Formally designated C/2012 S1 (ISON), the comet was discovered on September 21, 2012, by Russian astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok using a tele…
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Comet ISON Animation Depicting the Trajectory
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Formally designated C/2012 S1 (ISON), the comet was discovered on September 21, 2012, by Russian astronomers Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok using a tele…
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Ayala Myst
November 25, 2013 at 4:15 am
People. It will be then when the end of the end begins. Having noticed that
we are a people with no value, we will fight to make value for ourselves.
We will be a world where everything has changed, and those who invoke
change will try to control us to our very whims, but we will rise and fight
against the ones who assume power. There will be a resurgence of “The power
of hearts and minds” and the Earth will go through another “Dark Age” like
the medieval era, only much worse than the before <3
Ayala Myst
November 25, 2013 at 4:26 am
People. You are about to witness the power of the media in all its blazing
glory very soon. You will hear news of devastation, and predictions of the
End of the World. We will all be subject to enduring the horrors of
uprising and human disarray. Once we have realized there is no “End of
Earth” coming from the sky, you will turn your attention back to ground
level where we will then realize we got our purses snatched while we were
looking up, and we’re all broke.
Neuromance27
November 25, 2013 at 5:07 am
So what is the likelihood of Earth running into Ison’s debris field (on a
potentially destructive level)?
Neuromance27
November 25, 2013 at 5:34 am
64 million km (40 million miles) away on Dec 26th to be exact.
tiktak25
November 25, 2013 at 5:35 am
You are telling me what I am and am not seeing?? LMAO I didn’t say I was
looking at ISON… but I have photoed a red object in the northeastern sky
multiple times for the past month. And yes I know it. 🙂
Ed Murray
November 25, 2013 at 6:16 am
No not even close!
Ed Murray
November 25, 2013 at 6:46 am
Because the tail of a comet always faces away from the Sun so as it curves
around the Sun and heads away from it it is going tail first with the head
of the comet following behind it.
hyrdrogenalpha
November 25, 2013 at 6:51 am
There is too much of a curve in the dust tail in the animation above to be
almost cartoonish. However, Comet Hale-Bopp did have a pinwheel effect near
the nucleus, but not at the distance portrayed above.
Ed Murray
November 25, 2013 at 6:59 am
Nope not true and you know it:(
Ed Murray
November 25, 2013 at 7:38 am
Ison will NOT be getting anywhere close to Earth period!
Ed Murray
November 25, 2013 at 8:03 am
Most comets have an ion tail which streams away from the sun and a dust
tail which is curved.
Lena Svensson
November 25, 2013 at 8:33 am
A blast for sure..lol!
MTB Fringe
November 25, 2013 at 8:39 am
@tiktak25, are being serious you can really see the red object coming our
way? Thanks, I’ll check it out!!
tiktak25
November 25, 2013 at 8:48 am
Go out between 3am-5am in the early morning with a clear sky and use a pair
of binoculars or telescope with wide angle and you can see a reddish object
slowing moving in the northeastern part of the sky just above horizon.
Apple Jaxx
November 25, 2013 at 9:24 am
All the official trajectories since ISON was discovered had it passing WAY
ahead of US after going around the SUN;. What’s interesting is NOW it shows
ISON intercepting Earth…only way above Earths orbit…. What i’m saying
is,,,,, if ISON stayed on a flat trajectory after going around the SUN…IT
WOULD ACTUALLY HIT USNOW ; accorsing to the new data…right?
AceBanana100
November 25, 2013 at 9:49 am
The best animation so far – Christmas will be a blast!
Mitzi Renee
November 25, 2013 at 9:57 am
nice job
4842Chuck
November 25, 2013 at 10:09 am
It looked like it hit Mercury @ 1:30 to me.
windshield42
November 25, 2013 at 10:22 am
the angle looks incorrect outgoing too
AceBanana100
November 25, 2013 at 10:42 am
What’s trailing it might – Look at were it starts out, we will go through
its debis trail in January 2014. Hard hat time 😉
charlespontoon
November 25, 2013 at 11:34 am
Mars and comet ison
hyrdrogenalpha
November 25, 2013 at 12:16 pm
Nice video except for the tail. That tail is straight because of the solar
wind traveling a million miles per hour.
byakuyakuchiki303
November 25, 2013 at 12:47 pm
So what I wonder is if this thing might hit us.
barriemicks74
November 25, 2013 at 1:47 pm
its doing the moon walk lol he should have picked billy jean as the music
…sorry bad joke;p
TheTruthinAstronomy
November 25, 2013 at 1:58 pm
because the solar wind is blowing it away from the sun. Once it’s past the
sun the solar winds blow the debris from the tail so that it’s actually
flying into it’s own tail.