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Lee Duna to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish • 2 years ago

Halley's Comet begins its return journey to Earth Saturday

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Halley's Comet begins its return journey to Earth Saturday

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Lee Duna to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish • 2 years ago
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Halley's Comet is predicted to reach its farthest point from the sun on Dec. 9, beginning a 38-year journey toward Earth that culminates in 2061.
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  • @Albbi@lemmy.ca
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    45•2 years ago

    Halley's Comet Comic

    • @essteeyou@lemmy.world
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      15•2 years ago

      Oh damn, this basically embodies my comment in another thread. I hope to live to see it return.

      • @Albbi@lemmy.ca
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        4•2 years ago

        I thought it was a far side comic I saw as a kid, but after googling it I couldn’t find the original source.

        • @Rockyrikoko@lemm.ee
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          3•2 years ago

          I searched using Google lens and not a single result credited the artist

  • @essteeyou@lemmy.world
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    15•2 years ago

    I was obsessed with space for a while when I was pretty young. I remember finding out that I saw Halley’s comet when I was a baby, and became convinced that I’d live long enough to see it come back again, or even die once it returned. I guess I was a little bit morbid or looking for some sort of meaning to life.

    So anyway, this is the beginning of my mid-life crisis.

    • rhythmisaprancer
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      13•2 years ago

      Author Mark Twain was born during the comet and stated he would go out with it, and did!

      • JJROKCZ
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  • @kat_angstrom@lemmy.world
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    7•2 years ago

    Oh weird. I heard the same thing about 6 weeks ago, either there’s some imprecision in the measurement or poor reporting

  • @indigomirage@lemmy.ca
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  • @niktemadur@lemmy.world
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    7•2 years ago

    Aphelion Day!

  • @Fixbeat@lemmy.ml
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    11•2 years ago

    I wonder if we’ll still be here.

    • @EatYouWell@lemmy.world
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      4•2 years ago

      Yeah, humans are kinda like the HIV of species, so we’ll be around.

      • @hperrin@lemmy.world
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        2•2 years ago

        Depending on your definition of species, HIV is the HIV of species.

    • @LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world
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      13•2 years ago

      Depends on next year’s elections results

    • Tugboater203
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      9•2 years ago

      The comet doesn’t care.

      • Gamma
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        2•2 years ago

        k

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