Hyperbolic Comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin) is coming about 0.23 AU* to earth, but many thinks its coming closer, like about 42000 miles close to the earth; see the animation below. Just be prepared to kiss TWW good bye just in case!

AU = ~93 000 000 miles or distance from the earth to the sun

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=elenin;orb=1;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#orb

[Edited on August 7, 2011 at 12:48 AM. Reason : 3]

8/7/2011 12:41:24 AM

no deal

8/7/2011 12:43:47 AM

You better mount up while you still have a chance...

8/7/2011 12:45:33 AM

A comet could hit the earth or cause massive outages, and you're worried about saying goodbye to TWW?

8/7/2011 12:47:32 AM

.23AU is still very far away. let me know when it's under .0023 at least then it'll be within the moon's range



[Edited on August 7, 2011 at 12:48 AM. Reason : V too]

8/7/2011 12:47:44 AM

1 AU is ~93 000 000 miles

8/7/2011 12:47:56 AM

still very very far away.

8/7/2011 12:48:26 AM

It looks like this might be the...



End of Days

8/7/2011 12:49:24 AM

lol the eyebrows

8/7/2011 12:50:08 AM

That's more than close enough to have a significant weather impact. On 10/01, the Sun, Mercury, Elenin, and Earth will be nearly aligned, and this (supposedly) can have so weird effect on the weather.

8/7/2011 12:51:17 AM

But Morgan Freeman is president & black when this happened in Deep Impact.





we now have a black pres


CORRELATION??????

8/7/2011 12:52:57 AM

come on

don't bullshit me

8/7/2011 12:57:38 AM

who is your daddy




and what does he do

8/7/2011 12:58:21 AM

Quote :

"User removed from block list"

8/7/2011 12:59:06 AM

stop it!

[Edited on August 7, 2011 at 12:59 AM. Reason : stop whining]

8/7/2011 12:59:42 AM

^ ^ I'm so happy I could

[Edited on August 7, 2011 at 1:01 AM. Reason : I'm a cop you idiot]

8/7/2011 1:00:11 AM

Black Jesus you from Ahoskie for real?

8/7/2011 1:00:38 AM

yea I grew up in St. John

8/7/2011 1:24:17 AM

Save us God! Save us BlackJesus!

8/7/2011 1:49:58 AM

You on your own my son.

We partying up here right now

8/7/2011 1:51:09 AM

Quote :

"10/18 could be the last day of TWW"

Did anyone else feel slightly happier after reading this?

And then end up feeling even more excited at this:

Quote :

"Hyperbolic Comet C/2010 X1 (Elenin) is coming about 0.23 AU* to earth"

Only to be disappointed and saddened by this:

Quote :

"AU = ~93 000 000 miles or distance"

8/7/2011 2:38:44 AM

time to start a cult

8/7/2011 4:17:24 AM

Quote :

"Mercury, Elenin,"

Both of these combined have a Snewf level gravitational pull. Only dangerous to women with in a 100 yard radius.

8/7/2011 1:16:56 PM

one can only hope

8/7/2011 2:06:15 PM

http://lanl.arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1104/1104.2036.pdf

Good bye TWW

8/10/2011 11:15:01 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBPIDGIpuhw&feature=player_detailpage#t=127s

8/13/2011 12:05:41 PM

Hang on guys, Hercolubus is blocking my satellite signal.

8/13/2011 1:13:19 PM

BTTT remember when the world ends I told you so.

8/23/2011 5:19:46 PM

Give me any odds of what you think this comet hitting earth is.

Let's do something large.

Let's do something like....

"There's a 1 out of 1x10^10 chance."

That means there's a one in ten billion chance a comet could hit earth.

Is that not rare enough for you? Okay. Let's do 1 out of 1x10^15. That's a one in one quadrillion chance.

Based on observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, there are at least 125 billion comets in the universe.

It is estimated that at least ten percent of all sun-like stars have a system of planets, there are 6.25×10^18 stars with planets orbiting them in the universe.

If even a billionth of these stars have planets supporting life, there are some 6.25×10^9 (billion) life-supporting planetary systems in the universe.

6,250,000,000.

Now, what are the odds that NONE of these planets could be hit by a comet?

8/23/2011 5:48:59 PM

I am not saying it gonna hit the earht, but it alignment with Mars, the Sun, and Earth can potentially casue weird geological and weather events.

8/23/2011 10:47:02 PM

like EARTHQUAKES?

8/23/2011 11:28:43 PM

I wonder if I can parlay this into sexual activity.

8/23/2011 11:29:53 PM

^^

when i read that, i said, out loud...

DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNN

8/23/2011 11:30:28 PM

get outta my head, man!

8/23/2011 11:36:04 PM