G'Day Rob, Jim and List Really enjoyed that Rob and thank you Jim for stepping up and posting it on your site. As for the slipping, that was intriguing, something I had not thought about.
Cheers John Cabassi IMCA 2125 -----Original Message----- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Matson, Robert D. Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 5:19 PM To: Jim Wooddell; Meteorite Mailing List Subject: [meteorite-list] Illusion of "sliding" comet Hi Jim, The "slide" you're seeing is due to our (or rather STEREO's) changing perspective on the comet relative to the background. Remember that we (and the two STEREOs) are in orbit about the sun, too, so there are two motions going on. Our observing platform is sliding to the right relative to the sun, coupled with the comet's parabolic orbit coming up from the south. --Rob -----Original Message----- From: Jim Wooddell [mailto:nf11...@npgcable.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 4:57 PM To: Matson, Robert D.; Meteorite Mailing List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Link to Comet Lovejoy movie Hi Rob, No problem....glad to do it. What is interesting....or am I looking at it wrong, it appears to be "slipping" as if in a cross wind....link an airplane slipping to make a landing ??? Jim ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
