Comet defies death, brushes up to sun and lives

December 16, 2011
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Image of sun courtesy of NASA.

A small comet survived what astronomers figured would be a sure death when it danced uncomfortably close to the broiling sun Thursday night.

Comet Lovejoy was only discovered a couple of weeks ago. It was supposed to melt as it came so close to the sun that the temperatures would hit several million degrees.

But astronomers watching live with telescopes were shocked when a bright spot emerged on the sun's other side. Lovejoy lived.

The comet came within 75,000 miles of the sun. For a small object often described as a dirty snowball, that brush with the sun should have been fatal.

Astronomers say it probably wasn't deadly because the comet was larger than they thought.

Read an update: Comet Lovejoy plunges into the sun and survives (w/ video)

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omatumr
Dec 16, 2011

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Reality is always a "coincidence" for the insane.

1st sanity rule: "To know that you don't know is best,
To pretend to know what you do not know is a disease."
theknifeman
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 4.3 / 5 (26)
omatumr, I am being quite sincere when I ask why you still post here. I am not a scientist by any stretch of the imagination, but I see others on here who clearly are. They mock you, insult you, degrade you, and professionally disagree with a majority of your posts. They have even posted, what they claim is, proof you are a child molester. There are certainly articles on the internet that support their claims against you. I would think common shame would cause you to step out of the spot light which you so frequently choose to stand in on Physorg. You are becoming the likes of a circus freak show at this point. Do you lack self awareness? Shame? I know nothing of you other than posts, articles and your own website. Humor me with an answer.
rawa1
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 1.8 / 5 (13)
The Lovejoy comet passed the Sun from quite significant distance. It was considered to be safe from its very beginning. http://stereo-ssc...4h1A.jpg
Do you lack self awareness? Shame?
You apparently didn't realize, Oliver K. Manuel suffers with schizophrenia. He lives in the world of his imaginations - which explains, why he raped his children too. He probably believed, he is in marital status with them, or something similar.
Vendicar_Decarian
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 3.3 / 5 (13)
Don't forget, the global warming Denialist psudo-journal "Energy and Environment" published Oliver's Iron-Sun masterpiece "Earth's Heat Source - The Sun"

Such is the quality of that journal so often sited by Denilist bloggers.
antialias_physorg
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 4 / 5 (14)
Do you lack self awareness? Shame?

He's just a masochist. There are a number of those here.

Zephyr/Calippo/rawa1
kevinrts
omatumr
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jakack
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 3 / 5 (18)
@theknifeman - Seriously? Why are you(and others) so hellbent on the character assassination of another poster on a physics news website?

At least, for some common decency, keep away from going after peoples character whether it be true or not.
jakack
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 3 / 5 (7)
Would the comet have lost any mass during this passing?
theknifeman
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 4.5 / 5 (16)
@theknifeman - Seriously? Why are you(and others) so hellbent on the character assassination of another poster on a physics news website?

At least, for some common decency, keep away from going after peoples character whether it be true or not.


Sincerely, it was not meant to be character assassination. After following posts on here, it was a serious question. He has definitely been the target of many attacks. I'm just saying that with all of the brutal words that have been directed by what appear to be peers who know him, I would expect an average person to step away or present valid facts to dispute what others have stated. I actually do agree with what you state above, but it has gotten to the point that my curiosity has gotten the best of me. I really know nothing of the man on a personal level.
antialias_physorg
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 4.3 / 5 (12)
Would the comet have lost any mass during this passing?

No. Why would it? I mean - if you were to throw an object, travelling several dozen kilometers per second through an atmosphere at several million degrees you'd not expect it to change, right?
(warning: the above contains sarcasm)

Look at the picture of a solar eclipse. Notice that huge fuzzy area around the rim of the sun. That's the solar corona. Passing through that is no picknick.
Husky
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 3 / 5 (2)
obviously the comet was protected by the Leidenfrost effect and should be renamed the Messenger of the Tsar
jakack
Dec 16, 2011

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@theknifeman- perhaps I'm not on here enough to see what you and others are seeing. But yeah, I'd stay away from repeating any sexually based charges unless there is some perceived danger and you know for certain. I appreciate your honesty anyways if it matters any coming from another anonymous poster.

@antialias- thanks for the warning!
omatumr
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 1.4 / 5 (26)
omatumr, I am being quite sincere . . .


I assume everyone here is sincere in using the most basic principles of physics - observations and measurements [1,2] - to acquire information about reality.

My reality says CO2 is a minor component in one of the smaller insulating blankets (Earth's atmosphere) that protects us from violent instabilities induced by superfluidity [1] and neutron repulsion [2] in the core of Sun - Earth's actual heat source.

As noted above, "Comet Lovejoy may have been the solar probe that arrived by 'coincidence' this holiday season to reveal new information about the Earth's actual heat source - the Sun!"

I will answer sincere questions about physics - but not insincere distractions.

1. "Super-fluidity in the solar interior: Implications for solar eruptions and climate", Journal of Fusion Energy 21, 193-198 (2002):

http://arxiv.org/.../0501441

2. "Neutron repulsion", The APEIRON Journal, in press:

http://arxiv.org/...2.1499v1


omatumr
Dec 16, 2011

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Would the comet have lost any mass during this passing?


Good question.

Certainly the volatile parts, acquired from the outer regions of the Solar System, would have been partially if not completely lost.

Considerable time may be required for the heat flow to cause phase changes, like melting and volatilizing of solids and liquids, so they can escape.
jakack
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 1.9 / 5 (10)
FrankHerbert- "Just Google it, and you will find the TRUTH. Then post all about it on a physics news site."

BTW...I am everyone you disagree with...just one big conspiratorial figure giving my comments 5's.
jakack
Dec 16, 2011

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So how many tails would this comet have if it could be observed? And in what direction would the tails be pointing?
omatumr
Dec 16, 2011

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So how many tails would this comet have if it could be observed? And in what direction would the tails be pointing?


Who knows? Past observations generally showed that comet tails point away from the heat source - the Sun.
jakack
Dec 16, 2011

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So we got our debris tail, ion tail, and here perhaps a material "absorption" tail pointing towards the sun due to it's gravitational pull?
jakack
Dec 16, 2011

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Kind of hard to tell but there is video that shows one visible tail that looks like it is pointed a little bit towards the sun as opposed to away. However, most of it it seems directly behind it's direction of travel.
gurloc
Dec 16, 2011

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There is very little point in arguing with the mentally ill, however it is worthwhile to remind people who they are so that their pseudo-scientific babbling isn't mistaken for informed opinion.
FrankHerbert
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 1.2 / 5 (57)
How can Oliver live with himself?


Evidentially, by literally setting up question and answer sessions with himself so he can feel like he's helped someone?

That appears to be what is going on here. Also watch any of his videos where he interviews some imaginary child or whatever that is really himself. It's been like a year since I've seen it, don't care to see it again.
axemaster
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 4.6 / 5 (9)
I assume everyone here is sincere in using the most basic principles of physics - observations and measurements [1,2] - to acquire information about reality.

My reality says CO2 is a minor component in one of the smaller insulating blankets (Earth's atmosphere) that protects us from violent instabilities induced by superfluidity [1] and neutron repulsion [2] in the core of Sun - Earth's actual heat source.

These two statements together... wow, just wow.
jakack
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 1.8 / 5 (10)
however it is worthwhile to remind people who they are so that their pseudo-scientific babbling isn't mistaken for informed opinion.


So are you saying that all I have to do to prove that someone is wrong about something is to dig up some dirt about their personal lives?
Pirouette
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 1.4 / 5 (9)
@gurloc and
@axemaster. . .it's quite obvious that the Sun is a great source of heat, as evidenced by the warmth of the Sun, especially in Summer that is readily felt as you're lying on the beach. But Oliver likes to remind us of these things. . . .and his post is really quite harmless and there's no need to get an anxiety attack over him. Just ignore his post if you're offended by him. At least he's posting SOMETHING that he thinks is important to the discussion, even if no one else thinks so.
Observe the character assassination and personal attacks in this thread and others. Do you think any of it is relevant to the topic?
I like comets and I try to see the Geminids each year if the weather permits it. But a comet passing so close to the Sun and not being pulled in is awesome.
Gawad
Dec 16, 2011

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You apparently didn't realize, Oliver K. Manuel suffers with schizophrenia. He lives in the world of his imaginations

I...can't...believe...you...wrote...that!
axemaster
Dec 16, 2011

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Observe the character assassination and personal attacks in this thread and others. Do you think any of it is relevant to the topic?

Yes, since the topic at this point is "why does this nutjob / child molester still post on this website?". And we aren't assassinating his character - "character assassination" implies unjust statements about a person. I think our comments about him are completely justified.

Check out these articles. And yes, they are the same person as he gives in his profile, I checked.
http://mominer.ms...hildren/
http://police.mst...v99.html
http://www.highbe...831.html
Husky
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 1 / 5 (2)
well, the lab explosion adds weight to the theory that when two neutrons are accidentaly put in the same flask, violent repulsive forces will be unleashed...
Pirouette
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 1 / 5 (8)
@axemaster . .I've read the articles about him. . .but I wasn't referring to character assassinaton AND personal attacks in tandem. . .only separately. The one is different from the other, obviously. It is evident that he assassinated his own character by doing the things he did. But using foul language on someone is unnecessary and detracts from the topic itself. . . .UNLESS one has the PROVOCATION to use the foul language as a response to another member's foul language. :)
uh oh. . .dinner time. be back later
jakack
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 1 / 5 (6)
I think our comments about him are completely justified.


Update: Charges have been dropped for rape and sodomy. Only attempted sodomy still stands.
http://archive.co...s013.asp

I'm not denying the severity of this guys situation (and who really knows the whole truth but him). But do you still think your own comments are justifiable here, axemaster?

typicalguy
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 3.4 / 5 (5)
I think our comments about him are completely justified.


Update: Charges have been dropped for rape and sodomy. Only attempted sodomy still stands.
http://archive.co...s013.asp

I'm not denying the severity of this guys situation (and who really knows the whole truth but him). But do you still think your own comments are justifiable here, axemaster?


The article was from 3 years ago. The trial is probably over by now. He must have spent a lot of money on good lawyers. Probably the statute of limitations expired on some of the charges.

Legal problems aside, I previously asked him legitimate questions about his theory and got unsatisfactory answers. For example: if all stars have neutron stars in the middle, how did the neutron stars form?
Husky
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 1 / 5 (1)
...Seriously for me, having some dirty personal laundry is not a measuring stick for the abillity of having bright ideas/accomplishing great things, the greatest minds have had their awkward moments, the creator of the linux file system to name one...No it is something else, while at first I thought Oliver was some credible former Nasa hack with a interesting unconventional angle to old problems, it is the obsessive constant beating of the dead neutron horse on the unlikeliest occaisons, that reminds me of that Hawaian doomsday guy that went on a one-man spamming crusade against the Large Hadron Collider that would surely blow up the universe and guess what, Hawai is still there, I wonder what happened to that guy ?
Pirouette
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 2.1 / 5 (7)
He is focused on a hypothesis for which there is no proof, and probably never will, but he clings to it, maybe to try to relive his past glories in NASA. He might want to let go of the "neutron repulsion" fallacy and return to something for which a factual reason can be found. None of us can know what really goes on in a man's mind. . .but I still think that personal attacks in the thread is counter-productive, unless he does the personal attacking first. Disrespect has no place in a science forum toward other members, unless provoked. If you are provoked by foul language, you have the option of hitting the "report abuse" button. That's what I do.
Callippo
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 2.7 / 5 (7)
Ommatur's posts are incoherent and routinely off-topic. He is using this forum only for link spreading like every other spammer. Even if I wouldn't believe in his accusation, now I can see, he is really unscrupulous psychopathic asocial, who lacks the social feedback and who disregards the comfort of others. He is handling the PO readers in the same way, like his children and his behavior here is just a continuation of his own private life.
you have the option of hitting the "report abuse" button
It doesn't work.
UnlimitedRealms
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 3 / 5 (2)
WOW - just wow , no science here today ! It is just too funny reading all this dribble . As soon as " neutron " man shows up in a forum , it all goes hell . I don't even come close to agreeing with him , but he sure gets everyone elses goat . Wow !
Callippo
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 1 / 5 (2)
Report abuse button does work. . .after you click it. . .they ask you a question
Yes, they ask me "Are you sure?" It helps a lot... 8=) Until you cannot see the solution of your report, you cannot say, it works. Frankly, sometimes I don't know, if the people here are kidding others, or if they're just plain idiots, because their attempts for jokes make any difference.
dtyarbrough
Dec 16, 2011

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The scientists believe the solar corona is millions of degrees because it emits xrays. It is not even as hot as the surface of the sun and the fact that it can't melt a snowball proves my point. X-ray and gamma rays are not the energetic photons scientists believe them to be.
Callippo
Dec 16, 2011

Rank: 2.3 / 5 (3)
X-ray and gamma rays are not the energetic photons scientists believe them to be.
What else they should be and WHY? The fact, dental roentgen doesn't melt a snowball doesn't mean, it's not energetic enough. You wouldn't want forget your willy there..
Pirouette
Dec 16, 2011

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If you had a continuous dose of x and gamma rays without ceasing, I'm sure you might start to burn up. But that comet, I believe, had to be almost a solid piece of water ice, and it had to be much larger than expected, which is why it survived close exposure to solar heat. It might be possible that the iron or rocky core was small, but the accumulation of ice was so heavy that the layers of ice peeled or melted off, but still had enough ice to make the tails. My question is: why was it able to escape the gravitational pull of the Sun? Was it the velocity?
bewertow
Dec 16, 2011

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Looks like oliver manuel butt-raped his own kids 0_o

http://mominer.ms...hildren/
omatumr
Dec 16, 2011

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So we got debris tail, ion tail, and here perhaps a material "absorption" tail pointing towards the Sun due to it's gravitational pull?


Another empirical reality - ignored for the last 40 years to promote the global climate agenda [1] - may generate heat by radioactive decay of actinide elements in material acquired from the outer part of the Solar System, making a "tail" (eruption) independent of the Sun.

Actinide elements (Th, U, Pu etc) were made by rapid neutron capture in the outer part SN where lightweight elements (H, He, C, N) were abundant [2]. That may also explain the excess Xe-136 and residual heat in Jupiter [3].

I.e., some tails of comets may be like a volcanos on Earth - powered by the decay of Th and U inside the comet/Earth.

1. http://dl.dropbox...asks.pdf

2. http://www.omatum...igin.htm

3. www.lpi.usra.edu/...5011.pdf
Pirouette
Dec 16, 2011

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@bewertow. . . .the proper word is "alleged" or "allegedly" since none of us were witness to the assault. Now, can we drop the subject? Thanks
Jayded
Dec 17, 2011

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Okay. one of the following measurements must be wrong. either the composition of the comet is not accurate, or the distance it was passing the sun, or maybe the sun is an optical illusion that isn't actually hot and the heat we experience here on earth can be explained in another way.
likely the composition of the comet is incorrect.
jsdarkdestruction
Dec 17, 2011

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you guys miss the point of revealing olivers past. he regularly accuses scientists of vast deceit and corruption and conspiracy theories and lying about or suppressing info and fighting to destroy the world as we know it and . So he started it. You cant just say shit like that and then get mad when someone points out your credibility(he cant answer any ?'s and the info he gives is all based of things written by him.(a perpetual liar who molested his children for years while lying about it) and integrity based off your past. no way am i just gonna sit by and watch oliver attack the scientific community so often.
FrankHerbert
Dec 17, 2011

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you guys miss the point of revealing olivers past. he regularly accuses scientists of vast deceit and corruption and conspiracy theories and lying about or suppressing info and fighting to destroy the world as we know it and . So he started it. You cant just say shit like that and then get mad when someone points out your credibility(he cant answer any ?'s and the info he gives is all based of things written by him.(a perpetual liar who molested his children for years while lying about it) and integrity based off your past. no way am i just gonna sit by and watch oliver attack the scientific community so often.


Well said. You do good work here exposing Oliver.
Vendicar_Decarian
Dec 17, 2011

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Why were most of the charges of molestation raised against Oliver dropped?

Is he taking medical treatment for mental psychosis? Libido emasculating drugs? Did his Children recant their charges against him.

So Oliver what was it?

Vendicar_Decarian
Dec 17, 2011

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Very little is known about the structure of comets since there has been only two flyby's of these objects.

Virtually nothing is known about the comet in question, other than it's probable origin and probable similarity to the onces visited.

Even it's mass is unknown. Inferred from it's brightness.

"either the composition of the comet is not accurate" - Javd
Vendicar_Decarian
Dec 17, 2011

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Spirochete is the anti-government conspiratorial bedfellow of Oliver Manuel.

What we have here is one Libertarian Low Life trying to protect another.

"the proper word is "alleged" or "allegedly" since none of us were witness to the assault. Now, can we drop the subject? Thanks" - Spirochete
Vendicar_Decarian
Dec 17, 2011

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"Looks like oliver manuel butt-raped his own kids 0_o" - bewer

Yes. But for some reason the charges against him were dropped.

What is left is Oliver's science. Which is non-existent due to his mental psychosis.

Now given Oliver's obvious mental condition, you have to wonder why a journal - run by a climate denialist - would publish some of Oliver's Rantings about an Iron Sun. (Energy and Environment)

And you have to wonder why Global Warming Denialist scientists (old, washed up and on tenure) like Pilmer directly quote from OmaTard's books that claim that the sun is a ball of Iron.

This the quality of science coming from Denialists.

The more you look at Global Warming Denialism the more Denialist corruption become evident.

And that is why Denialists like Spirochete want to avoid dicussion's of Oliver's crimes, both intellectual and physical.
Vendicar_Decarian
Dec 17, 2011

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Oliver Manuel and Spirochete and RyggTard are all members of the same class of psychologically damaged Denialists.

But while Oliver's mental disorder is almost certainly chemical in origin, RyggTard and Spirochete and other Libertarian/Randites willingly culture their severe mental defect.
Vendicar_Decarian
Dec 17, 2011

Rank: 1 / 5 (3)
"reminds me of that Hawaian doomsday guy that went on a one-man spamming crusade against the Large Hadron Collider that would surely blow up the universe and guess what, Hawai is still there, I wonder what happened to that guy ?" - Husky

When they turned the LHC on, he vanished in a puff of smoke.

Coincidence?
jsdarkdestruction
Dec 17, 2011

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havent you ever read the posts i counterspam oliver with on occasion? lol, j/k, but anyway, like i say in that post it is because the statute of limitations had expired on all but the most recent charge.
Vendicar_Decarian
Dec 17, 2011

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In most states there isn't a time limit to the charge of child molestation.
Skepticus
Dec 17, 2011

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A few thoughts:
- A comet is a "dirty snowball". This one survived a close approach without disintegrating, so it could be a "snowy dirt ball", or a rocky or metallic asteroid with some volatiles. The hypothesis that "the comet must be larger than thought" does not fly. If it is a lot larger, the out gassing will be correspondingly bigger, and the comet would have been detected a lot earlier, which it wasn't.
..and for the scifi fans: it's an alien spaceship trying the same timewarp maneuver that Kirk and his crew did...:-D
Pirouette
Dec 17, 2011

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A few thoughts:
- A comet is a "dirty snowball". This one survived a close approach without disintegrating, so it could be a "snowy dirt ball", or a rocky or metallic asteroid with some volatiles. The hypothesis that "the comet must be larger than thought" does not fly. If it is a lot larger, the out gassing will be correspondingly bigger, and the comet would have been detected a lot earlier, which it wasn't.
..and for the scifi fans: it's an alien spaceship trying the same timewarp maneuver that Kirk and his crew did...:-D

@Skepticus. . . .I tend to go with the actual makeup of the comet itself being very small, something that is so small that the Sun's gravitational pull had very little effect on it, if any. A tiny piece of rock in an orbit that takes it far from the Sun where it accumulates water or another type of ice in outer space, layer upon layer, over and over again so that it becomes large enough to withstand the heat of the Sun upon the comet's return.
Pirouette
Dec 17, 2011

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If you take a small rock and cover it with snow, then roll that downhill on top of more snow, it accumulates and becomes a big snowball. .. . . .in spite of the core inside being a small rock. I believe that the icy comet with a small rocky core, along with the speed at which it was traveling, was able to escape being pulled into the Sun.
jsdarkdestruction
Dec 17, 2011

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In most states there isn't a time limit to the charge of child molestation.

yeah, he got lucky he lives in a ass backwards southern state. he should be doing life in prison.
signoftimes
Dec 17, 2011

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How do you explain the problems with neutron theory in this? The electrical theory answers what neutron/iron core does not. If the theory with an iron/neutron core were accurate, the comet could not have survived at that distance unless it were far larger than even the largest estimates. I have not seen any mass data that convinces me that any accurate measures have even been made for that matter. The survival of this comet lines up with electrical theory, in a fairly wide range of mass.
corymp
Dec 18, 2011

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honestly, mostly everyone here is familiar with Oliver so why don't people here do what they do in real life? ignore Oliver's comment and continue the discussion as if he's not there. after a while, that will bother him more than anything. I was looking forward to reading what people thought of this article...

-just a guy interested in science...
jsdarkdestruction
Dec 18, 2011

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mostly everyone

i do it for the guy or gal who's developed an interest in sceince and wanted to learn more about it and expand their knowledge and found the site. they have a right to know about olivers credibility and that his info is not based off of actual reality, just his paranoid delusions.
im sorry about the thread comments getting clogged up with this. i cant just let oliver say whatever he wants w/o responding though.
Benni
Dec 18, 2011

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WOW - just wow , no science here today ! It is just too funny reading all this dribble . As soon as " neutron " man shows up in a forum , it all goes hell . I don't even come close to agreeing with him , but he sure gets everyone elses goat . Wow !


You noticed that too........
omatumr
Dec 18, 2011

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Emotions - not rational thought - are used to convince the public that world leaders are powerful and control Nature.

www.ipa.org.au/pu...c-alarms

In fact, they do not!

Al Gore and the UN are totally powerless over the forces that power the Sun, control Earth's climate, and sustain life on Earth.

As the AGW scare collapses, information is being made public on the ill-tempered pulsar that produced our elements, gave birth to the Solar System, and still controls our fate.

http://dl.dropbox...asks.pdf

Those who use emotionalism to divert attention away from experimental data and observations identify their masters.

With kind regards,
Oliver K. Manuel
Former NASA Principal
Investigator for Apollo
www.omatumr.com
http://myprofile....anuelo09
jsdarkdestruction
Dec 18, 2011

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More garbage oliver, hey why dont you answer them 3 questions ethelred has asked about 900 times now? oh yeah, you cant cuz your theory is nonsense.
omatumr
Dec 18, 2011

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The choice is yours:

1. Join politicians in spreading fears and false claims of control over Nature

www.ipa.org.au/pu...c-alarms

2. Study precise rest mass data on every atom and see for yourself:

a.) Neutrons attract protons to make stable atoms

b.) Neutrons repel other neutrons;
___ Neutron-rich atoms are unstable

c.) Protons repel protons even more strongly;
___ Proton-rich atoms are less stable

d.) A benevolent Reality that surrounds and sustains us is in a "Cradle of the Nuclides"

www.amazon.com/Or...06465620

http://dl.dropbox..._Not.pdf

But ignoring data does not change reality.

The AGW scam will collapse once the public knows that a pulsar produced our elements, gave birth to the Solar System, and still controls our fate today.

http://dl.dropbox...asks.pdf

Best wishes for the Holidays!

Today all is well,
Oliver
Shelgeyr
Dec 18, 2011

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For a small object often described as a dirty snowball,...

Well, that's the source of the befuddlement - comets aren't dirty snowballs, they never have been, and despite almost universal claims to the contrary there's never been any evidence that they were. The whole "dirty snowball" thing is predicated on the assumption (and "assumption" it is) that they're leftovers form the formation of the solar system.

Strangely enough, although all the evidence we've collected points to them being rocky bodies that have been exposed to extreme heat at least at some point in their history, the "dirty snowball" myth persists.

Why? Many will probably say "because of the behaviors that we normally associate as being 'cometary'" and (as usual) ask the seemingly-rhetorical-but-in-actuality-isn't question "What else could they be (other than dirty snowballs)???"

Well, there's a perfectly reasonable answer that has nothing to do with UFOs or the like. But it isn't a welcome answer.
Pirouette
Dec 18, 2011

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Please elaborate on the answer. . . .whether welcome or otherwise :)
Pirouette
Dec 18, 2011

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For MY part, I object to the only picture of the Sun that they provided for this thread. It shows the bright spot on the right side of the picture, but what happened to a picture of the comet iTSELF emerging on the other side? Surely, they MUST have that also if they were tracking the comet for any length of time. The article is INCOMPLETE without more images.
signoftimes
Dec 18, 2011

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Supernova 1987A proves neutron theory is wrong. This only adds to it.
Humpty
Dec 19, 2011

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The issue is not the comet being a dirty homosexual comet, it's about this particular comet neither being a lesbian separatist comet, but a it's about it being a dirty hetrosexual comet.

jsdarkdestruction
Dec 19, 2011

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what about choice 3 oliver? it's called reality. why dont you face it?
omatumr
Dec 19, 2011

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it's called reality. why don't you face it?


Doubters of reality - the pulsar core Sun- also try to avoid new observations made on young solar-type stars:

http://adsabs.har...31...69B

Young solar-type stars:

a.) Rotate rapidly
b.) Are magnetically active
c.) Some have magnetic cycles like the 22-yr solar activity cycle

How does an interstellar cloud of H to collapse and perform these feats?

Could it be that young solar-type stars have a pulsar core, like the Sun?

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Shelgeyr
Dec 19, 2011

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(Part 1 of 2)
Pirouette, out in space you can basically consider all objects to be electrically charged entities moving through a conductive medium (plasma, which is itself current-carrying). In the case of "things within the solar system", this medium is usually referred to as the "solar wind", or more accurately called the "Heliospheric current sheet". (Note: Some claim this is confusing two different things, i.e. the "wind" is driven by the "current sheet". I think they're mistaken because you can't have a magnetic field without an electric current. But my point is valid either way.)

Due to the solar wind, there exists an electric gradient (voltage drop?) from the Sun out to the (solar) Magnetopause.

What's this got to do with comets?

Well, it turns out that the only substantive difference between an asteroid and a comet is its orbital path. (continued...)
Shelgeyr
Dec 19, 2011

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(Part 2 of 2)
Asteroids, having basically stable orbits, are near or at electrical equilibrium with the surrounding plasma.

Comets, on the other hand are quickly traversing the gradient when we see them, building up tremendous electrical stress, which is why they sometimes fragment as far away as Jupiter's orbit, and can have an active coma at distances much too far from the sun to be explained by thermal processes.

The coma is an electrical discharge phenomena, ditto the "jets" and tail - the dust is being ripped from the surface by electric discharge machining, not thermal out-gassing of deep volatiles.

This is an unwelcome answer NOT because it is supposedly faulty science (it is based on sound and solid science), but because it gives credence to the "Electric Universe" theorists' views. However, "facts are facts", and the evidence we continue to collect support this theory, and not that of the "dirty snowball". Nevertheless, the "dirty snowball" myth persists.
antialias_physorg
Dec 19, 2011

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Due to the solar wind, there exists an electric gradient

Why? The amount of protons and electrons ejected should be roughly the same - So any comet moving throug this medium should not pick up a net charge.
Shelgeyr
Dec 19, 2011

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Also, Pirouette, while NASA's document "Mitigating In-Space Charging Effects - a Guideline" could be considered only tangentially relevant (it isn't about comets), it does contain applicable information you might find interesting.

http://standards..../3314877 (which yields a pdf with the file name: NASA-HDBK-4002A.pdf)
Pirouette
Dec 19, 2011

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@Shelgeyr. . . .thanks. . .I must agree with your theory. . .I just never knew how to express it correctly. (I'm not a scientist). In laymans' terms. . .a comet in its orbit but at the opposite end of the Sun, in order to have a "tail" would have to be having some of it's rocky layers "shaved off" as dust. And over a period of millennia, enough of it's layers may be shaved off as dust that the rocky core becomes smaller than the original core. As it passes through outer space on its way back toward the Sun, it then accumulates more and more H and O atoms that combine to make ice. Many layers of ice are piled on top of the rocky core that has diminished in size, more or less. At a certain point in its travel, the speed at which it travels takes it closer to the Sun and the trail of ice particles begins.
I believe in the electric current theory that ties everything in the Universe together. . .I just am not familiar with the scientific terminology.
Is this correct?
Pirouette
Dec 19, 2011

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I am on a "learning curve" as you can tell. . .but I am interested in comets, asteroids, anything that can impact on Earth to make an extinction level. :)
EverythingsJustATheory
Dec 19, 2011

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Young solar-type stars:

a.) Rotate rapidly
b.) Are magnetically active
c.) Some have magnetic cycles like the 22-yr solar activity cycle

How does an interstellar cloud of H to collapse and perform these feats?

Could it be that young solar-type stars have a pulsar core, like the Sun?


NO, it can't! Rotate rapidly - that tends to happen when you look at a heterogenous plasma around a humongous fusion reaction. Magnetically active - of course a rapidly rotating plasma will have a magnetic field. The ions won't be uniformly distributed. As to the length of the field reversal, I would expect a similar composition star in size and shape to have similar magnetic field properties.

This is the same post from another article. Seriously do you just post the same dribble to different articles?

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