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in the database log, save "xxx" and the capture date. ‘ May 30,2002 Enigma - Long Period Object What Happens Next? We wait. If the orbital diagram (bottom right) is correct, we should begin to get 3, ‘ oti ~ : : . SOHO some interesting clues very shortly. But Obs Data Earth Pos you don't have to take my word for any of : “s May 27 - 31 pug 20 this. You can check it all out for yourself ° =i on-line, though you may have to do some digging if you want to find the really Earth Pos k= | gma Wajectory good nuggets of information. May 2003 > \~ 4 (inbound path) Here's the schedule so far: August to November 2002: Increased asteroid traffic and the discov- Enigma trajectory ery of several new infrared sources of (outbound path) radiation, including previously undiscov- ered supernovae, as we pass through the area of space travelled by Enigma during late May and early June 2002. [Author's note: This first passage was relatively [OPUNYAT Or Eur mic inconsequential and occurred very close to the time of the SOHO observation, The Enigma trajectory is represented by the dark/light-blue-coloured line with the point of closest solar approach segments. The dark blue portion of the line defines the portion of the orbit below being June 5, 2002.] the Earth-relative ecliptic, while the lighter blue segments show where Enigma [Author's update, as at early January rises above the ecliptic. There are two continuous lines depicted, the upper one 2003: An unexpected shift in the of which is the original in-bound "track". The lower line shows the exit path. Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) occurred between August | and 4, and created fantastic auro- strongly perturbed by the fractal-like influence of coriolis-type ras across North America; scientists at NASA were baffled. A energy events, e.g., the close proximity of a deep gravity new nova was discovered on September 14, and the next day a object which also happens to have a strong IR energy "red comet", approx. 400 metres in diameter, made its closest signature. approach to Earth at just over 13,000 kilometres mean dis- [Author's update: There was a close call from an asteroid, tance, passing barely south of the equator to our relative east. designated 2002 XV90, that made its closest approach on There was a good deal of meteoric fireball activity during December 11, although it was only noticed two days after- November over much of the American southwest as well as wards. This approx. 50-metre-diametre object passed Earth at over South-East Asia and parts of Australia. Also, there was 0.3 lunar distances, or 116,600 kilometres—one of the closest that sensational display over Turkey on November Ist...] flypasts ever recorded. ] strongly perturbed by the fractal-like influence of coriolis-type energy events, e.g., the close proximity of a deep gravity object which also happens to have a strong IR energy signature. [Author's update: There was a close call from an asteroid, designated 2002 XV90, that made its closest approach on December 11, although it was only noticed two days after- wards. This approx. 50-metre-diametre object passed Earth at 0.3 lunar distances, or 116,600 kilometres—one of the closest flypasts ever recorded.] December 2002 to February 2003: Fewer space debris alerts, but an uptick in stormy weather as the object begins its second approach to the Sun. Given that this puppy weighs in at roughly 18 times the mass of the Earth (in a package only about a quarter the size of the Moon), it is expected to have predominant gravitational effects upon our terrestrial mood. This should be especially true of our weather, which is Fewer space debris Early to Mid March 2003: Passing just south of the main the object begins its _ ecliptic plane of our solar system at a point very close to our his puppy weighs in —_ own position, the collapsed star (or Black Dwarf) known as 1 (in a package only —_ Enigma will pass within 300,000 kilometres of our planet at a is expected tohave speed of about 120 kilometres per second, trailing a tail of vur terrestrial mood. debris and cinder-like iron and carbon filaments. When these weather, which is strike the atmosphere, they will almost immediately oxidise and precipitate in the form of red rain. This may also occur during November 2002 [it did happen over India], as it did during the month of August, when several reports of this phenomenon came in from Vietnam and India. Red fireballs streak- ing across the sky are also to be expected as larger pieces of debris brush through our resistant atmosphere. More Surprises to Come While some have predicted that the poles of the Earth will shift in the [northern] Spring of 2003 with the arrival of a Brown Dwarf star (variously referred to as Planet X, Marduk and Nibiru), I can Source wn 002 at 1204 he find little direct evidence to support that contention. But I feel that the case for Mars (Photo credit - Hubble Space Telescope) 32 = NEXUS www.nexusmagazi ne.com FEBRUARY — MARCH 2003