i saw halley's comet in '86 when i was 4 and just about too young to remember it. next time it comes by, i'll be too old to either see or my memory will be bad enough i won't remember it the day after, lulz.
@TheHevquip - Hale-Bopp was much better show when you were 15 -- I'm sure you saw that... it was visible everywhere from the northern hemisphere and was quite bright. And there will undoubtedly be equally bright comets between now and then.
@djxatlanta yeah, unfortunately the most i remember about hale-bopp was the whole heaven's gate suicide cult thing and their white nikes and not the comet itself. i saw some clips on here of meteors that lit up the night sky brighter than most days when they burnt up upon entry, i'd really like to see something like that in my parts. watched a meteor shower a few weeks ago, but looking forward to seeing another comet.
@shanelewis121 - No. Although if you'll be alive in June and July 2061, it will be a beautiful site in the evening sky. There are asteroids that come relatively close to Earth all the time -- but none are in danger of striking us anytime soon. You can check all the upcoming asteroid approaches on spaceweather[dot]com -- on October 30, a small asteroid will pass by Earth 5 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon, which is quite close.
@jennybabe8 - In the spring and early summer of 2061. In fact, on the night of June 19 and July 21, 2061, it's going to be a GORGEOUS sight just after sunset -- Halley's Comet will be in the sky right next to the crescent moon, and the bright planet Venus will be nearby. But there will most certainly be many bright comets visible to the naked eye between now and then.
@hobointhehouse1 - I saw it in the fall of 1985, a few months before perihelion. The '85/'86 encounter was pretty unimpressive. Now Comet Hyakutake in 1996 and Hale-Bopp in 1997 were absolutely GORGEOUS huge comets visible even from inside cities (in my case, downtown Atlanta). And you will likely see at least one or two extraordinary comets like those two within the next 50 years.
These things are facinating. It looks very violent on the surface but I was surprised to only see two ejections areas. A mobile probe would have been a great teacher. I thought the whole comet lit up. It depends on the comet, I guess. I sure hope they add more mobile probes to NASA's to-do list. I think Rovers have got to be the best things to explore with. I couldn't believe the las probe to Mars and Titan were stationary. We could have got so much more information sigh a rover.
Rovers are a lot more expensive to develop, and the engineers need to know a little something about the surface of the object they're targeting. ESA will land a probe on the surface of a comet in 2014, but only after the Rosetta orbiter has fully mapped the comet for a safe landing. And the Titan probe was not designed to be a rover because at the time, they were not sure if the probe would land on solid ground or in a Titanian lake. Next year's mission to Mars will be a rover.
I wonder how a Radio Shack, style, machine would do on someplace like Mars. I'm not being a smart ass here. It surprised me that the one rover on Mars developed a 'bad' wheel. I've got frinds that play with their little radio controled cars that seem to outlast these billion dollar explorers and never had their wheels replaced. I know the perameters are very different, but for the money, they should have been able to endure. Sometimes, I think intelligence is to smart for for the project.
The rovers were designed to work for three months... anything beyond that was icing on the cake. The environmental conditions to work on Mars are so much (extreme cold and dust) that thinking of every possible contingency and engineering for them would have added too much cost for the missions.
If your friends tried running their cars on Mars, the plastic wheels would get brittle and crumble and the axle lubricant would dry up and turn to powder. Not everything off-the-shelf will work on Mars.
Got it. Thanks. I guess it just frustraites me to see them shut down and or break down so soon. I knew their life span was limited, but thinking of the cost, it seems they should have lasted for decades. Thank you for the info.
0:17 Scary......
SuperUniverse555 1 year ago
I came in with the comet, and i'll go out with the comet.
RockoAndJaviar 1 year ago
i saw halley's comet in '86 when i was 4 and just about too young to remember it. next time it comes by, i'll be too old to either see or my memory will be bad enough i won't remember it the day after, lulz.
TheHevquip 1 year ago
@TheHevquip - Hale-Bopp was much better show when you were 15 -- I'm sure you saw that... it was visible everywhere from the northern hemisphere and was quite bright. And there will undoubtedly be equally bright comets between now and then.
djxatlanta 1 year ago
@djxatlanta yeah, unfortunately the most i remember about hale-bopp was the whole heaven's gate suicide cult thing and their white nikes and not the comet itself. i saw some clips on here of meteors that lit up the night sky brighter than most days when they burnt up upon entry, i'd really like to see something like that in my parts. watched a meteor shower a few weeks ago, but looking forward to seeing another comet.
TheHevquip 1 year ago
will it hitus
shanelewis121 1 year ago
@shanelewis121 - No. Although if you'll be alive in June and July 2061, it will be a beautiful site in the evening sky. There are asteroids that come relatively close to Earth all the time -- but none are in danger of striking us anytime soon. You can check all the upcoming asteroid approaches on spaceweather[dot]com -- on October 30, a small asteroid will pass by Earth 5 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon, which is quite close.
djxatlanta 1 year ago
@shanelewis121 Yes. Headin right for us on a head on collision. Be very worried.
ScratchyBeardCoach 1 year ago
When will Halley come? can you also see it at holland?
jennybabe8 1 year ago
@jennybabe8 - In the spring and early summer of 2061. In fact, on the night of June 19 and July 21, 2061, it's going to be a GORGEOUS sight just after sunset -- Halley's Comet will be in the sky right next to the crescent moon, and the bright planet Venus will be nearby. But there will most certainly be many bright comets visible to the naked eye between now and then.
djxatlanta 1 year ago
:( I'd be 62 when I get to see this. That will be the only time..
hobointhehouse1 1 year ago
@hobointhehouse1 - I saw it in the fall of 1985, a few months before perihelion. The '85/'86 encounter was pretty unimpressive. Now Comet Hyakutake in 1996 and Hale-Bopp in 1997 were absolutely GORGEOUS huge comets visible even from inside cities (in my case, downtown Atlanta). And you will likely see at least one or two extraordinary comets like those two within the next 50 years.
djxatlanta 1 year ago
Reading Arthur C. Clarke's 2061 where they land on the comet!
blazak 1 year ago
I was named after haleys comet
xoxox01997 1 year ago
These things are facinating. It looks very violent on the surface but I was surprised to only see two ejections areas. A mobile probe would have been a great teacher. I thought the whole comet lit up. It depends on the comet, I guess. I sure hope they add more mobile probes to NASA's to-do list. I think Rovers have got to be the best things to explore with. I couldn't believe the las probe to Mars and Titan were stationary. We could have got so much more information sigh a rover.
slodeth5 2 years ago
Rovers are a lot more expensive to develop, and the engineers need to know a little something about the surface of the object they're targeting. ESA will land a probe on the surface of a comet in 2014, but only after the Rosetta orbiter has fully mapped the comet for a safe landing. And the Titan probe was not designed to be a rover because at the time, they were not sure if the probe would land on solid ground or in a Titanian lake. Next year's mission to Mars will be a rover.
djxatlanta 2 years ago
I wonder how a Radio Shack, style, machine would do on someplace like Mars. I'm not being a smart ass here. It surprised me that the one rover on Mars developed a 'bad' wheel. I've got frinds that play with their little radio controled cars that seem to outlast these billion dollar explorers and never had their wheels replaced. I know the perameters are very different, but for the money, they should have been able to endure. Sometimes, I think intelligence is to smart for for the project.
slodeth5 2 years ago
The rovers were designed to work for three months... anything beyond that was icing on the cake. The environmental conditions to work on Mars are so much (extreme cold and dust) that thinking of every possible contingency and engineering for them would have added too much cost for the missions.
If your friends tried running their cars on Mars, the plastic wheels would get brittle and crumble and the axle lubricant would dry up and turn to powder. Not everything off-the-shelf will work on Mars.
djxatlanta 2 years ago
Got it. Thanks. I guess it just frustraites me to see them shut down and or break down so soon. I knew their life span was limited, but thinking of the cost, it seems they should have lasted for decades. Thank you for the info.
slodeth5 2 years ago