Google+ Hangout: Phobos-Grunt re-entry

[dirtyteapot]

great stuff. many people are really interested in astronomy but ended up as a cop, lunch lady, pilot....you know what i'm saying. thanks for doing all the hard work and sharing.

[chrysopoeia321]

This was fun and informative. Yes, more like this please.

[Ed1H3r0]

watch?v=kRdlbs--RhA

[Kg277]

"No Pants Subway Ride 2012 " has 8 million hits, and this has 3000 hits, something is wrong here..

[asicdathens]

@Kg277 Well, we're still unevolved monkeys. As usual the lower head gets precedence over the upper one. My question is : Why these two videos show relevance in UT?

[Kg277]

HOTT!! Blow up my atmosphere anytime!

[Makrozon]

More hangouts please Mr. Bad.

[denispkpk]

The binocular in the background is a testament to how awesome you are.

[carlwitt75]

@denispkpk Or the creepy neighbor down the street who watches you undress at night!!! lol



[nlo114]

I was monitoring N2YO until I went to bed at midnight despite USA and Russia having reported that it had re-entered. At 23:52, IT was at 73.16Mi, and 4.71Mi per sec. I have become slightly confused. Who do I believe?

[mmmodafoca]

dude when did he do this live??? ughh damn you How i met your mother marathon on tv!!! you made me miss this. chucks!

[MarqXB]

Argh! I missed this :(

[virumoz]

»Ships are safe in harbor. But that's not what ships are for.«

That's a great aphorism.

[mandydax]

Thanks for doing this, Phil and Emily.

[MrZephyros]

Thanks Phil; Good job.

[httprover]

@riascience position:

Isla Wellington: 49°20′S, 74°40′W

1250km due W: 50.3°S, 92.0°W

[httprover]

Good coverage of the reentry guys. Some additional thoughts: On reentry drag, rel. velocity of sat and atmosphere might also play a role. Atm rotates with Earth. Actual reentry time suggests it came down after passing a "descending node." Thermal gradients might contribute to sat breakup. Re impact chains, comets passing within the Roche limit is another possibility (Shoemaker-Levy).

[Dexxxter7780]

I understand now :D I tried removing my comments but youtube is still broken and it wont let me...

can anyone here vote on comments yet? I still cant.

[Dexxxter7780]

how is it 9:52 mountain? im in cali and its only 5:58 and this was an hour ago? Im lost now..lol

[Dexxxter7780]

where is it coming down?

[TechState]

very interesting, just starting to watch.

[Loki95531]

This was very informative. thanks for posting it here also.

[JoshuaZelinsky]

@Schisme, There's nothing actually significant about this (other than the failure but that happened months ago). This is more in the category of fun.

[oakwind]

You should do this more often.

[Schisme]

Maybe someone can clarify this for me, but I'm failing to see the significance of this event.

[superdau]

@Schisme

I don't really care for the Grunt coming down either. But who needs a reason to party? All the other things they are talking about make more than up for it.

[Venim85]

Isn't Borat from Kazakhstan?

VERY NICE !!