Kitt Peak has confirmed the discovery of a new comet, Hamner-Brown that is out beyond Neptune. It looks to be approaching the Sun next February and the scary part is Kitt is calculating that this may be a impacter with Earth on the way back out. Harvard is listing Hamner-Brown as a 6 right now on the Torrino Scale. Both discoverers are amateurs, Hamner owns a major soap company out of California and Brown is a student in Iowa who ground his mirror and built his own scope. This is one to watch, not for the show, but if impact does occur, it will be devastating. So, this isn't true but is based on events in a famous Sci-Fi Book. Can anyone name the book? Also, if you guess correct, please pick an astronomical event from a book or movie and do a reply to this to see if others can guess. If you know your right, then do your post. Hopefully this will be kinda of fun.
Lucifer's hammer? That it? Sent from my iPhone On Jul 6, 2013, at 7:06 PM, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
Kitt Peak has confirmed the discovery of a new comet, Hamner-Brown that is out beyond Neptune. It looks to be approaching the Sun next February and the scary part is Kitt is calculating that this may be a impacter with Earth on the way back out. Harvard is listing Hamner-Brown as a 6 right now on the Torrino Scale. Both discoverers are amateurs, Hamner owns a major soap company out of California and Brown is a student in Iowa who ground his mirror and built his own scope. This is one to watch, not for the show, but if impact does occur, it will be devastating.
So, this isn't true but is based on events in a famous Sci-Fi Book. Can anyone name the book?
Also, if you guess correct, please pick an astronomical event from a book or movie and do a reply to this to see if others can guess. If you know your right, then do your post. Hopefully this will be kinda of fun. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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Ding! Ding! Ding! This is unreal. On Jul 6, 2013 7:13 PM, "Mark Shelton" <astroshelton@yahoo.com> wrote:
Lucifer's hammer?
That it?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 6, 2013, at 7:06 PM, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
Kitt Peak has confirmed the discovery of a new comet, Hamner-Brown that is out beyond Neptune. It looks to be approaching the Sun next February and the scary part is Kitt is calculating that this may be a impacter with Earth on the way back out. Harvard is listing Hamner-Brown as a 6 right now on the Torrino Scale. Both discoverers are amateurs, Hamner owns a major soap company out of California and Brown is a student in Iowa who ground his mirror and built his own scope. This is one to watch, not for the show, but if impact does occur, it will be devastating.
So, this isn't true but is based on events in a famous Sci-Fi Book. Can anyone name the book?
Also, if you guess correct, please pick an astronomical event from a book or movie and do a reply to this to see if others can guess. If you know your right, then do your post. Hopefully this will be kinda of fun. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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Jay got me good. I was picking my way through his post on the smartphone, without my readers on. The Dispossessed by Ursula LeGuin is basically the story of socialism in the 20th century on earth, set in a distant future. On Jul 6, 2013 7:26 PM, "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Ding! Ding! Ding!
This is unreal. On Jul 6, 2013 7:13 PM, "Mark Shelton" <astroshelton@yahoo.com> wrote:
Lucifer's hammer?
That it?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 6, 2013, at 7:06 PM, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
Kitt Peak has confirmed the discovery of a new comet, Hamner-Brown that is out beyond Neptune. It looks to be approaching the Sun next February and the scary part is Kitt is calculating that this may be a impacter with Earth on the way back out. Harvard is listing Hamner-Brown as a 6 right now on the Torrino Scale. Both discoverers are amateurs, Hamner owns a major soap company out of California and Brown is a student in Iowa who ground his mirror and built his own scope. This is one to watch, not for the show, but if impact does occur, it will be devastating.
So, this isn't true but is based on events in a famous Sci-Fi Book. Can anyone name the book?
Also, if you guess correct, please pick an astronomical event from a book or movie and do a reply to this to see if others can guess. If you know your right, then do your post. Hopefully this will be kinda of fun. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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Loved that book. I remember reading the scene with the guy scuba diving through the remains of a grocery store while sitting in a mall in Logan...kinda surreal. Dan On Jul 6, 2013, at 7:11 PM, Mark Shelton <astroshelton@yahoo.com> wrote:
Lucifer's hammer?
That it?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 6, 2013, at 7:06 PM, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
Kitt Peak has confirmed the discovery of a new comet, Hamner-Brown that is out beyond Neptune. It looks to be approaching the Sun next February and the scary part is Kitt is calculating that this may be a impacter with Earth on the way back out. Harvard is listing Hamner-Brown as a 6 right now on the Torrino Scale. Both discoverers are amateurs, Hamner owns a major soap company out of California and Brown is a student in Iowa who ground his mirror and built his own scope. This is one to watch, not for the show, but if impact does occur, it will be devastating.
So, this isn't true but is based on events in a famous Sci-Fi Book. Can anyone name the book?
Also, if you guess correct, please pick an astronomical event from a book or movie and do a reply to this to see if others can guess. If you know your right, then do your post. Hopefully this will be kinda of fun. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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I've met both Niven and Pournelle. Drank with Pournelle. He signed my boonie hat! On Jul 6, 2013 8:37 PM, "Daniel Holmes" <danielh@holmesonics.com> wrote:
Loved that book. I remember reading the scene with the guy scuba diving through the remains of a grocery store while sitting in a mall in Logan...kinda surreal.
Dan
On Jul 6, 2013, at 7:11 PM, Mark Shelton <astroshelton@yahoo.com> wrote:
Lucifer's hammer?
That it?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 6, 2013, at 7:06 PM, Jay Eads <jayleads@gmail.com> wrote:
Kitt Peak has confirmed the discovery of a new comet, Hamner-Brown that is out beyond Neptune. It looks to be approaching the Sun next February and the scary part is Kitt is calculating that this may be a impacter with Earth on the way back out. Harvard is listing Hamner-Brown as a 6 right now on the Torrino Scale. Both discoverers are amateurs, Hamner owns a major soap company out of California and Brown is a student in Iowa who ground his mirror and built his own scope. This is one to watch, not for the show, but if impact does occur, it will be devastating.
So, this isn't true but is based on events in a famous Sci-Fi Book. Can anyone name the book?
Also, if you guess correct, please pick an astronomical event from a book or movie and do a reply to this to see if others can guess. If you know your right, then do your post. Hopefully this will be kinda of fun. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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