It is not. It's just a comet, the interesting part for me is is it going to burn up in the sun, or make it past the sun, that's the only unknown. It fascinates me in so many ways, how a comet comes from so far away, which is not even a footstep in the scale of the universe.

I do not even think 'Wormwood' was a comet, and even if it was, it was one that could be viewed from the sky, made no contact with the Earth, and just happened to arrive at the same time as a lot of social upheaval, such as wars, famines etc, and was believed to have been sent from 'god', and that the comet caused those things, which it did not, people cause those things.

Whoever wrote about wormwood was writing about, in my opinion, a destructive human force, probably the Roman Empire or the Egyptian Pharaoh, and leaders such as Julius Caesar at the time. The fact it was called Wormwood suggests to me a very bitter, like the herb, human conflict and turmoil with the invading Romans. The clue is in the name, bitter like the Roman empire was towards the occupants of lands they wanted as their own, shining like a star represented the glory and might of the empire, I could go on and on but I won't bother.

How does confusing a comet for an entire planet even begin to happen on the net?

We had exactly the same nonsense last year Jason, with Comet Elenin and that one wasn't even visible to the naked eye. They latched onto it because of the "ELE" in the name apparently.

I have vague recollections of seeing a very bright naked-eye comet from the street where I lived, in the 1950s when I was 7 or 8 years old. A lot of people were marvelling at it, as I remember. I just did a little research and seems it was probably either Arend-Roland or Mrkos.

http://www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/q869.html

I don't have to be psychic to already know that this comet will attract a lot of woo during the coming year :-)

Yep, the doomtards are gonna have a blast with this one.

They already are. If you go to the Youtube search bar and enter "ISON Nibiru" then go to filters and select "this month" you'll see all the rubbish that's been uploaded in recent weeks.

Why are we not surprised …

I don't have to be psychic to already know that this comet will attract a lot of woo during the coming year :-)

That was sarcasm so please do not take it serious.

Don't worry folks, the comet poses NO danger to the Earth, as normal, but will provide a great chance for astronomers and scientists to observe and get a better understanding of comets as a whole when it puts on a show later next year.