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The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is expected to peak on May 6, 2018. The Eta Aquarids is one of two meteor showers created by debris from Halley's Comet.

NerdyDad

Columbia disaster happened 15 years ago today.

NerdyDad

@jaredbusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

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@jaredbusch Then did that part just break off from the rest of the comet?

I've never heard that name before, but there is a yearly meteor shower as we pass through the orbit of Halley's.

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is expected to peak on May 6, 2018. The Eta Aquarids is one of two meteor showers created by debris from Halley's Comet.

According to Space.com, these showers are just space debris that annually returns to earth while Haley returns every ~75 years.

JaredBusch

@nerdydad said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@jaredbusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@nerdydad said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@jaredbusch Then did that part just break off from the rest of the comet?

I've never heard that name before, but there is a yearly meteor shower as we pass through the orbit of Halley's.

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is expected to peak on May 6, 2018. The Eta Aquarids is one of two meteor showers created by debris from Halley's Comet.

According to Space.com, these showers are just space debris that annually returns to earth while Haley returns every ~75 years.

The debris is following along the orbit of Halley's it is basically detritus from Halley's over the centuries. Earth passes through the orbital plane.

Nothing is returning to earth. That so not how space works.

NerdyDad

@jaredbusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@nerdydad said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@jaredbusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@nerdydad said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@jaredbusch Then did that part just break off from the rest of the comet?

I've never heard that name before, but there is a yearly meteor shower as we pass through the orbit of Halley's.

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is expected to peak on May 6, 2018. The Eta Aquarids is one of two meteor showers created by debris from Halley's Comet.

According to Space.com, these showers are just space debris that annually returns to earth while Haley returns every ~75 years.

The debris is following along the orbit of Halley's it is basically detritus from Halley's over the centuries. Earth passes through the orbital plane.

Nothing is returning to earth. That so not how space works.

So basically its like walking through the exhaust of a car that has already passed.

JaredBusch

@nerdydad said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@jaredbusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@nerdydad said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@jaredbusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@nerdydad said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@jaredbusch Then did that part just break off from the rest of the comet?

I've never heard that name before, but there is a yearly meteor shower as we pass through the orbit of Halley's.

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is expected to peak on May 6, 2018. The Eta Aquarids is one of two meteor showers created by debris from Halley's Comet.

According to Space.com, these showers are just space debris that annually returns to earth while Haley returns every ~75 years.

The debris is following along the orbit of Halley's it is basically detritus from Halley's over the centuries. Earth passes through the orbital plane.

Nothing is returning to earth. That so not how space works.

So basically its like walking through the exhaust of a car that has already passed.

Basically, yes.

PenguinWrangler

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What happened to Halley's Comet? I missed that one. Did it get hit by something else somewhere else?

Nothing. Halley's comet will return in 2061 July-ish.

Mark Twain aka Samuel Clemens was born in a Haley Comet year 1835 and died 76 years later in a Haley comet year. Which he predicted he would do.

wirestyle22

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@jaredbusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@nerdydad said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

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What happened to Halley's Comet? I missed that one. Did it get hit by something else somewhere else?

Nothing. Halley's comet will return in 2061 July-ish.

Mark Twain aka Samuel Clemens was born in a Haley Comet year 1835 and died 76 years later in a Haley comet year. Which he predicted he would do.

Yeah, I make a lot of predictions too hoping that one will come true and I'll be quoted

PenguinWrangler

@wirestyle22 said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@penguinwrangler said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@jaredbusch said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@nerdydad said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

@tim_g said in Random Thread - Anything Goes:

What happened to Halley's Comet? I missed that one. Did it get hit by something else somewhere else?

Nothing. Halley's comet will return in 2061 July-ish.

Mark Twain aka Samuel Clemens was born in a Haley Comet year 1835 and died 76 years later in a Haley comet year. Which he predicted he would do.

Yeah, I make a lot of predictions too hoping that one will come true and I'll be quoted

See I just quoted you.

PenguinWrangler

Having a root canal Tuesday..... What should I expect?

scottalanmiller

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Having a root canal Tuesday..... What should I expect?

Oh damn, sorry to hear that.

DustinB3403

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Having a root canal Tuesday..... What should I expect?

Blood, so much blood and PAIN!

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