C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 3 January 2013 by Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory using the 0.5-meter (20 in) Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope. It will pass the planet Mars very closely on Sunday October 19, 2014. After its discovery, there was initially even the chance of a collision with Mars, but this possibility was excluded when the orbit was subsequently determined better.
Messier 6 and Comet Siding Spring - October 17, 2014
The greenish coma and tail of Comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1) are really 2,000 light-years or so away from the stars of open cluster Messier 6. They do appear close together though, along the same line-of-sight in this gorgeous October 9th skyscape toward the constellation Scorpius. Still, on Sunday, October 19th this comet really will be involved in a near miss, passing within only 139,500 kilometers of planet Mars. That's about 10 times closer than any known comet flyby of planet Earth, and nearly one third the Earth-Moon distance. While an impact with the nucleus is not a threat the comet's dust, moving with a speed of about 56 kilometers per second relative to the Red Planet, and outskirts of its gaseous coma could interact with the thin Martian atmosphere. Of course, the comet's close encounter will be followed intently by spacecraft in Martian orbit and rovers on the surface.
When I visited Egypt in December 2000, a healer gave me a small sealed bottle of essential oils (left) and a bottle of gold nuggets in water (right). I've never opened either bottle but enjoy looking at them. I'm not much into alternative healing - as we heal when programmed to if ever - but have briefly studied and posted many of the endless modalities, among them Aromatherapy. Today in the news we find an article about essential oils and their uses.
How to Use Essential Oils Properly and Conditions They Can Remedy Epoch Times - October 17, 2014
Essential oils are a unique branch of herbal medicine that utilizes the medicinal properties found in the essential oils of various plants. Through the different processes of distillation, the volatile constituents of the plant's oil are extracted from its flowers, leaves, branches, or roots. The oils then exert much of their therapeutic effect through their pharmacological properties and small molecular size making it very easy to penetrate bodily tissues, and help remedy many conditions.
This is the way the pattern works. Depression causes autoimmune diseases and/or accidents that leave people with physical problems. This causes a pattern of emotional eating, lack of exercise, and in general weight gain. It all stems from one's programming for clinical depression. Everything comes from one's DNA codes for experience.
Obesity and depression often twin ills, study finds PhysOrg - October 16, 2014
Depression and obesity tend to go hand in hand, U.S. health officials reported today. The combination was so common that 43 percent of depressed adults were also obese, according to the report. That association was even more prevalent among those taking antidepressants: 55 percent of those patients were also obese.
