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Astromut
Senior Forum Moderator  09/21/2020 08:05 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily So it turns out that a newly discovered asteroid, 2020 SO, is not actually an asteroid at all. Its orbit around the sun is curiously similar to Earth's orbit and integrating the orbit backwards shows that it was in Earth orbit back in September 1966. [link to orbitsimulator.com] That was when an Atlas Centaur sent the Surveyor 2 mission to the moon. It was supposed to softly land on the moon's surface, but a problem with a mid course correction sent it slamming into the moon instead. It will enter an unstable orbit around Earth for a few months before it likely drifts off back into solar orbit. [link to orbitsimulator.com] Special thanks to Tony Dunn for this orbit analysis.  |
| BBQ BOY™
User ID: 72493816  United States09/21/2020 08:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily  "Never underestimate the pain of a person. In all honesty, everyone is struggling. Just some people are better at hiding it than others." Everyone has to work out their own salvation. Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards. |
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| NowIhavetothinkofaname
User ID: 79401953  Australia09/21/2020 08:15 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily Another great thread Astro.  :flatearftard:NowIhavetothinkofanameohnoithurts It's all bull! Nevertheless, the ruler is not truly wise who cannot discern evils before they develop themselves, and this is a faculty given to few. Niccolo Machiavelli Karma is funny, people who kick dogs usually get bitten. If someone doesn't add value to your life, then that someone shouldn't be a part of it. You can always trust people to do whatever is in their own interests. It is certain wastelands will be brought under cultivation. |
| Jeffersons Blackberry
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79204899 United States09/21/2020 08:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily FUNNY THAT WITH A PLANET CRAWLING WITH MYRIAD LIFE FORMS OF EVERY CLASS AND SPECIES THERE ARE RETARDS ONLY INTERESTED IN COMMUNICATING WITH LIFEFORMS THAT EITHER DON'T EXIST OR ARE TOO FAR AWAY TO EVER MAKE CONTACT WITH. YOUR PRIORITIES ARE AS FUCKED UP AS YOUR BELIEF IN "SPACE". YOU'VE BEEN SWINDLED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OUT OF TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR A HOAX AND YOU SWALLOWED IT HOOK, LINE AND SINKER. |
| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 09/21/2020 08:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily FUNNY THAT WITH A PLANET CRAWLING WITH MYRIAD LIFE FORMS OF EVERY CLASS AND SPECIES THERE ARE RETARDS ONLY INTERESTED IN COMMUNICATING WITH LIFEFORMS THAT EITHER DON'T EXIST OR ARE TOO FAR AWAY TO EVER MAKE CONTACT WITH. YOUR PRIORITIES ARE AS FUCKED UP AS YOUR BELIEF IN "SPACE". YOU'VE BEEN SWINDLED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OUT OF TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR A HOAX AND YOU SWALLOWED IT HOOK, LINE AND SINKER. You're obviously triggered by my thread, screaming in all caps because we have found an old rocket that was launched away from earth more than 50 years ago and has finally come back around the sun and is returning to earth orbit. It all traces back to when it first left Earth in September 1966 and it proves we went a lot farther than the atmosphere, even back then, just as NASA said. I pity you, it must suck to see your entire worldview crumbling before your eyes from such a simple discovery. |
| Cap’n Obvious
User ID: 78963999 United States09/21/2020 08:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily So it turns out that a newly discovered asteroid, 2020 SO, is not actually an asteroid at all. Its orbit around the sun is curiously similar to Earth's orbit and integrating the orbit backwards shows that it was in Earth orbit back in September 1966. Quoting: Astromut [link to orbitsimulator.com] That was when an Atlas Centaur sent the Surveyor 2 mission to the moon. It was supposed to softly land on the moon's surface, but a problem with a mid course correction sent it slamming into the moon instead. It will enter an unstable orbit around Earth for a few months before it likely drifts off back into solar orbit. [link to orbitsimulator.com] Special thanks to Tony Dunn for this orbit analysis. Well genius, if it crashed into the moon, WTF is it still doing in flying around in space? Edit: Sonic is the Rocket that sent up and not the surveyor itself. Poorly written thread by Astro. Last Edited by Cap’n Obvious on 09/21/2020 08:46 AM Have a nice day = GFY. GFY = Go Fuck Yourself. If this offends you then have a nice day. |
| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 09/21/2020 08:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily So it turns out that a newly discovered asteroid, 2020 SO, is not actually an asteroid at all. Its orbit around the sun is curiously similar to Earth's orbit and integrating the orbit backwards shows that it was in Earth orbit back in September 1966. Quoting: Astromut [link to orbitsimulator.com] That was when an Atlas Centaur sent the Surveyor 2 mission to the moon. It was supposed to softly land on the moon's surface, but a problem with a mid course correction sent it slamming into the moon instead. It will enter an unstable orbit around Earth for a few months before it likely drifts off back into solar orbit. [link to orbitsimulator.com] Special thanks to Tony Dunn for this orbit analysis. Well genius, if it crashed into the moon, WTF is it still doing in flying around in space? The object is the Centaur upper stage that sense surveyor to the moon, just as I said. Surveyor is a separate spacecraft that was released from the centaur and crashed on the moon. The upper stage of the rocket continued on into solar orbit past the moon. Maybe before insulting me you should do your research. Otherwise try not to ask your question so sarcastically. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79318815 United States09/21/2020 08:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily So it turns out that a newly discovered asteroid, 2020 SO, is not actually an asteroid at all. Its orbit around the sun is curiously similar to Earth's orbit and integrating the orbit backwards shows that it was in Earth orbit back in September 1966. Quoting: Astromut [link to orbitsimulator.com] That was when an Atlas Centaur sent the Surveyor 2 mission to the moon. It was supposed to softly land on the moon's surface, but a problem with a mid course correction sent it slamming into the moon instead. It will enter an unstable orbit around Earth for a few months before it likely drifts off back into solar orbit. [link to orbitsimulator.com] Special thanks to Tony Dunn for this orbit analysis. Well genius, if it crashed into the moon, WTF is it still doing in flying around in space? Edit: Sonic is the Rocket that sent up and not the surveyor itself. Poorly written thread by Astro. Reading skills need work dude/dudette, read first three words in title... The Atlas Centaur.  |
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| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 09/21/2020 09:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily So it turns out that a newly discovered asteroid, 2020 SO, is not actually an asteroid at all. Its orbit around the sun is curiously similar to Earth's orbit and integrating the orbit backwards shows that it was in Earth orbit back in September 1966. Quoting: Astromut [link to orbitsimulator.com] That was when an Atlas Centaur sent the Surveyor 2 mission to the moon. It was supposed to softly land on the moon's surface, but a problem with a mid course correction sent it slamming into the moon instead. It will enter an unstable orbit around Earth for a few months before it likely drifts off back into solar orbit. [link to orbitsimulator.com] Special thanks to Tony Dunn for this orbit analysis. Well genius, if it crashed into the moon, WTF is it still doing in flying around in space? Edit: Sonic is the Rocket that sent up and not the surveyor itself. Poorly written thread by Astro. Reading skills need work dude/dudette, read first three words in title... The Atlas Centaur. Cap'n Obvious is ignorant of the bleeding obvious in the thread title. |
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| Lowkey Cyberpunk
User ID: 77651099 United States09/21/2020 09:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily It's kinda neat how our past space missions keep showing up in unexpected ways. Some people make it a hobby to track down lost satellites. [link to www.npr.org (secure)] "Yes, yes. Zathras is used to being beast of burden to other people's needs. Very sad life. Probably have very sad death. But, at least there is symmetry." |
| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 09/21/2020 10:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily Oh, another tard who can't handle the truth. I'll be tracking an imaging it as it swings by earth on its temporary orbit. If I see it there and confirm that it really did originate from earth in 1966 based on its orbit, what will your excuse be? That I just made it all up too? Any amateur with the appropriate equipment can track and verify this object's origin and what it really is. |
| Busterhymen
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| Doctor Congo
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| Astromut
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79386029  Canada09/21/2020 10:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily so do I understand this correctly or to put in layman's terms.. astronomers are still struggling with orbits of objects in our solar system but most of them defacto believe that we do not have a binary sun system here? |
| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 09/21/2020 10:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily so do I understand this correctly or to put in layman's terms.. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79386029 astronomers are still struggling with orbits of objects in our solar system but most of them defacto believe that we do not have a binary sun system here? Are you really this stupid? You don't understand the difference between trying to see a tiny upper stage of a rocket when it's many times farther from earth the moon and trying to see a "second sun" near the known planets? |
| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 09/21/2020 10:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily so do I understand this correctly or to put in layman's terms.. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79386029 astronomers are still struggling with orbits of objects in our solar system but most of them defacto believe that we do not have a binary sun system here? Are you really this stupid? You don't understand the difference between trying to see a tiny upper stage of a rocket when it's many times farther from earth the moon and trying to see a "second sun" near the known planets? By the way, 2020 SO is currently about 10 times farther away than the moon and its apparent magnitude is about 21.5. That's about as dim as you should expect astronomers to be able to discover new solar system objects, but a "second sun" anywhere near the known planets would be thousands of times brighter than that. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79386029 Canada09/21/2020 10:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily so do I understand this correctly or to put in layman's terms.. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79386029 astronomers are still struggling with orbits of objects in our solar system but most of them defacto believe that we do not have a binary sun system here? Are you really this stupid? You don't understand the difference between trying to see a tiny upper stage of a rocket when it's many times farther from earth the moon and trying to see a "second sun" near the known planets? no I'm not and a dark star you are not going to see it.. also the orbit is fantastically large and not where astronomers would neatly want it to be. the universe doesn't exist to justify puny human science's political incrementalism. |
| Doctor Congo
User ID: 76225088 United States09/21/2020 10:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily I hope there is sufficient resolution to see how pock marked the poor thing must be now after spending all that time in space. Quoting: Doctor Congo No. It will be much too far to resolve as more than a point-like light source at close approach. Too bad. And we won't be able to see if aliens have moved into the Centaur. It might be furnished and even repainted, and we will never know. LOL |
| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 09/21/2020 10:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily so do I understand this correctly or to put in layman's terms.. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79386029 astronomers are still struggling with orbits of objects in our solar system but most of them defacto believe that we do not have a binary sun system here? Are you really this stupid? You don't understand the difference between trying to see a tiny upper stage of a rocket when it's many times farther from earth the moon and trying to see a "second sun" near the known planets? no I'm not and a dark star you are not going to see it.. You mean a brown dwarf? Yes, I would. It would reflect the sun's light like the gas giants do. also the orbit is fantastically large and not where astronomers would neatly want it to be. Quoting: ACYou claimed it was in the solar system. Is it out in the Oort cloud somewhere? Or are you claiming it's near the known planets? Can't have it both ways. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79318815 United States09/21/2020 10:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily Oh, another tard who can't handle the truth. I'll be tracking an imaging it as it swings by earth on its temporary orbit. If I see it there and confirm that it really did originate from earth in 1966 based on its orbit, what will your excuse be? That I just made it all up too? Any amateur with the appropriate equipment can track and verify this object's origin and what it really is. HAHA, I KNOW... you'll next be accused of being a reverse time traveler, peering in from the past to figure out orbital mechanics or maybe an advanced alien trying to fool earthlings with your orbital mechanics shenanigans, under the dome, above a flat Earth.... using a fish eye lens of course with sun dogs/flares. You are an alien.... admit it, cause your tech way out does us.  :Alienhead: |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78946382 United States09/21/2020 11:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: The Atlas Centaur that launched Surveyor 2 to the moon in 1966 will return to Earth orbit, temporarily So it turns out that a newly discovered asteroid, 2020 SO, is not actually an asteroid at all. Its orbit around the sun is curiously similar to Earth's orbit and integrating the orbit backwards shows that it was in Earth orbit back in September 1966. Quoting: Astromut [link to orbitsimulator.com] That was when an Atlas Centaur sent the Surveyor 2 mission to the moon. It was supposed to softly land on the moon's surface, but a problem with a mid course correction sent it slamming into the moon instead. It will enter an unstable orbit around Earth for a few months before it likely drifts off back into solar orbit. [link to orbitsimulator.com] Special thanks to Tony Dunn for this orbit analysis. I wonder what it looks like now. If its all dirty or burnt or looks the same as it did 1966 |
| CopyNinja87
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