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"Guilty Pleasure" Music 7 25.00%
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Song Covers 2 7.14%
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#4126
Old 01-21-2010, 08:35 PM

Yeah! The trick is getting a clear night without a full moon. In Michigan, the first part is a rare enough thing, but I really can't complain. The stars are beautiful. :)

*blinks* Did you see a comet, or a meteor?

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#4127
Old 01-21-2010, 08:39 PM

yeah, I love stars. they're so beautiful they make me want to cry!!

I think a meteor is an comet or asteroid that hits the atmosphere, so I guess a meteor.

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#4128
Old 01-21-2010, 08:49 PM

A comet is an icy ball that orbits the sun. If one hit Earth, that would be... well, bad. Asteroids are chunks of rock, sometimes big ones, left over from the formation of the Solar System. And then there are meteors, which are the streaks of light you see when little chunks of rock or metal fall through Earth's atmosphere. If bits of them survive and actually hit Earth, they become meteorites. Before they fall, they're meteoroids. According to this they may come from asteroids or comets. :)

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Old 01-21-2010, 08:54 PM

so I was right. I was seeing meteors, but it was a comet before that (or asteroid). According to the simulators, Comets are the most likely to bring about a cataclysmic event is they strike Earth. I was playing with the stuff at R.A.D.A.R Some place in New Mexico. I think its radar and not radio. Or was this simulator at Meteor Crater?

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Old 01-21-2010, 08:59 PM

Now I'm lost. :p Comets in particular tend to make news. And they have names. What comet was it? (Or when, might be a better question.)

Anyway, I should be going. It's time to get my weekly comic book fix and stuff! And to go home and finish reading 2001: A Space Odyssey, which is probably the reason I'm in an astronomy mood today.

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#4131
Old 01-21-2010, 09:01 PM

Haley's comet is the biggest one. why are you confused?

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#4132
Old 01-22-2010, 12:21 AM

Oooh comets.... What's the name of the one that's supposed to come dangerously close to the Earth in the year 2014? O_o We should call it the "OMG-its-gonna-hit-us" comet :P

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Old 01-22-2010, 12:21 AM

Mooo! >:B
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#4134
Old 01-22-2010, 12:22 AM

AH!!! Facade looks cute! I think the sky is falling. ^_^

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#4135
Old 01-22-2010, 12:41 AM

*dodges the fork and counters with a spork* Engarde!
And it must be the end of the world... facade... cute. And no blood to be seen O_O

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Old 01-22-2010, 01:17 AM

@Kat (when you come back): I wasn't sure what you were talking about when you were referring to the simulators and stuff. (And I still don't.) Meteors don't tend to be big news. I mean, they tell you if there will be a good shower, but that's really about it. Comets have big, predictable orbits and names, and they hang around in the sky for a bit, like strangely-moving stars with tails. They make news, especially if cults get involved. (Hey, it's happened.) So it's easy to tell the difference between a comet and a meteor. Meteors don't last long at all, if you're lucky enough to see them at all!

As for asteroids, most of them hang around in a belt, but sometimes they escape. I'm positive that if one came close enough to see in the night sky, the internet would be buzzing. If this is the one Zephi is talking about, apparently we're in good shape. :)

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Old 01-22-2010, 01:24 AM

It was this...simulator. how else do I say it. Its simulates what will happen when a comet, meteor of other spacial body hits the earth and which will cause the most damage. They say it was probably a comet hitting earth that caused the dinosaur extinction because they stay mostly intact going through the atmosphere. and I never said they were the same thing!! I saw a meteor though, during the persaid shower.

I know asteroids and comets can break out of their orbit and get really close to planets. the internet would buzz, though probably not with facts. *goes to look at link* oh, I know about that one. I saw something about it on the Discovery/Science channel

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#4138
Old 01-22-2010, 01:31 AM

That is probably the one Cica. The only thing is that I heard ONE thing about it on the news a few years back, I guess 2003 might be right, and then nothing. No updates, nothing at all. So they might have been wrong. O_O That's kinda scary. lol. But I'll be with my hubby so I don't care what happens as long as we are together.

I missed the biggest meteor shower of last year :( It was cloudy and too much light polution even if it wasn't :cry: I really wanted to see it. I stayed up for that reason in fact :cry: I missed 2009's highlight :(

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#4139
Old 01-22-2010, 01:37 AM

yo dawg i heard you like jimmies so we put some cupcakes in your cupcakes so you can sprinkle while you sprinkle


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yeah. hehehe

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Old 01-22-2010, 01:39 AM

I never see meteor showers and its really too bright in the urban areas and the sky is overcast. I snuck out the back door to watch the persaid (Am I even spelling it right?) a while ago and I was so glad I actually saw one. a pretty big meteor too!

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#4141
Old 01-22-2010, 01:40 AM

Lostinthewoods! Heyas! How are you? And what is that supposed to mean :?: What are jimmies anyway!?

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#4142
Old 01-22-2010, 01:43 AM

Jimmies is a slang word meaning sprinkles (on cupcakes, etc) lol..
I'm surprised by how many people have never heard of it... maybe its just a northeastern thing?

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Old 01-22-2010, 01:43 AM

*refreshes to see Lostin's post* uh, yeah, and that means?? op, you posted before me! *sweatdrop*

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Old 01-22-2010, 01:45 AM

its an internet meme.

yo dawg i heard you like internet memes so we put some lolcats in your lolcats so you can roflmao while you roflmao

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#4145
Old 01-22-2010, 01:46 AM

Hmm... I'm from the northeast but I've never heard that before! I'm from Maine! you can't get mroe NE than that! lol... it must be regional or.. stately.. something...

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Old 01-22-2010, 01:47 AM

I didn't know if you meant an online simulator or what, Kat. :p And you did sound a little confused back there, and confusion is contagious, like yawning.

Anyway... hi Lostin! Sorry for popping out. Busy rotting my brain with more Sailor Moon. Which is finally showing signs of an overarching plot.

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Old 01-22-2010, 01:48 AM

Never watch Sailor Moon! lol... my mom never let me watch it back when it was on TV.

Right now I'm watching the 2002 adaptation of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine
Dr. Alexander Hartdegen is :heart:! lol

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#4148
Old 01-22-2010, 01:51 AM

I never watched it as a child, but I have this ongoing curiosity about pop culture I mostly ignored in the '90s. When I was a kid. Anyway, that sounds like fun, Lostin. I haven't seen that one yet. Though now I want to see 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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Old 01-22-2010, 01:51 AM

ooh! I liked that movie! It was kinda sad in the begining though :(

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Old 01-22-2010, 01:52 AM

Yeah, it was so depressing and inspiring at the same time, lol. And very steampunk, which i love. And it had a nice ending because he found love in the end ^^

Not to mention, its got a freakin epic soundtrack <3

 


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