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Originally posted by beltemps
Ok, i read the whole thread (yeah tell me about it) and I guess it's pretty obvious now that these objects are registered asteroids. Nonetheless the op's intention for this thread was legit. There was a question (at least for the majority here) and it's got answered...
Only thing that sticks out is this azazel kid... you write a lot in CAPITAL LETTERS... Is your typewriter broken or is it just an inferiority complex? Pls lay down on my couch, I just get a pen and my notebook and we'll talk about it...
I was stating my opinion. Everything I state is my opinion unless I explicitly state otherwise.
There are no other objects. What there are artifacts from the processing of the images and hot pixels. Here is the most recent image:
Do you think this Roll over is unsusial ?
Originally posted by Violater1
Originally posted by dron020
sungrazer.nrl.navy.mil...
Beginning August 1st 2011, we started to roll the STEREO-B spacecraft for two hours per day to observe Elenin. We were unable to maintain this roll angle (~135-deg) because it negatively impacts the science return from all the other instruments on STEREO which rely on the 0-degree roll angle. Why did we even have to roll at all? Here's a good analogy: If you look through a cardboard tube, you can easily see a crowd of people 30ft away while missing a person standing 12-inches to your right. That was STEREO's problem -- the comet was so close, we would actually miss it at our nominal roll angle! So we are rolling the spacecraft and are observing it... successfully!
On the left is the first set of images taken of the comet on August 1st, 2011 (click the image for a bigger animation). You can easily see the comet moving against the background star field on the center-right of the images. (Sirius is the big bright star that is 'bleeding' down towards it, and M42 and the constellation Orion can be seen on the left.) This small fuzzy ball is what all the fuss has been about. It's clearly not a "second Sun", or a brown dwarf, or giant super-comet, alien spacecraft, or any other such fanciful object. It's just an ordinary little comet. It doesn't even have much of a tail visible -- just a nice central nucleus and classic diffuse coma. It is somewhat reminiscent of Comet Holmes from a few years back, but is substantially smaller than that object.
Interesting to know that they made this roll over maneuver to observe such an insignificant comet.
IMO, there are no other objects. I THINK What there are artifacts from the processing of the images and hot pixels. Here is the most recent image:
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Violater1
Why?
The roll did not interrupt the normal observation of the Sun by the spacecraft. It is a target of opportunity which provides a chance to learn more about comets.
Originally posted by Zortex
It's quite clear to me this is an invasion fleet. Dispite the fact that Comet C/2010 X1 will miss Earth by 21 million miles, I'm convinced these objects will suddenly veer off their projected trajectories and enslave all life on Earth.
They are probably after the essence of our natural fluids.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Violater1
Were any of them within the field of view of a STEREO satellite? Would targeting them have required turning the spacecraft away from the Sun? Would any of them been bright enough to appear in any of the sensors on the spacecraft?
reply to post by Phage
In my opinion the phrase "IMO" is redundant, silly, and a cop out. My first impression, my opinion, was wrong.
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. -Mark Twain