http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/070327_comet_technovelgy.html
Chuckle, actually the only reason I posted this was for the Trivia Geek. I wonder if he ever read the science fiction book that is referenced in the article.
[i]In his excellent 1936 novel The Cometeers, author Jack Williamson recounts the story of what appears to be a strange green comet entering the solar system.
“Perhaps it’s a comet.” Still frowning, Bob Star swung back toward the observatory. “It looked like one – it was a short streak of that queer, misty green, instead of the point a star would show…”
Inside the chilly gloom of the observatory, Bob sat down at the telescope. Its mechanisms whirred softly, in swift response to his touch. The great barrel swung to search space with its photoelectric eyes, and the pale beam of the projector flashed across to the concave screen.
…He stepped up the electronic magnification. Vindemiatrix and the fainter stars slipped out of the field. The comet hung alone, and swiftly grew. Its shape was puzzling – a strangely perfect ellipsoid. A greenish football, he thought, kicked at the System out of the night of space – by what? [/i]
Pretty cool though, a green comet. Wonder if it’s coming for Kato? Wait, that was the green hornet… Sorry, I’m bad.
Dan
