The one where the guys created thermite and set fire to Richard Feynman's camper van?
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The merged and improved (?) KIC 8462852 thread
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You mean Richard Feynman's camper van.
Ha, right. I'd forgotten that detail.
It could be possible that something interacted with the solar wind that caused the dims of KIC to occur.
Remember Tabby asked..."Where's The Flux?"
Here is comment from Jason Wright's group.
What really nails it for me, and I should have thought of this earlier, is if you plot flux vs time for some other star besides Tabby’s (KIC 7180968 or 10010623, 11498538: referred to as “calibration stars” -F3V and assumed steady-by Schafer/Hippke). They all show the same long term dimming with step changes.
Does Kepler data show a something with a period of around 21 days (periodogram) for Tabby’s? It sure looks like it to me:
http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltec...tle=8462852&origin=Exoplanet Archive - Kepler
If so, I am very surprised to hear it from a comments contributor at CD and not from a published or to be published paper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind
So what is taking place at KIC 8462 is not rare but common place and is not occurring because comets.
Remember Tabby asked..."Where's The Flux?"
Here is comment from Jason Wright's group.
What really nails it for me, and I should have thought of this earlier, is if you plot flux vs time for some other star besides Tabby’s (KIC 7180968 or 10010623, 11498538: referred to as “calibration stars” -F3V and assumed steady-by Schafer/Hippke). They all show the same long term dimming with step changes.
Does Kepler data show a something with a period of around 21 days (periodogram) for Tabby’s? It sure looks like it to me:
http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltec...tle=8462852&origin=Exoplanet Archive - Kepler
If so, I am very surprised to hear it from a comments contributor at CD and not from a published or to be published paper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_wind
So what is taking place at KIC 8462 is not rare but common place and is not occurring because comets.
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Could you be less specific, please?
This sounds like a fun game. I'll try:
It could be possible that something did something.
It's maybe somehow conceivable that something might have done something.
I heard it was bears in the woods...
I think a wizard did it.
Here is a program that could help us to understand what is taking place at KIC 8462.
http://www.orbitsimulator.com/gravity/articles/what.html
We can input objects based on the data from KIC 8462 to try and generate a planetary map to get a better understanding of the events of KIC 8462.
I am also suggesting that based on the new article form Space.com regarding Dark Matter as being heavy particles that are similar to miniature black holes that perhaps when particles of Dark Matter collide they might form a Dark Matter Hole that would cause the light curve of a sun to dim and then return to normal once the swarm of Dark Matter particles transited across the sun or passed through the sun itself.
I recently watched a video of the two black holes merging that allowed the first gravitational waves to be recorded. I noticed on the perimeter of the merger that stars moved back and forth rather quickly until the merger was complete.
Could the reason be that the irregular light curves of KIC 8462 might be the result of the gravitational wave that was recently recorded by LIGO? According to LIGO the gravitational wave slightly squashed and stretched Earth. If KIC was slightly squashed and stretched by the same wave then perhaps the gravitational wave caused the irregular light curves?
http://www.orbitsimulator.com/gravity/articles/what.html
We can input objects based on the data from KIC 8462 to try and generate a planetary map to get a better understanding of the events of KIC 8462.
I am also suggesting that based on the new article form Space.com regarding Dark Matter as being heavy particles that are similar to miniature black holes that perhaps when particles of Dark Matter collide they might form a Dark Matter Hole that would cause the light curve of a sun to dim and then return to normal once the swarm of Dark Matter particles transited across the sun or passed through the sun itself.
I recently watched a video of the two black holes merging that allowed the first gravitational waves to be recorded. I noticed on the perimeter of the merger that stars moved back and forth rather quickly until the merger was complete.
Could the reason be that the irregular light curves of KIC 8462 might be the result of the gravitational wave that was recently recorded by LIGO? According to LIGO the gravitational wave slightly squashed and stretched Earth. If KIC was slightly squashed and stretched by the same wave then perhaps the gravitational wave caused the irregular light curves?
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Except you are talking about a microscopic black hole.
We could ask Lucy Lawless to fly there and check it out?
I went back and looked at the light curve chart for KIC 8462 and noticed that the light curves on the left side of the 15% dim seem to mimic a similar separation of objects like the two comets in the article.
http://www.space.com/32345-double-comet-flybys-of-earth-march-2016-images.html
The first two dims, starting at day 140, remain a constant at .9950 but only lasts for a little over a hundred days. The smaller dims, starting at day 159 and have dim values of .9985, however remain constant for nearly four hundred days without any considerable change in dimming values until the 15% dim. This could suggest a small planet with a fast orbit around KIC 8462 is present. The first large dim loses about .0025 up to .9975 at day 359 and then does not reappear again until day 1209.
It's not comets, I tell you! It's not comets, I tell you again! You don't know anything! I'm going to keep saying this until it's true! Don't worry, Dryson, I'm taking your side in this.
Aliens, alien megastructures, Dyson Spheres, Dyson clouds, Oort clouds, gas clouds, and cumulus clouds are all likely. Planetesimals, asteroid belts, Kuiper belts, radiation belts, suspender belts, and black belts are also equally likely. So are black holes, white holes, gray holes, bungholes, supersized gas giants, supersized Morgan Spurlock, dark matter, antimatter, gray matter, or red matter.
But it's not comets. Kepler has been observing for over a hundred years and would have noticed a comet even though it can't see them. It can't be comets because it can't be comets! NOT NOT NOT!
See how scientific we're being today? We know how to use Occam's Meat Cleaver and everything!
Aliens, alien megastructures, Dyson Spheres, Dyson clouds, Oort clouds, gas clouds, and cumulus clouds are all likely. Planetesimals, asteroid belts, Kuiper belts, radiation belts, suspender belts, and black belts are also equally likely. So are black holes, white holes, gray holes, bungholes, supersized gas giants, supersized Morgan Spurlock, dark matter, antimatter, gray matter, or red matter.
But it's not comets. Kepler has been observing for over a hundred years and would have noticed a comet even though it can't see them. It can't be comets because it can't be comets! NOT NOT NOT!
See how scientific we're being today? We know how to use Occam's Meat Cleaver and everything!
I said that the objects could have broken apart similar to how the comets broke apart in the recent fly by. There is a big difference is saying that it is comets and making a comparison.
Why the dims of KIC 8462 cannot be comets?
Here is a comment from Jason Wright's group.
What really nails it for me, and I should have thought of this earlier, is if you plot flux vs time for some other star besides Tabby’s (KIC 7180968 or 10010623, 11498538: referred to as “calibration stars” -F3V and assumed steady-by Schafer/Hippke). They all show the same long term dimming with step changes.
Four different stars showing the same long term dimming with step changes. Out of four different stars you would think that the consensus for comets would have already have been determined and proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Perhaps a new name should be given to these four stars....possibly the Devils Foundry for all of the chaos and grief they create.
Why the dims of KIC 8462 cannot be comets?
Here is a comment from Jason Wright's group.
What really nails it for me, and I should have thought of this earlier, is if you plot flux vs time for some other star besides Tabby’s (KIC 7180968 or 10010623, 11498538: referred to as “calibration stars” -F3V and assumed steady-by Schafer/Hippke). They all show the same long term dimming with step changes.
Four different stars showing the same long term dimming with step changes. Out of four different stars you would think that the consensus for comets would have already have been determined and proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Perhaps a new name should be given to these four stars....possibly the Devils Foundry for all of the chaos and grief they create.
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Hulk not understand. Reas-on-able?
Hulk confused. This word never in thread before. What different now?
http://www.space.com/32376-how-to-see-green-comet-linear-in-march.html
This green glow is thought to be created by atoms of diatomic carbon surrounding the comet and fluorescing in the sunlight,
If atoms of diatomic carbon are present around a comet and could cause a dim to occur as the comet transits the sun perhaps diatomic atoms around the KIC series of stars experiencing dims could be what is causing the dims to take place. With at least three to four different suns in the KIC series being affected in the same way maybe the entire region is flooded with diatomic atoms that cause large dims to occur.
This green glow is thought to be created by atoms of diatomic carbon surrounding the comet and fluorescing in the sunlight,
If atoms of diatomic carbon are present around a comet and could cause a dim to occur as the comet transits the sun perhaps diatomic atoms around the KIC series of stars experiencing dims could be what is causing the dims to take place. With at least three to four different suns in the KIC series being affected in the same way maybe the entire region is flooded with diatomic atoms that cause large dims to occur.
Oh, I see. It can't possibly be related to comets, but it could definitely be the substance that surrounds the comets. It's good to see that you're applying some logic.
Ah, so here is your source:
http://sites.psu.edu/astrowright/2015/10/15/kic-8462852wheres-the-flux/
It was interesting looking at the comments at the bottom. I guess you view that space as your personal blog.
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