For thousands of years the ancient timepiece that is Stonehenge has been regularly visited by celestial ones, comets. Here’s one that appeared in 2020, Comet Neowise …
.
Later this month one of the last such juxtapositions will be visible to travelers on the A303 (assuming the tunnel goes ahead). It is Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), last seen by Neanderthals 50,000 years ago. It is hoped it will be visible to the naked eye and will be particularly noteworthy as it is a rare green comet, similar to Comet Lovejoy, 2015…
.
.
You’ll hear not a word about celestial losses from the pro-tunnel organisations and whether they weighed them in the balance. Why not?
.
__________________________
_________________________
.
You must be logged in to post a comment.