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Re: Hale-Bopp THEN and NOW


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From: saquo@ix.netcom.com(Nancy )
Subject: Re: Hale-Bopp THEN and NOW
Date: 24 Feb 1997 14:56:29 GMT

And more non-answers.

In article <5eq7qu$4fg@pollux.cmc.ec.gc.ca> Greg Neill writes:
> ZetaTalk wrote:
>> And does this include the illogic of having a comet WAY
>> out in space round a curve to form the mirror part of an
>> ellipse even when it has NO gravitational object there to
>> cause it to make a side-ways shift?
>
> Wrongo, Nance Old Bean. .. As a comet (or any orbiting
> body) recedes from the Sun, it continues to follow its
> elliptical orbit. ... I can see no contradicition, as an
> ellipse is still an ellipse, no matter how large or how
> small.
> ynecgan@cmc.doe.ca (Greg Neill)

Greg apparently belongs to what the Zetas describe as the Church of the Magical Ellipse

In article <5eqdtl$4ga@news.ccit.arizona.edu> Jim Scotti
>> (Begin ZetaTalk[TM])
>> We're still waiting to hear your explanation, Jim. ...
>> According to your laws of gravity and motion, just how does
>> it get from one side of the ellipse to the other?
>> (End ZetaTalk[TM])
>
> Pretty simply, by following a simple elliptical orbit.
> jscotti@LPL.Arizona.EDU (Jim Scotti)

And Jim Scotti also is on bended knee!

In article <5eq9ak$4fg@pollux.cmc.ec.gc.ca> Greg Neills writes:
> At aphelion, it has traded all of its radially directed kinetic
> energy for gravitational potential energy. What remains is
> a small transverse component. It sort of 'coasts' around the
> aphelion and begins its travel back towards the Sun, trading
> its stored up potential energy for kinetic energy once again.
> ynecgan@cmc.doe.ca (Greg Neill)

(Begin ZetaTalk[TM])
Hahahahaha! So now the Church of the Magical Ellipse has a trading booth? Put the laws you worship together, and see if they can stand in each other's presence! Motion is forward, without influences to either side. The law of gravity you cite requires that an object will be pulled DIRECTLY toward the attractant. Where does coasting to the side come in to play in the law of gravity that you cite? Deal with the comet's position on the long stretch as it leaves the Solar System. The Sun's gravity has diminished, and the forward motion is slowing down. WHY would the comet then assume a dramatic curve to the side rather than listen to the Sun to its back?
(End ZetaTalk[TM])