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Forecasters say Earth is heading for a stream of dust from Comet21P/Giacobini-Zinner



 
 
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Old October 4th 11, 08:59 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default Forecasters say Earth is heading for a stream of dust from Comet21P/Giacobini-Zinner

NASA Science News for Oct. 4, 2011

Forecasters say Earth is heading for a stream of dust from Comet
21P/Giacobini-Zinner. A close encounter with the comet's fragile debris
could spark a meteor outburst over parts of our planet on October 8th.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news...oct_draconids/

A video version of this story is available at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNqeftciRFA


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Old October 4th 11, 09:03 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default Forecasters say Earth is heading for a stream of dust from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

On Oct 4, 12:59*pm, Sam Wormley wrote:
NASA Science News for Oct. 4, 2011

Forecasters say Earth is heading for a stream of dust from Comet
21P/Giacobini-Zinner. A close encounter with the comet's fragile debris
could spark a meteor outburst over parts of our planet on October 8th.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news...11/04oct_draco...

A video version of this story is available athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNqeftciRFA


Oh boy, just in time for a 90% waxing gibbous moon...

"Why is it that when someone tells you that there are over 100 billion
stars in the galaxy, you believe them, but if they tell you there is
wet paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure?"

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Old October 4th 11, 09:13 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default Forecasters say Earth is heading for a stream of dust from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

On Oct 4, 12:59*pm, Sam Wormley wrote:
NASA Science News for Oct. 4, 2011

Forecasters say Earth is heading for a stream of dust from Comet
21P/Giacobini-Zinner. A close encounter with the comet's fragile debris
could spark a meteor outburst over parts of our planet on October 8th.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news...11/04oct_draco...

A video version of this story is available athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNqeftciRFA


What about all that dust of carbon buckyballs and other metallicity
from Sirius(B)?

What about the expanding Oort cloud and nebula from Sirius(B) that
we're still in the center of?

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Old October 4th 11, 11:46 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default Forecasters say Earth is heading for a stream of dust from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner


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On Oct 4, 12:59 pm, Sam Wormley wrote:
NASA Science News for Oct. 4, 2011

Forecasters say Earth is heading for a stream of dust from Comet
21P/Giacobini-Zinner. A close encounter with the comet's fragile debris
could spark a meteor outburst over parts of our planet on October 8th.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news...11/04oct_draco...

A video version of this story is available
athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNqeftciRFA


Oh boy, just in time for a 90% waxing gibbous moon...

"Why is it that when someone tells you that there are over 100 billion
stars in the galaxy, you believe them, but if they tell you there is
wet paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure?"

\Paul A

Why is it that when you smash open the windows of a SUV parked in the baking
sun with a sign in the window saying "Baby on Board" there isn't?












 




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