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Nasa will be following 2012 DA14 later when it passes by, I've updated the first post with what will be their live video feed of the event.
Nasa will be following 2012 DA14 later when it passes by, I've updated the first post with what will be their live video feed of the event.
Unbelievable (errrr, no, very believable!) comment from Russian nationalist leader, in the article:
"Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the nationalist leader noted for vehement statements, said "It's not meteors falling, it's the test of a new weapon by the Americans," the RIA Novosti news agency reported."
Here is a video of Meteorite exploding over Russian town. Watch top left at 15 sec mark.
Jim
A bit disconcerting, even humbling, that while we were all watching for the big one, a little one got through and caused some fear and damage. A little like watching for your opponents right cross, only to be stung and reminded that he's got a good left jab. Those people in Russia certainly saw the light. Hope no one was badly hurt or had a cardiac event.
In a follow up from a remark I made earlier in this thread:
First some corrections to that quote.
- The latest image (2000) I can find is here: Comet Hale-Bopp Home Page (JPL)
- There is imaging in 2001 from the La Silla Telescope in Chile, those pictures are elusive. But,
- The latest for Hubble was in 2009.
- The Herschel Space Telescope has taken PACS images of Hale-Bopp in 2010
- The VLT in 2011.
- That makes the latest 14years.
The links from #'s 2 to 5 are informational for the telescopes, The pictures are here page 2:
EVIDENCE FOR FRESH FROST LAYER ON THE BARE NUCLEUS OF COMET HALE–BOPP AT 32 AU DISTANCE.pdf
32 AU's =