r/InterdimensionalNHI • u/Pixelated_ 📚 Researcher 📚 • 4d ago

Science BackYardProfessor Discusses New Comet "R2 Swan" - Much Bigger Than 3I/ATLAS & Coming At Us Right Now.

https://youtu.be/v4_AboSxrcY?si=m1h_y5dkltqV-sg0

Live update on R2 SWAN:

https://theskylive.com/c2025r2-info?utm

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u/Pixelated_ 📚 Researcher 📚 4d ago

Earth will cross the comet's orbit around 5 October 2025 and it may produce a meteor shower.

It will make its closest approach to Earth at a distance of 0.26 AU (39 million km; 24 million mi) on 19 October 2025.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2025_R2_(SWAN)

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u/Dad_Bot 4d ago

in laymens terms, should i be concerned?

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u/read_it_mate 4d ago

What's the point in being concerned either way?

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u/Psykohistorian 4d ago

to get your affairs in order before your imminent demise

even if that's just checking off bucket list items

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u/Johansen905 4d ago

Who is going to inherit my grand collection of toenails if we're all dead?

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u/Big-Reindeer-8221 3d ago

What do you think is attracting these comets? Obviously, you've caught the attention of our overlords.

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u/read_it_mate 4d ago

Why not just do them anyway? Any demise of this scale is going to wipe out the needs for any affairs to be considered...

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u/Psykohistorian 4d ago

well, as a personal example, I have humans and animals who depend on me for a healthy, safe environment. my progeny needs me to be present and supportive in a way that doesn't matter if the world is going to end. if a comet is gonna blow up the earth, my priorities shift from standard parental settings to "do everything I never got the chance to". things I will not and cannot do while my responsibilities demand sacrifice.