Making a comet with Dr. Amy Mainzer

Making a comet with dr Amy Mainzer as seen on history channel / the universe ep 03x06

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Comet
• Amy Mainzer
• Comets
• making a comet
• asteroids
• deep space comets
• frozen comets
• freezing
• dry ice

[pepemanshon]

guys, what does dr. Mainzer add after the dirt?

I can only hear something like "corn syrup", but... it's not it, right?

[junkfood66]

YES its corn syrup,

- Water (most is made out of H²O, not liquid but ice)

- dirt (minerals, iron, other 'contaminants')

- corn syrup (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and aminoacids)

- windowcleaner (ammonia mostly but smells less evil)

- Dry Ice (very cold carbon dioxide)

[junkfood66]

After mixing it up, the dry ice flashfreezes it to make it a solid 'comet'. As you can see it actually looks like a comet although dr. mainzers comet also contains some stuff not readily found in the solar system. But generally it is a pretty close match.

[junkfood66]

Producers of "the universe"have asked me to remove all inapropriate comments on these clips, and i have complied. Please do not post dumb comments that are offensive to dr. mainzer or i will have to close the comments section. Thank you for your consideration.

[presbarkeep]

dr. amy mainzer is the most beautiful woman in the world and the history channel rocks and i love "the universe". XD

[Mothra61]

I'm glad the people at The Universe asked you to remove those creepy comments. Anyway, I must say, I found this very informative and interesting, and I am a huge fan of The Universe, along with Michio Kaku, Neil Degrasse Tyson, and yes, Amy Mainzer. I will definitely not shy I way from saying she's beautiful... but its not just because she looks it, its because she is (or so it would seem) extremely intelligent. And that is beauty at its finest.

[MisterTutor2010]

The homemade comet is my favorite Amy Mainzer clip.

[ghostbladev]

Would like to see her guest star on Big Bang Theory

[186carito]

congrats to Dr. mainzer she is such an intelligent woman ..love this video

but what really worries me is that this video has such a few viewsit so sad to see that people are more interested about stupid things rather than SCIENCE. New generations gotta learn about how important is knowledge in our lives. XD

[Ibucrthis]

"Corn syrup and ammonia" -- lol, this clip reminds me so much of the 'poisonous popsicles' me and my friends made when we were young. Also, look at 01:50 - gotta love her childlike enthusiasm!

[kablamo9999]

Awesome. So simple and yet so fascinating, teachers in schools everywhere should be like that.

[Damnation1444]

do u need to have a special kind of lamp for this project???

[TheLastBrainLeft]

*sigh* Wish I gave a damn about comets.

[Kuler89]

She amazez me! She knows about everyting! Imagine that all (or at least bit more) women were that inteligent and interested in science rather than stupid tv shows and such. I'd love to live in that world! :D

[soccer101nic]

cool work doc.

[AmoebaOBacon1]

heeeeeey i saw this. i love this show......thnxxxxxxxxxx for putting it on xDDD