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Originally Posted by Avadar
Scibat,
All you have to do is type in Elenin Dwarf Star or Comet Elenin in a search menu. There are a plethora of links that validate that it exists and that it is headed this way. NASA isn't hiding it. They just aren't advertising it either.
Cheers!
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It's a comet. Not a dwarf star,
HUGE difference amigo. They aren't remotely related to one another. According to the actual links that are scientific, (The first 3) its a big cosmological nothing. It will be barely visible to the naked eye in August.
A comet this size, doesn't have the significant mass to create any sort of disasters or really any effects on the planet and this one isn't going to come close enough to the earth to be dangerous as an impact hazard.
In fact, this link you kindly provided sums up the situation nicely:
http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2011/06/comet-elenin-is-not-satellite-of-brown.html
While this one explains how little it will affect us:
http://news.discovery.com/space/will-earthbound-comet-fulfill-2012-prophecy.html
Here is a quote for those not inclined to read the whole article:
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The effects of the comet on Earth at closest approach will be as inconsequential as that of a mosquito slamming head-on into an ocean-going supertanker.
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