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Deep Impact on Comet Theory

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-got-a-theory-it-could-be-bunnies dept.

AlexGP writes "Proponents of the Electric Universe theory have gone out on a limb ahead of Deep Impact. They're predicting it will show comets are just rocks and not dirty snowballs. Controversially they assert comets are highly negatively-charged asteroids on eccentric orbits. As they travel further into the Sun's radial positive electric field, they discharge into space, expelling material at supersonic speed."

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  1. from the WTF? dept. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    from the i-got-a-theory-it-could-be-bunnies dept.

    No, really, WTF?

    1. Re:from the WTF? dept. by svejoh · · Score: 2, Funny

      I find your lack of Faith ... disturbing.
      (And your lack of Buffy too)

    2. Re:from the WTF? dept. by Unnngh! · · Score: 4, Funny
      From the Electric Universe page...An electric comet would forever change the picture of the solar system and force astronomers to consider the overwhelming evidence that electricity lights not only our Sun but also all the stars in the heavens.

      When they find the big power cord coming out of the sun, who'll be laughing then, huh?

    3. Re:from the WTF? dept. by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Funny

      Nah, comets have batteries, therefore it-could-be-bunnies, thump thump thump thump...

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    4. Re:from the WTF? dept. by schon · · Score: 3, Funny

      Bunnies aren't so cute
      like everybody supposes,
      They've got them hoppy legs
      and twitchy little noses,

      And what's with all the carrots?
      What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?

      Bunnies! Bunnies!
      It must be BUNNIES!

      (from memory, so it might be wrong.)

      I'm surprised that there's only been one person who knows the origin of this.

  2. Re:Dirty snow balls... by p3d0 · · Score: 2, Funny
    I wish I lived in space. Without gravity, the snow would never land on my driveway, so I wouldn't have to plow it.
    (And with that, Newton turns in his grave at the suggestion that there's no gravity in space.)
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  3. Negatively Charged and on an Eccentric Orbit by frank_adrian314159 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sounds like a description of your average Slashdot reader...

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    That is all.