| Martin From Canada | 10 Jun 2017 6:21 a.m. PST |
link ABSTRACT
In 2016, the Center for Planetary Science proposed a hypothesis arguing a comet and/or its hydrogen cloud were a strong candidate for the source of the "Wow!" Signal. From 27 November 2016 to 24 February 2017, the Center for Planetary Science conducted 200 observations in the radio spectrum to validate the hypothesis. The investigation discovered that comet 266/P Christensen emitted a radio signal at 1420.25 MHz. All radio emissions detected were within 1° (60 arcminutes) of the known celestial coordinates of the comet as it transited the neighborhood of the "Wow!" Signal. During observations of the comet, a series of experiments determined that known celestial sources at 1420 MHz (i.e., pulsars and/or active galactic nuclei) were not within 15° of comet 266/P Christensen. To dismiss the source of the signal as emission from comet 266/P Christensen, the position of the 10-meter radio telescope was moved 1° (60 arcminutes) away from comet 266/P Christensen. During this experiment, the 1420.25 MHz signal disappeared. When the radio telescope was repositioned back to comet 266/P Christensen, a radio signal at 1420.25 MHz reappeared. Furthermore, to determine if comets other than comet 266/P Christensen emit a radio signal at 1420 MHz, we observed three comets that were selected randomly from the JPL Small Bodies database: P/2013 EW90 (Tenagra), P/2016 J1-A (PANSTARRS), and 237P/LINEAR. During observations of these comets, we detected a radio signal at 1420 MHz. The results of this investigation, therefore, conclude that cometary spectra are detectable at 1420 MHz and, more importantly, that the 1977 "Wow!" Signal was a natural phenomenon from a Solar System body.
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| Winston Smith | 10 Jun 2017 6:50 a.m. PST |
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| JSchutt | 10 Jun 2017 3:49 p.m. PST |
So…. is it at all viable to anchor a transmitter to a comet and use it as a mobile transponder? Maybe we could lure E.T. back into our sphere of influence again…we miss him…and his merchandise. |
| Cacique Caribe | 10 Jun 2017 10:37 p.m. PST |
Of course it was comets! But everybody knows that they were hollow, and that they were driven by aliens. :) Dan
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| Bowman | 12 Jun 2017 4:32 a.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 12 Jun 2017 2:44 p.m. PST |
Lol. I had never heard of "The Moon of Memphis". Dan |
| Charlie 12 | 12 Jun 2017 6:48 p.m. PST |
Bowman- Don't fret. The pseudoscience wack jobs are a resilient group…. |
| Bowman | 13 Jun 2017 3:49 a.m. PST |
That's the great thing about numerology. You can make the numbers fit and mean anything. I'll follow Mr. Bicker's blog to see how he responds to this (if at all). My guess is that it'll be another big "conspiracy of the scientists" scenario again. |
| Cacique Caribe | 13 Jun 2017 9:24 a.m. PST |
Yes. You guys always change or ruin every single Western myth and fairy tale. Bubble-bursters! Dan |
Gunfreak  | 13 Jun 2017 11:55 a.m. PST |
Wait, how does a bunch comets spell WOW in radio singles? Are we talking about sentiment comets? |
| Mithmee | 13 Jun 2017 12:28 p.m. PST |
So it was the Comet Empire
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| Cacique Caribe | 13 Jun 2017 1:53 p.m. PST |
"How does a bunch of comets spell WOW?" Maybe it was their cheerleaders who did the spelling. Three letters wouldn't be that hard, even for cheerleaders, right? Dan
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| Bowman | 13 Jun 2017 1:55 p.m. PST |
Wait, how does a bunch comets spell WOW in radio singles? Are we talking about sentiment comets? Lol! But the story is interesting: link |
| Bowman | 13 Jun 2017 1:57 p.m. PST |
And as is the thing with science, there is debate on the comet initiating the "Wow" signal. link |
| Bowman | 13 Jun 2017 1:59 p.m. PST |
Three letters wouldn't be that hard, even for cheerleaders, right? Maybe, but I don't think those are cheerleaders. |
| Cacique Caribe | 13 Jun 2017 2:20 p.m. PST |
Lol. Those are the Houston Comets. I couldn't find any pictures of their cheerleaders. Dan |
