Tonight's target: Comet 2P/Encke โ๏ธ A beautiful celestial visitor captured during my latest session! Massive size of 4.86 km (3 miles) in diameter.
It's heading towards the Earth ๐with the next closest approach on February 3, 2027 and next
โ๏ธ Perihelion on February 10, 2027
๐ The "Encke Anomaly": This comet is famous for an orbital anomaly where its 3.3-year orbit continuously shortens. While 19th-century astronomers thought it was dragging against "ether" in space, we now know it's caused by outgassing from the comet acting like tiny thrusters.
When the interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua passed through our solar system in 2017, it also exhibited non-gravitational accelerationโit changed speed in a way gravity couldn't explain. But unlike Encke, observatories couldn't detect any outgassing, coma, or tail whatsoever which points to a techno signature. Either ways, we'll keep monitoring it for new anomalies ๐
โ#CometEncke #Astronomy #space
Former Navy SEAL sniper Rich Graham went to teach SWAT guys tactical shooting and some of them could BARELY kneel in their gear ๐คฆ
"You think the technical skill of shooting fast is the answer... that's the easiest part of this whole thing."
@teamfroglogic