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"We're Doomed!!!!!!!" - C3P0

admiral_ju00
in Astronomy and Cosmology

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the C/2001 Q4 is coming and she's coming with a vengence!

 

well, not really doomed, but i just wanted to say that :)

And might i pig headedly ask "what is C/2001 Q4"

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it's a comet. ;)

and she's going to buzz earth in a little bit, assuming that nothing intervenes with it's current course.

 

cliff-notes version

http://www.bsasnashville.com/comet/

and

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/comet_NEAT_2004_030516.html

 

some technical and more in-depth stuff

http://cometography.com/lcomets/2001q4.html

http://www.aerith.net/comet/catalog/2001Q4/2001Q4.html

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/2001Q4.html

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