Comet ATLAS Disintegration Live Stream! *Live Again Tonight!

No, the minimum orbit intersect distance is over half the distance to the sun.

Darn, can't get no fun from C2019 y4

Nice job ++

Because 4-5 thousand years ago we didn't have the Space Force

Solar output could impact this, I believe.

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Artistic way of dealing with noise (virtualdub filters)

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b/c its not true and fake bullshit

whats your evidence and sources?

If you think this is a disinfo website, if you think this is a disinfo thread and that I somehow faked the entire webcast last night, then leave. No one is forcing you to be here. Here, I'll help you out so you won't accidentally have to see this again.

He could easily look at other sources that say the same damned thing.

Is there any chance it could still give us a decent show late next month or do you think our chances this go 'round are toast? I was really looking forward to this comet but I knew after ISON not to get my hopes too high.

I got a decent pic of Q2 lovejoy in January 2014 though so it wasn't all bad and it got me into astronomy as a hobby.

I shouldn't be surprised at anything anymore, but this seems to be the new conspiracy line, to claim that the disintegration is a fabricated narrative and anyone who posts evidence of it disintegrating is lying. Some of these frauds are so invested in this comet that they can't admit the basic truth about its fate. I've seen this claim on YouTube as well:
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It's not impossible that some fragment of the nucleus could start outgassing again as it heats up closer to the sun, but it doesn't seem likely.


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Aww the pretty kitty

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The forecast is calling for clear skies tonight, to my surprise. Should I do another livestream of whatever's left of the comet again tonight?

Yes please...thank you for your hard work.

Yes, please!

So no more outer space or firmament doom?

I don't mind the hard work, but I am giving up an opportunity to track the space station tonight. I can only do one of the other but I suppose I can see the space station later. Can't necessarily say the same for the comet.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought that "(...) the amount of energy it feels on every square centimeter of its surface" was an inverse-square law, and not an exponential function:

S(d)= 0.0001· (L/(4 · Pi · d^2)) (W/cm^2)

where

S(d) = Solar Flux Density;
L = Solar Luminosity = 3.9 · 10^26 W;
d = distance (Comet, Sun).

If this is not the case, please would you mind to write that exponential function?

Thanks in advance.

Right, the energy decreases with the square of the distance. Exponential with distance.

What? I do not understand. Please, write de exponential function with the distance, d, as the independent variable. Thanks for your time.

It's pretty simple, d is already squared in your equation and you can plainly see that the flux decreases with the square of the distance in your equation.

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Posted tonight around 8:30pm EST

Geez, he puts Ferrada on there as a "scholar" in the same category as Harrington or Whitmire? Yeesh, and I'm not too thrilled with the amount of JAQ'ing off that goes on in the video, acting like it's strange that the mainstream media isn't talking about this comet.

Starlink will take out the space station eventually.

Oh, that's exactly what the French poster wrote in his post:



What he don't understand is your claim:

What he don't understand is, how you transform the inverse square law, with a variable base and a fixed exponent, into an exponential function that is quite the opposite with a fixed base and a variable exponent; the reason why he asked you politely for an explanation.
Btw. something I'd like to know, too. But since you don't teach basic maths, I fear, I have to die dumb.


Your answer to the French poster:

I think, we can put it into the category: gibberish.



Let me tell you an anecdote: On a comment of the presiding officer of German parliament another politician replied: "Begging your pardon, Mr. President, you are an asshole".

How does that apply to you? - Sorry Astro, but I have more productive uses of my time than teaching you basic manners.

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I wasn't trying to suggest it had a variable exponent only that it increases with the square of the distance. I'm sorry if that was miscommunicated, I will try to be better about that in the future.

Yep,that's what I assumed: picking an unfortunate word to simplify it for the laymen.

The French poster gave you the opportunity to define your claim more precisely, in a, in my opinion, very polite way.

I understand that your skin got thin with all the attacks on you - but you should discern a little bit more between posters who just attack you and posters who have a genuine question or try to point out an error/mistake/unfortunate wording. That is something I miss lately.

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You're right and I am sorry. I have been running on no sleep this week and I was tired and irritable yesterday. I'll try to avoid jumping to conclusions, especially if I'm not in a good frame of mind.