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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz 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

www.livescience.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz 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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    Halley's Comet Comic

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

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

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

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    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.

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

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      Depends on next year’s elections results

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      The comet doesn’t care.

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        k

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

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

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

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    Aphelion Day!

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