Comet Elenin: Near Earth Object.... too near ?

Post by **Sharp** » Sat May 21, 2011 10:49 am

Have a read of this....

http://www.ufo-blogger.com/2011/05/come ... etter.html

Regards
Sharp.

Timo · Post by **Timo** » Sat May 21, 2011 11:03 am

Pepperpotty · Post by **Pepperpotty** » Sat May 21, 2011 11:22 am

"On October 11, 2011 Elenin will be only 0.246au away from Earth; that’s a quarter of the distance to the sun.) it`s possible even more dangerous against earth than we understand."

Oh no, it will be nearly 23 million miles away. Quick run!

Post by **Sharp** » Sat May 21, 2011 11:51 am

It's not going to hit

It's more fascinating than anything else when you read more and understand how gravity effects everything. When it slingshots around our sun and is thrown back out into deep space is when it's going to come close to us. Our orbit around the sun means our planet will pass through it's tail.

It's fascinating stuff. Don't mind the doom and gloom headings these websites post. A little research into exactly what will happen is quite interesting.

Regards
Sharp.

Pepperpotty · Post by **Pepperpotty** » Sat May 21, 2011 11:56 am

I know what you mean. I watched a documentary explaining that the moon is getting further and further away from us. It explains what will happen if it continues to do so. The effect it has on the earth's orbit will mean that the earth will start spiralling out of control and gravity will be lost. Of course this won't happen for another million years or so and the sun will have exploded before then, but it's all very interesting.

ozy · Post by **ozy** » Sat May 21, 2011 12:04 pm

Pepperpotty wrote:the earth will start spiralling out of control

True. My neighborhood is already in free-fall.

Post by **Sharp** » Sat May 21, 2011 12:15 pm

Somthing I found when reading about all this is that some people think it's a Dwarf Star.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... Bv1rQxgMbA

I think we can kiss our ass goodbye if that was true. The Gravitation pull from that puppy would be massive. Interesting how the dates land.

Regards
Sharp

Jan1 · Post by **Jan1** » Sun May 22, 2011 4:44 pm

Sharp wrote:Somthing I found when reading about all this is that some people think it's a Dwarf Star.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... Bv1rQxgMbA

I think we can kiss our ass goodbye if that was true. The Gravitation pull from that puppy would be massive. Interesting how the dates land.

Regards
Sharp

If Elenin is indeed more than just a comet we're in for a lot of trouble this autumn.
BTW, the online application used in this clip you can find at the NASA website.