So my cousin was saying that if comet Elenin ever hit us that it could possibly end all life. I tried telling him how small and un-harmfull it was but he still sticks with his answer. Also what everyone doing for the big "October 16"?
Comet Elenin will not hit us, because it has disintegrated. It poses no threat to our planet anymore (it never actually did, though).
He also claims that a meteorite about an inch in diameter could do some serious damage. I've tried to tell him it wouldn't but he still thinks he right.
That depends. It couldn't destroy the planet, but it could seriously damage a car.
is that inch before it enters our atmosphere or after… ?
if that is all that remains after entering our atmosphere then yes could damage a car or window but the chances are very very remote that it would hit any populated area…
if that was the size of it before it entered would be a pretty shooting star… and very short lived and thats about it…
???
I see stupid people…
So my cousin was saying that if comet Elenin ever hit us that it could possibly end all life.
Any object kilometers in diameter would be a grave danger, sure. There is no "if" with Comet Elenin, however, as it has disintegrated and will never come anywhere near Earth to begin with.
He also claims that a meteorite about an inch in diameter could do some serious damage.
For starters, nothing is a meteorite until it has already reached Earth's surface. A meteoroid an inch in diameter would burn up in the highest reaches of our atmosphere. Our planet collects literally tons' worth of such objects every single day. Anything large enough to reach the surface has only a tiny, tiny chance of causing damage. It sounds like this "friend" of yours doesn't know what he's talking about.
astroblogger.blogspot.com/2011/10/waiting-for-comet-elenin.html ok then I think we can close this hoax after tomorrow?
I think we can close this hoax today.
Dudes in big rubber suits are sometimes better than flashy CGI effects.
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yeyyy I survived elenin lol, didn't think I'd be saying that three months ago - what a vast amount of time that i'll never get back wasted worrying!
In the chat rooms on Paltalk, good old Terral the Comet Terrorist has learned absolutely nothing from the total failure of his Elenin predictions (these included two pole flips). He is now claiming that Elenin was "a good dry run" for the object that's FOLLOWING Elenin !!!!
Incredibly, people are still following this idiot, although the numbers attending his chatroom have dropped somewhat.
I don't suppose that any of his chatroom cronies have asked him for the coordinates of this object? Or perhaps they have, which would make them EX-chatroom cronies, I expect.
Well, Terral has posted co-ordinates sometimes, taken from NASA of course, who are obviously lying lol. But as you guessed, anyone who persistently questions his "astronomy" is ejected and banned from the room. Whenever I'm in there I have to physically restrain myself from a). Introducing any real science, b). Falling off my chair laughing.
And now there's a NEW chat room, which is basically opposed to Terral, sporting the stunningly inaccurate title ……..
"Planet X Earth Changes and Truth Seekers Research"
Truth ??!! RESEARCH ??!!
Oh yes, and it's in the EDUCATION section!
Really? Elenin still? What does it matter, and for that matter can you understand one bit of what you just copy pasted? Let's just let Elenin fizzle out as it already has IRL.
“In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.” - Oscar Wilde
Im no astronomer and dont know much about this , but how canonly this guy see elenin? he did look on it 9 october and now to , why cant they see it with the faulk telescop for example? :)
WHO CARES??? Honestly pedro, can you ever just let anything go? The freaking thing is a pile of dust! You seriously need to get a life man. And for goodness sake, don't reply with "I was just wonder how he see it :p" because you're boring us to death with this crap. Get a new hobby, preferably one that doesn't annoy the crap out of everyone here.
The great thing about science is, it's true whether you believe in it or not.
sometimes you dont understand me.
You got that right.
it was no conspirity at allin this questions
Never said there was.
I was just wunder why he see it and other telescopes not thatwas the question not anything else
My point to you is….who cares? Elenin is a dead stick, keeping it alive as a topic just keeps it hanging in peoples minds who would rather forget it. Why can't you understand that your posts cause anxiety in others whether you want them to or not?
The great thing about science is, it's true whether you believe in it or not.
wow this is interesting :O can this guy have found a new comet? heres a pic www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=295902757106351&set=o.168363409883565&type=1&theater he found it when he was out with his telescope in uk it was in south with midnight and its not jupiter heres a pic on jupiter www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=295916817104945&set=o.168363409883565&type=1&theater and he didnt see it with naked eye or something , maybe its something else but still interesting :)






