08-08-2025, 05:25 PM
Quote:The typical comet's nucleus, its solid core, is generally between 1 and 10 kilometers (0.6 to 6 miles) in diameter. While some comets, like Hale-Bopp, can be much larger (around 40 km), most comets observed in the inner solar system fall within the 1-10 km range.
Other sources say H-B was apparently between 40 and 70km.
I dunno, the whole 3I Atlas thingy doesn't seem all that unusual.
We just have more sensitive tech to find this kinda stuff now.
Not a big deal.
Avi is using up all his crying wolf cards, burnin' through that shit for real.
I still stand by the fact that it's a tactic on his part, he's just trying to wake people up to this new era of space observation.
But damn... his reputation is gonna be kinda crap after this whole thing passes.
It'll recover prolly, but he's pretty damn old. He can't do this too many more times.
Then again, nobody would be talking about him right now if he wasn't doing this.
