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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Comet FIVE times the size of Jupiter is set to light up the night skies in April - and it could be brighter than Venus
2020-03-31
Posted by:Skidmark

#10  Wait until it gets a whiff of Uranus.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-03-31 23:26  

#9  Well it could appear 5 times the size of Jupiter without being 5 times the mass.

The gas surrounding the comet is very diffuse. Jupiter's atmosphere is for the most part greatly compressed. Very greatly compressed.
Posted by: Hellfish   2020-03-31 21:27  

#8  Journalists exist because even McDonald's has ethical standards.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2020-03-31 20:50  

#7  Journalists exist because McDonald's doesn't hire everyday.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2020-03-31 20:29  

#6  Well, the "writer" didn't manage to work the word exponential in..
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-03-31 18:38  

#5  It has it's own atmosphere? Heaven's Gate 2.0 - the only thing stopping the rush on jogging suits, Nike shoes is the quarantine. Well played, Mr. Trump
Posted by: Frank G   2020-03-31 17:34  

#4  Comet Atlas? Will it shrug?
Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566   2020-03-31 17:15  

#3  That's some World Class jernoolism from the Daily Smail.

Still, the appearance of a massive Comet Of Doom helps fill in the missing parts of the "alarming portents and signs in the heavens" of the apocalypse.
Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566   2020-03-31 17:13  

#2  Just hope it doesn't hit Uranus.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-03-31 14:26  

#1  It isn't 5 times the size of Jupiter you wastes of oxygen.

It will appear near five times brighter/bigger to the naked eye.

If it was 5x the size of Jupiter, it would pull the inner planets out of their current orbit.

Goddamn ass clowns.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-03-31 13:47  

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