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#Bestof2023: #HotelMars: Neanderthal lore and Long Orbit (C 2022 E3) Comet ZTF in the evening sky.. Alan Hale, Earthrise Institute. David Livingston SpaceShow.com

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🗓️ 18 July 2023

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#Bestof2023: #HotelMars: Neanderthal lore and a Long Orbit (C 2022 E3) Comet ZTF in the evening sky.. Alan Hale, Earthrise Institute. David Livingston SpaceShow.com (Originally posted February 8, 2023)

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0:00.0

At TFL, we're making journeys safer for everyone.

0:03.9

And that includes improving safety on London's roads.

0:07.3

That's why we and London boroughs are lowering more speed limits to 20mph.

0:12.3

Because 20mph roads have already reduced collisions resulting in deaths or serious injuries by 24%.

0:19.6

That is how we're making journeys in London safer and brighter for everyone.

0:24.8

Such TFL improvement plan to the Mayor of London and TFL every journey matters.

0:34.8

This is CBS. I am the world. I'm John Batcheson. Hotel Mars Episode N, a comet in the sky.

0:41.8

Our forebears believe that comets were associated with the birth of kings, the death of kings

0:47.0

or catastrophe. And they could prove it each time. Here we are in the 21st century.

0:52.8

And comets are associated with learning more and more about the makeup of our solar system,

0:58.0

the primary elements. Comets appear to be part of our world and then yet they pass us by.

1:05.5

What can we learn from them? David Livingston, my colleague in co-host,

1:09.3

co-pilot of hotel Mars. And we invite the President of Earthrise Institute,

1:15.1

former Adjunct Professor at American Public University System. Alan Hale. Alan is our guide on

1:21.3

comets. He is one Hale part of the very famous Hale Bob comet. But this comet we're talking about

1:28.4

is in the sky right now. It's called Comet ZTF. Alan, a very good evening to you. Thank you for

1:34.8

this. Before we get to ZTF and its lore, what is a comet? How is it distinguished from an asteroid?

1:42.2

We keep sending probes to asteroids and we're led to believe that comets are special. How so?

1:48.0

Good evening to you. Actually, the difference between comets and asteroid is very

1:52.9

interesting question. It's no easy answer, but that starts to get a little complex. But both comets

1:59.5

and asteroids are leftovers from the formation of the solar system four and a half billion years

2:06.5

ago. Asteroids are more rocky in terms of their composition, whereas comets are more volatile.

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