Phobos is missing

From: "Mrs. Plingeberries' Bar" <onionchomper1@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Date: Wed, Apr 23, 2003 10:54 PM

Phobos - the moon of Mars is missing ?

http://www.tmgnow.com/repository/cometary/76P_phobos1.html

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From: "Rev. 11D Meow!" <Meow@Kitty-Kitty.org>

Worse yet, a comet may hit Hit, Iraq on June 10, 2002:
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From: "Glen Deen" <glen.deen@gte.net>
Date: Sun May 20, 2001 8:49 am
Subject: Possible comet impact in Iraq on June 10, 2002

I believe that the little comet from Mars that Our Lady has named "Astra"
may impact 145 km East and 11 km North of Baghdad at 23:38 UT on June 10,
2002, and it will appear to come from Cygnus, the "White Cross" at RA 19h
45m 49s, Dec 33(o) 20' 5". Ground zero is a little town on the Euphrates
River named Hit, Iraq. This is not a guess. I computed the coordinates
first, then I looked them up on the map. My first ground zero was just 13
km away from Hit, so I adjusted the model to hit Hit because it seemed to be
an appropriate name for a target.

If my theory is correct, the orbital elements for Astra are as follows.

Perihelion Distance = 0.77372443 AU
Eccentricity = 0.57668929
Epoch of Perihelion = JD2451580.356632 = 2000 Feb. 5 20:33:33 UT
Inclination = 66.84354211(o)
Longitude of Ascending Node = 80.1532786(o)
Argument of the Perihelion = 249.551196(o)

The model assumes that the comet impacts from the zenith to get the
geographic coordinates. In other words, the comet is assumed to be exactly
overhead when it hits Hit, and its trajectory is assumed to be perfectly
vertical with respect to a non-rotating frame. The rotation of the Earth
will make the comet appear to come from some angle East of the zenith
because of aberration. This is easily computed, but I haven't done that yet
because it isn't necessary.

The following ephemeris (J2000.0 equatorial coordinate angles in degrees) is
offered for observers to search for this little comet. At no time will the
comet be nearer to the Sun than 50(o), so it will always be in the night sky
at some time during the night every night for northern hemisphere observers
until impact.

Year Month Day RA(o) Dec.(o) Range, AU
2001 Jun 01.434 127.814 72.303 3.253
2001 Jul 18.254 162.860 63.146 3.334
2001 Sep 03.075 190.701 51.822 3.257
2001 Oct 19.895 215.171 40.432 3.071
2001 Dec 05.715 238.174 31.406 2.789
2002 Jan 21.535 259.649 26.710 2.375
2002 Mar 09.356 278.157 26.816 1.774
2002 Apr 25.176 291.457 30.347 0.967
2002 May 01.027 292.606 30.879 0.853
2002 May 06.878 293.617 31.399 0.736
2002 May 12.729 294.482 31.893 0.618
2002 May 18.580 295.195 32.346 0.497
2002 May 24.431 295.751 32.739 0.374
2002 May 30.282 296.145 33.052 0.251
2002 Jun 05.134 296.377 33.259 0.126
2002 Jun 10.985 296.453 33.335 0.000

All orbit calculations were made with 2-body models (Sun + comet), and they
ignore the effect of the Earth's gravity upon arrival and Mars's gravity
upon departure. This comet was presumably ejected by Mars on or about June
5, 2000 as a result of a presumed collision with Comet 76P. In order to
make the transfer orbit to fit the end points, I had to assume that Comet
Astra was ejected by Mars on May 22, 2000 at 20:55:41. This is 14 days
early, but I assume that if the gravity of Mars and Earth were taken into
account, Comet Astra could be ejected from Mars on schedule and make it from
Mars to Earth on time.

I am very precise about the impact time because of the annular solar eclipse
that will occur over the Pacific Ocean at about local noon near the
International Date Line at the impact epoch on June 10, 2002. If I am wrong
about the linkage between this eclipse and the impact, then all of my
calculations are wrong. The time of greatest eclipse is 23:44:15.2 UT, and
the conjunction is 23:48:12.0 UT. I have taken the liberty of using George
Lucas's "THX 1138" message to specify 23:38 UT for the epoch of impact.

I am indebted to the Little Pebble's Message 607 from The Mother of God on
May 13, 2001 for the clue that Comet Astra will appear to be approximately
stationary in the constellation Cygnus (the "White Cross") the last couple
of weeks before impact. That clue plus the clue "1972" from Our Lady, my
knowledge that the comet was ejected by Mars, and the eclipse time allowed
me to compute a precise orbit. Precision does not guarantee accuracy. The
accuracy remains to be demonstrated.

If this comet is discovered by observers, then others more competent than I
am will be able to compute its impact time and place rigorously, taking into
account Earth's gravity. If the place is in Iraq, there is a danger that
military leaders in Baghdad may believe that the impact is not an act of God
but a nuclear attack upon Iraq. If so, they may themselves initiate nuclear
war upon Israel. It is the duty of Christian believers to convince our
Muslim brothers that this little comet from Mars will be the cause of the
powerful explosion that will occur in their country.

Peace,
Glen

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