Comet 4P/FAYE Closest Approach 29MAY2014

May - Comet 4P/FAYE Closest Approach 29MAY2014
From Wikipedia-
4P/Faye (also known as Faye's Comet or Comet Faye) is a periodic Jupiter-family comet discovered in November 1843 by Hervé Faye at the Royal Observatory in Paris. It will next come to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on May 29, 2014,[1] when it is expected to reach about apparent magnitude 12.5.[2]

The comet was first observed by Faye on 23 November, but bad weather prevented its confirmation until the 25th.[3] It was so faint that it had already passed perihelion about a month before its discovery, and only a close pass by the Earth had made it bright enough for discovery. Otto Wilhelm von Struve reported that the comet was visible to the naked eye at the end of November.[3] It remained visible for smaller telescopes until 10 January 1844 and was finally lost to larger telescopes on 10 April 1844.[3]

In 1844, Thomas James Henderson computed that the comet was a short period comet; by May, its period had been calculated to be 7.43 years.[3] Urbain Le Verrier computed the positions for the 1851 apparition, predicting perihelion in April 1851.[3] The comet was found close to his predicted position on 28 November 1850 by James Challis.[3]

The comet was missed during its apparitions in 1903 and 1918 due to unfavorable observing circumstances.[3] It reached a brightness of about the 9th magnitude in 2006.[4]

The comet is estimated at about 3.5 km in diameter.[5] ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4P/Faye

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Comets of 2014 - Storms Ahead?

Comets of 2014 - Storms Ahead?
Comet Ison, Comet Holmes, Comet 209P / LINEAR, Comet Faye, Comet Siding Spring
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Comet Holmes
(Perihelion Mar 27, 2014)
Over the course of 42 hours in October of 2007, Comet Holmes (17P/Holmes) became a half million times brighter on its way to becoming the largest object in the solar system - larger than the Sun, or Brad Pitt's ego, if only for a brief time. Holmes is one of the more prominent comets in 2014.
http://www.fallofathousandsuns.com/co...
http://starrymirror.com/cometholmesqu...

Comet 209P / LINEAR
(May 6, 2014)
http://arxiv.org/abs/1311.0235
Forget comet ISON, comet 209P/LINEAR brings real doom!!
comet Ison is nothing. The real thing is a comet after Ison in May 2014 (Comet 209P) which will bring some friends with it towards earth, in other words - doomsday
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/209P/LINEAR

Comet Faye
(May 29, 2014)
Orbital Period of Comet Faye
The orbital period of Comet Faye is 7.55 years.
Comet Faye (4P/Faye) was discovered in 1844 by a French astronomer. It was the first periodic comet to be named after its discoverer and not the individual who determined its orbit. This comet will reach perihelion a couple days after Comet Holmes in 2014.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4P/Faye
http://www.fallofathousandsuns.com/co...

Comet Siding Spring
Perihelion Oct 25, 2014
Estimates for the diameter of the nucleus have varied from 1 to 50 km (0,62 to 31 mi). The resulting upper limit energy of impact could reach 20 billion megatons
For reference, the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan at the end of World War II was 0.023 megatons and the 1908 airburst over the Tunguska River in Siberia was 4.0 megatons
If the comet does hit Mars, the effect on our neighboring planet will be monumental and it would mark the second time in recorded history that a comet has been observed hitting a planet. The first, and only known observation, was the impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter in 1994.

Based on Leonid Elenin's recent observations, Comet Siding Spring will pass 0.000276 AU (41,300 km, 25,700 miles) from the surface of Mars on October 19, 2014.
For comparison, the average distance between the Earth and Moon is .00257 AU (384,400 km, 238,900 miles).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2013_A1
http://www.fallofathousandsuns.com/co...

Meteor Outburst ALERT! Bolides, Fireballs and Meteors Sudden Increase 06 JAN-12 JAN 2014
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot...

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