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Conference hydra::dejavu

Title:Psychic Phenomena
Notice:Please read note 1.0-1.* before writing
Moderator:JARETH::PAINTER
Created:Wed Jan 22 1986
Last Modified:Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2143
Total number of notes:41773

1875.0. "Comet to strike Jupiter." by SNOC02::KYRIACOUC () Thu Aug 26 1993 06:11

    I am not sure of the accuracy of the report or if this has been
    discussed elsewhere but I heard a report on the radio that around
    July 25th next year a comet by the name of Levi-Schemaker(sp?) will
    break up into a number of smaller comets and score a direct hit
    on the planet Jupiter.

    Has anyone else heard about this, and what the possible ramifications
    of this potential collision ?

    					Regards Chris
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1875.1HOO78C::ANDERSONGreen wellies is the life for me.Thu Aug 26 1993 06:388
    >Has anyone else heard about this, and what the possible ramifications
    >of this potential collision ?

    Considering the point that Jupiter is a gas giant of around 88,000
    miles in diameter I doubt if a comet striking it will make much
    difference.

    Jamie.
1875.2other infoAIMTEC::FERRELL_LThu Aug 26 1993 13:5712
    re: base
    
     
    This predicted event is discussed in the latest Scientific American.
    The article includes a picture of the commet.
    
        There is some discussion on this topic in :
    
    	UPSAR::SPACE - note 853
    	widget::UFOS - note 196
    
    LF
1875.3PEKING::WARBURTONGIs it herbal deficiency Doc??!Thu Sep 02 1993 14:545
      
      Maybe it was the collision of a comet which caused the Red Spot ?
    
    Warburtong
    
1875.5I wanna see the instant replays 8-)DELNI::JIMCCHAOS - an org level higher than DigitalThu Oct 21 1993 15:095
I wonder if there is any chance of any of these fragments colliding with 
anything orbiting Jupiter, especially the moons?

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1875.7Fun Till Daddy Took The T-Bird AwayCXDOCS::TAVARESHave Pen, Will TravelThu Feb 10 1994 19:163
Given the typical hydrogen bomb yield :-), how many kilotons does that
come to?  For extra credit, how many times over will that destroy the
Earth?
1875.8a tense future in future tenseDWOVAX::STARKTodd I. StarkMon Feb 14 1994 15:057
    re: .7,
|how many times over will that destroy the Earth?
    
    Is that a dire prediction, or should I have read that as "hypothetically
    _would_have_ destroyed the earth ?"
    
    							todd
1875.9CXDOCS::TAVARESHave Pen, Will TravelTue Feb 15 1994 13:082
Uh sorry, I meant hypothetically.  I also meant "megatons" where I
wrote "kilotons."
1875.10HOO78C::ANDERSONThe Info Super Highway Patrol.Tue Feb 15 1994 13:244
    I don't think that megatons would be much more useful than kilotons
    when measuring the energy release of this collision.

    Jamie.
1875.11?CADSYS::COOPERTopher CooperTue Feb 15 1994 19:0212
RE: .10 (Jamie)

>    I don't think that megatons would be much more useful than kilotons
>    when measuring the energy release of this collision.

    Not sure what you mean by "useful", Jamie, but megatons would be more
    *convenient* for such a measurement (or, in this case, estimate).
    Neither wouild be particularly helpful in imagining the magnitude of
    the collision(s), of course, since such force is quite literally
    unimaginable.

					Topher
1875.12HOO78C::ANDERSONThe Info Super Highway Patrol.Wed Feb 16 1994 04:3714
    >Not sure what you mean by "useful", Jamie

    When you have a long string of zeros does an extra three impress you
    that much?

    The energy release on a light summer shower is about the same as the
    earlier atomic bombs. Even the mightiest of the present ones can not
    equal the energy release of a major storm. Measuring against H-bombs a
    hurricane would be off the scale. So when it comes to large comets
    slamming into gas giants if you express the energy release in joules,
    kilotons, or megatons it is not going to make a lot of difference as
    the number will, as you say, be beyond our comprehension

    Jamie.
1875.13some non-scientific measurement termsTNPUBS::PAINTERPlanet CrayonWed Feb 16 1994 13:474
    
    Humongous, totally awesome.....etc.
    
    Cindy
1875.16TNPUBS::PAINTERPlanet CrayonMon Apr 04 1994 20:077
    
    Any comments on the potential astrological impacts of the comet 
    on Jupiter (and subsequently on us)?
    
    Does anyone have an update on when exactly the comet will strike?
    
    Cindy
1875.17collision courseSALEM::BOUTHILLIERTue Apr 05 1994 13:397
    re:16  July 7th is the latest date I read for this event.Astrologically
    any effect seems unknown, however Jupiter is  always associated with
    positive  happenings?
    
    Rog