What makes a comet a comet? Are we going to get hit by a massive asteroid and get yeeted like the dinosaurs? And why do people watch streamers?

Sources:
https://astronomy.com/news-observing/ask%20astro/2009/11/why%20do%20comets%20have%20such%20eccentric%20orbits

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature09029

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/goddard/2019/sugars-in-meteorites

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/11/16/what-are-the-real-odds-of-doomsday-asteroid-apophis-striking-earth-in-2068/?sh=6f6fe5437c86

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/oort-cloud/overview/

Credits:

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Podcasting by March Washelesky and Jordan Pazol

Edited by March Washelesky 

Intro music and thumbnail art by Jordan Pazol

Proverb: "So fascinating, how certain folks suddenly care about "historical accuracy" in fiction when the Black people show up." -N.K. Jemisin 

Land acknowledgements

Jordan recorded this week's episode from the occupied land of the Mississauga Nation and the Erie people, so-called Cleveland, Ohio.

March recorded this week’s episode from Chicago, the stolen homeland of the Council of Three Fires–the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi–as well as the Peoria and Kickapoo. Today Chicago is home to an active indigenous community that provides invaluable assistance in protecting and restoring natural ecological balance in the area.