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Comets also have a tail of electrically charged particles (ions) that is usually fainter and is pushed away from the Sun by the solar wind, a thin stream of electrified gas that blows constantly from the Sun.
Recently, one of the country's most popular science and technology websites, Wired.com, outlined a serious challenge to a key tenet of modern cosmology. Reporter David McCandless authored the article, "They Sing the Comet Electric", which noted the successful predictions registered at the Thunderbolts.info website prior to the climax of NASA's Deep Impact mission -- the collision of an 820-pound projectile into Comet Tempel 1. These predictions were based on the belief that comets are electrically charged bodies, and not the "dirty snowballs" of popular theory. If comets are proven to be electrical in nature, this could force the most dramatic re-assessment of cosmological theory since the age of Copernicus and Galileo. McCandless displayed an even-handedness and candor rarely seen in popular media. Most journalists, perhaps afraid of falling out of NASA's good graces, are far less likely to think independently, and tend to accept official statements from mainstream theorists as unquestioned truth (see CNN's space "coverage" for a prime example of this). Not so with McCandless, who thoroughly investigated the Deep Impact event, and imparted the facts in a fair and balanced light. McCandless wrote: "Prior to the July 4 impact, the Electric Universe group published a detailed chain of events they expected to see when Deep Impact struck comet Tempel 1... "The prediction said there would be two impact flashes: a small flash as the projectile penetrated the comet's electrified atmosphere, followed by a huge impact flash that would be 'unexpectedly energetic'. And that's exactly what appeared to happen on July 4, in an impact that astonished NASA investigators."
Recently, one of the country's most popular science and technology websites, Wired.com, outlined a serious challenge to a key tenet of modern cosmology. Reporter David McCandless authored the article, "They Sing the Comet Electric", which noted the successful predictions registered at the Thunderbolts.info website prior to the climax of NASA's Deep Impact mission -- the collision of an 820-pound projectile into Comet Tempel 1. These predictions were based on the belief that comets are electrically charged bodies, and not the "dirty snowballs" of popular theory. If comets are proven to be electrical in nature, this could force the most dramatic re-assessment of cosmological theory since the age of Copernicus and Galileo. McCandless displayed an even-handedness and candor rarely seen in popular media. Most journalists, perhaps afraid of falling out of NASA's good graces, are far less likely to think independently, and tend to accept official statements from mainstream theorists as unquestioned truth (see CNN's space "coverage" for a prime example of this). Not so with McCandless, who thoroughly investigated the Deep Impact event, and imparted the facts in a fair and balanced light. McCandless wrote: "Prior to the July 4 impact, the Electric Universe group published a detailed chain of events they expected to see when Deep Impact struck comet Tempel 1... "The prediction said there would be two impact flashes: a small flash as the projectile penetrated the comet's electrified atmosphere, followed by a huge impact flash that would be 'unexpectedly energetic'. And that's exactly what appeared to happen on July 4, in an impact that astonished NASA investigators."
The course of the comet may actually change in the next few months - it has to negotiate the attraction of Jupiter, for example, and it could possibly be deflected by one of those dark objects lurking in near space (see yesterday).
Originally posted by kalenga
reply to post by Phage
Pity Party Mode- You have no right to slag people off the way you do? Just because you get caught out? I hope others do not believe your lame explanation?
Originally posted by thorazineshuffle
reply to post by randyvs
All I know is, this fact, you can debate, debunk, deny, disprove or any other "d" word comes to mind, Leonid Elenin, amateur astronomer discovered this comet. Now, If I discovered an object, and it was named after me, I would be so proud that I would look at and photograph it and show it off to the world as often as I could, I would eventually, after it passed, put out a ELENIN Comet picture book, autographed by the man who discovered it.
Where are the pictures?
NASA, who apparently, dropped the ball on this one, as they above anyone else, basically owns the sky with their technology, and resources, should be ALL over this, since they are able to observe a brand new object, aren't they all about space exploration? They should be taking the best photos, of anyone and posting them for all to see, if for nothing else, proving that they are relevant and still need funding, since Obama defunded them.
Where are the pictures??
That is why this is soo strange. There is so little on the subject, it has been 3 and half months since this discovery and only a handful of pictures, a JPL site that shows a predicted orbit of ELENIN, that may or may not be the actual orbit, as it wobbles, and could be closer or farther away.
Hell, they don't even now for sure what comets are made of anymore. all of a sudden there is this "electric comet" theory, comets are made of solid metal, not dirt, and frozen water, like what was once thought, and they do not want to study this one? Come on. Something is weird, about all of this.
Now add all of the other things, the orbit, which we do not know how may miles it takes to revolve, or if it is a one time deal. Sprinkle in a little, "Hey, we may have found a brown dwarf", Nibiru, symerian legend, hopi prophecies, November 2011/ 2012 prophecies, and it is easy to see how there could be a lot of concern, AND blowing things out of proportion. That being said, I am very interested, and would love to see more pictures, and learn more information on this particular event. Obviously, I am not alone.
So, where are the pictures??
Oh, yeah, I forgot, NASA would never lie.edit on 4-3-2011 by thorazineshuffle because: (no reason given)