NASA's solar observatory has released a number
of pictures of this comet, but those stopped just as a huge coronal mass
ejection (an event which is to the hydrogen bomb as the hydrogen bomb is
to a firecracker) erupted from the sun toward the comet. Some call these
things "sunspots."
This comet is passing within 9 million miles of
the solar surface. In celestial terms, that is a very near miss.
You haven't heard about this, have you?
Remember the hullabaloo over Hale/Bopp and Levy/Shoemaker?
They were pikers by comparison with what has been dubbed Comet "NEAT."
Why all the silence this time?
I have read a good deal of speculation on
several different internet sites. Some see it as biblical prophecy
fulfilled (see Revelations - you might agree). Some consider this to be "Nibiru"
or "Planet X," foretold by the Mayans as passing through the solar system
every 3600 years or so. Some consider this simply to be an awesome photo
opportunity.
Some say the strange weather on Earth lately is
the result of an effect caused by the sun which in turn is responding to
Comet NEAT.
Electromagnetic fields reach hundreds of
millions of miles into space, you see, and are generated by all celestial
objects. Influences occur at distances far in excess of that between the
sun and comet Neat or, for that matter, between Earth and comet Neat.
The sun has a regularly-repeating solar "sunspot"
activity cycle of approximately 11 years. 2000 was to have been the most
recent peak. Solar activity, rather than dropping off in year 12, as it
always has, has continued to rise ever since.
Earth's magnetic field has been weakening in an
accelerating fashion of late. The North Pole, which wanders anyway, has
traveled almost as far in the past 20 years as it did in the 100 years
prior to that, when it was located in Canada's northern Yukon Territory.
Some hypothesize that Earth's poles reverse when
its magnetic field reaches zero. The geological record proves the poles
have shifted many times down through the history of the Earth (metal
flakes in lava align with the magnetic field, to be frozen in place when
the lava cools, you see, just like the needle in a compass). Coincidence?
Perhaps.
Maybe it is nothing. Maybe it is something. If
something, it could be the most significant occurrence in recorded human
history.
Generally, the concern is not that Comet NEAT
will strike Earth or even come near us (though I have yet to see a good
description of its path relative to Earth). Rather, the concern is for the
effect upon us through the electromagnetic interaction between it and
Earth and the Sun. There is a secondary concern that something this huge
could have smaller objects following in its wake, or that pieces of it
broke off during the massive solar flare when it passed near the Sun,
pieces that might find their way to Earth. "Planet buster" asteroids can
be as small as 1/3 mile in diameter.
Just five days ago, a Rand Corporation (government
think tank) scientist, Dr. Geoffrey Summer, publicly stated that secrecy
would be the best option if it were discovered that an asteroid were about
to hit the earth: "Overreaction not just by the public but by
policy-makers scurrying around before the thing actually hits because we
can't do anything about it anyway ... to a large extent you are better off
not adding to your social costs."
Go here for one of NASA's official
web pages
carrying photographs of this comet:
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/2003_02_12/
Something tells me you should take a look right
now, though. Who knows if this will be available even tomorrow?
For the moment, my question is, "Why is there no
media coverage of Comet NEAT?"
Of course, we all know how paranoid I am.
"I didn't say it would be easy. I just said it
would be the truth." - Morpheus
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