What makes a comet a comet? Are we going to get hit by a massive asteroid and get yeeted like the dinosaurs? And why do people watch streamers?
Sources:
https://astronomy.com/news-observing/ask%20astro/2009/11/why%20do%20comets%20have%20such%20eccentric%20orbits
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature09029
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/goddard/2019/sugars-in-meteorites
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/11/16/what-are-the-real-odds-of-doomsday-asteroid-apophis-striking-earth-in-2068/?sh=6f6fe5437c86
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/oort-cloud/overview/
Credits:
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Podcasting by March Washelesky and Jordan Pazol
Edited by March Washelesky
Intro music and thumbnail art by Jordan Pazol
Proverb: "So fascinating, how certain folks suddenly care about "historical accuracy" in fiction when the Black people show up." -N.K. Jemisin
Land acknowledgements
Jordan recorded this week's episode from the occupied land of the Mississauga Nation and the Erie people, so-called Cleveland, Ohio.
March recorded this week’s episode from Chicago, the stolen homeland of the Council of Three Fires–the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi–as well as the Peoria and Kickapoo. Today Chicago is home to an active indigenous community that provides invaluable assistance in protecting and restoring natural ecological balance in the area.