The Mega-Comet Approaches

[bruce bowser]

On Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 4:09:16 PM UTC-4, anim8rfsk wrote in rec.arts.tv:
> BTR1701 <atr...@mac.com> wrote:
> > A mega-comet (one so humongous-- about 100 miles in diameter-- it was
> previously misidentified as a dwarf planet) is heading for our solar
> system.
> >
> > Finally! The sweet embrace of oblivion approaches, although it's been taking
> its sweet damn time getting here.
> >
> https://weather.com/en-IN/india/space/news/2021-09-28-a-megacomet-is-approaching-our-solar-system
> >
> You gave me false hope but it’s not going to come anywhere near us and I’m
> not gonna live long enough to see it fly by Saturn anyway.

Really? Is the pathological liar misleading people again? Anyway, I remember hearing something about attaching a 1000 or so mile long tether to meteors and stuff like that to slow them down or steer them if they're further than a certain distance away. So even so, don't fear.

[Martin Brown]

It isn't likely to get anywhere near the Earth or even inside Mars's
orbit. The next prospect of seeing a decent comet is December this year.

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/comet-leonard-might-become-2021s-brightest-2022/

It might not compare with Hale-Bopp for beauty but it might well be
bright enough to see with the naked eye in a dark sky.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown