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I just can't stand when the critics go to far and become assheads by mocking the very YEARNING FOR A BETTER WORLD. I hate that.
Originally posted by Helious
reply to post by SatoriTheory
I feel the need to believe in rational order and the need to feel safe from things you can not control has turned you blind to simple truths and common sense my friend.
There are no coincidences on that scale, simply none, the odds and the facts just don't match up.
When this comet passes the sun, its tail points in the opposite direction until it gets hit with a CME. Then the tail reverses direction. Why? It's an electrical effect.
This doesn't fit your dirty snowball theory that says tails always point away from the sun.
P/2010 V1 (Ikeya-Murakami)
Epoch 2010 Oct. 11.0 TT = JDT 2455480.5
T 2010 Oct. 13.1178 TT MPC
q 1.577565 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.1831973 Peri. 152.2925 -0.9138263 -0.4059612
a 3.070365 Node 3.8053 +0.3359081 -0.7705671
e 0.486196 Incl. 9.3797 +0.2282263 -0.4913470
P 5.38
From 400 observations 2010 Nov. 3-2011 Jan. 10, mean residual 0".6.
C/2010 X1 (Elenin)
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5
T 2011 Sept. 10.7264 TT MPC
q 0.482504 (2000.0) P Q
z +0.000022 Peri. 343.8083 +0.6023498 +0.7980010
+/-0.000001 Node 323.2239 -0.7287581 +0.5399435
e 0.999989 Incl. 1.8391 -0.3257091 +0.2676853
From 1896 observations 2010 Dec. 10-2011 Sept. 7, mean residual 0".5.