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The comet will make a close approach of only 0.0600 AU (8,980,000 km; 5,580,000 mi) from the Earth on August 15, 2011
Originally posted by ItsEvolutionBaby
Good digging.
How come this is the first we are hearing of the comet Honda?
There is another comet out there. It's name is Honda. It is expected to cross paths with Earth around 08/21/11,much closer then Elenin. But here is the kicker, it will cross paths with Elenin around 09/17/11 before Elenin comes close to us,possibly causing Elenin to slowly to break apart before crossing Earth's path around 10/18/11 Just a theory, Check out this website, elenin.org...
Warning: If you intend to use cometary orbital elements in a two-body propagation to compute future/past position (ephemerides), your results will be inaccurate and in some cases, completely incorrect. The motion of comets is affected by their so-called non-gravitational forces (the rocket-like force from outgassing of material from the comet while close to the sun). Thus, it is especially important to use HORIZONS to compute comet ephemerides.
Originally posted by kdog1982
To get a look at the shooting gallery we are in,
check this link out
www.minorplanetcenter.net...
Earth is the third blue x out.
Scary!edit on 23-7-2011 by kdog1982 because: (no reason given)