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| More Signs and Portents |
| 2004-03-19 |
| Interest will run high during the next couple of months with the prospects of viewing not just one, but two potentially bright, naked-eye comets. Two at once, time to invest in tin foil stocks. Both are by-products of systematic searches for asteroids that might closely approach the Earth. One was discovered on Oct. 14, 2002 by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research survey and was hence christened with the acronym "LINEAR." The other was found on Aug. 24, 2001 by the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program and goes by the acronym "NEAT." I not worrying till they name one "HAMMER". Professional astronomers can observe anywhere from half a dozen to a dozen comets on any given night. But comets bright enough to excite those of us without big telescopes are relatively rare, perhaps appearing on an average of one or two every ten to fifteen years. The last time we saw a truly bright and spectacular naked-eye comet was seven years ago, during the early spring of 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp. Wonder how many cult's will off themselves this time? |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 Bob, Hamner-Brown AKA Lucifer's Hammer or the Hammer of God |
| Posted by: Cheddarhead 2004-3-19 6:01:23 PM |
| #8 If it works there, there's a bunch of folks in Iran that should be next on our mailing list... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-3-19 5:28:42 PM |
| #7 If we declare the Democrats a cult and send them lots of Koolaid and chocolate pudding, do you think they'll take the hint? |
| Posted by: Sofia 2004-3-19 5:09:50 PM |
| #6 I not worrying till they name one "HAMMER". Shouldn't that be "Hamner-Brown"? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-19 4:53:26 PM |
| #5 Sounds good. Stand by for darkness. Naturally I will blame it on the local oppressed Yuts. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-19 4:00:32 PM |
| #4 Ship - Benjamin pump .22 cal. No CO2 cartridges and you can put a MASSIVE charge with 8-9 pumps. Kickass pellet rifle. I assume they still sell 'em, anyway. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-3-19 2:21:01 PM |
| #3 I'm going to invest in a decent pellet rifle. I got screwed on the Mars approach... I'm going radical. Any brands recommended? Shotrifles are too loud for streetlights. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-19 1:54:40 PM |
| #2 "She-bopp, we bopp and he bopp..." |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-3-19 1:44:32 PM |
| #1 I'm buying stock in Kool-Aid |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-3-19 1:41:10 PM |
