wrote
has been corrected by anyone with the new data on our favorite real sea
monster, particularly regarding its reproduction, which may be stranger
than anyone ever imagined).
....and the Tullimonstrum (which is still current, as very little is
known with certainty about this odd little prehistoric critter).
If you think there is something wrong with the description of the comet
on Wikipedia, then don't criticize the article - go over and correct it.
:-)

Pat

"OM" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:42:46 -0600, Pat Flannery
wrote:

I've got to get back over there again and see if what I wrote
has been corrected by anyone with the new data on our favorite real
sea
monster

...Or reverted by some teenage limey catamite who thinks s/he owns the
article because they used two dozen sock puppets to vote themselves
admin powers. You'd be surprised at the number of admins who pulled
that stunt to get their admin rights.
OM

--

]=====================================[
] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [
] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [
] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [
]=====================================[

It's off topic ... when I see text like this, I think
it illustrates the kind of family its writer grew up
in. Grew up? Well, I mean in a calendar sense here.

Titeotwawki -- mha [sci.space.policy 2008 Dec 8]

Martha Adams wrote:

It's off topic ... when I see text like this, I think
it illustrates the kind of family its writer grew up
in. Grew up? Well, I mean in a calendar sense here.

To lighten things up a bit:
TEDDY BEARS... _IN SPACE_!:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20081204...e-6323e80.html
Well, actually, the floated up there rather than being blasted up there
on a rocket.
But hey, they did get up there, and the photo's well worth seeing.
It's a pity my little teddy bear - "Zondick" - with his chest full of
Soviet space medals, couldn't have accompanied them. :-)

Pat