New comet will fly by in 2013! And it could be brighter than the full moon

[YosemiteSam]

Good stuff, too bad we will miss it since we are all going to die Dec. 21st 2012. :

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New comet will fly by in 2013! And it could be brighter than the full moon

Russian astronomers using the International Scientific Optical Network's (ISON) telescope have discovered a comet that's scheduled to make its closest appearance to Earth in December of 2013. Called C/2012 S1, it's expected to be the brighest visitor to our solar system in the past century — a comet that'll be considerably brighter than Hale-Bopp (1997) and Halley's Comet (1986). The disintevaporating hunk of ice and rock could be visible for up to three months.

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[Denim Chicken]

To bad this is suppose to happen after the Mayan apocalypse

 

[Tabascocat]

To bad this is suppose to happen after the Mayan apocalypse

Maybe they are off a year and this is the start of the Apocalypse?

 

[5Stars]

I loved watching Halley's Comet in the 90's.

What were the names of those fools that committed suicide to join Halley's Comet?

 

[joseephuss]

I loved watching Halley's Comet in the 90's.

It last came by in 1986.

What were the names of those fools that committed suicide to join Halley's Comet?

The Heavens Gate group did that for the Hale-Bopp comet.

 

[5Stars]

It last came by in 1986.



The Heavens Gate group did that for the Hale-Bopp comet.

I wonder if NASA will try and shoot it down? It would be good practice for the space wars? Practice for that asteroid that might be coming in.