© Michael MattiazzoC/2010 X1 Elenin, on Aug 29, 2011.
Astronomers monitoring Comet Elenin have noticed the comet has decreased in brightness the past week, and the coma is now elongating and diffusing. Some astronomers predict the comet will disintegrate and not survive perihelion, its closest approach to the Sun.
On August 19, a massive solar flare and coronal mass ejection hit the comet, which may have been the beginning of the end for the much ballyhooed lump of ice and dirt.
© NASA/STEREOComet Elenin as seen by the STEREO HI1-B on Aug. 6, 2011, from about 7 million kilometers from the spacecraft.
We've been following it in the STEREO spacecraft images and a number of amateurs have been following it in their telescopes," said Australian amateur astronomer Ian Musgrave, author of the
Astroblog website. "Shortly after the coronal mass ejection the comet flared up and you could see some beautiful details in the tail, with the tail was twisting about in the solar wind. But shortly after that Earth- bound amateurs reported a huge decrease in the intensity of the comet. We think it may presage a falling apart of the comet."
One journalist joked that maybe Comet Elenin just couldn't take all the
doomsday talk and publicity."It really has been a beautiful little comet and it deserves a better fate than to be overhyped by doom-sayers," said Musgrave.
Comment: This article is a good example of how unsubstantiated theories based on lies and ignorance lead to even more ignorance, ridicule and faulty science. It's true that Nibiru and Comet Elenin hysteria is blown way out of proportions, but the following statement "if there was something out there that was going to hurt us, we would know about it" clearly demonstrates astronomers' lack of knowledge when it comes to threats from space or PTB's effort to conceal them.
Read the following articles to learn more on the topic:
The Hazard to Civilization from Fireballs and Comets
Forget About Global Warming: We're One Step From Extinction!
Elenin, Nibiru, Planet-X - Time for a Sanity Check
Cosmic Propaganda Alert! Comet Elenin: Just Passing By - With SOTT Commentary