In March we asked you “Are You Afraid Of Comet Strikes?“. According to the results, most people are not afraid of comet strikes. This was not surprising for me, even though sometimes provokes with comets passing near to our planet. According to the poll, 81% (51/63 votes) of those who answered are not afraid of comet strikes, while 16% (10/63 votes) of those who answered are afraid of comet strikes. Only 3% (2/63 votes) did now know what is a comet.

For those who don’t know what a comet is, please see what is said in Wikipedia: “Comets are small Solar System bodies that orbit the Sun and, when close enough to the Sun, exhibit a visible coma (or atmosphere) and/or a tail — both primarily from the effects of solar radiation upon the comet’s nucleus. Comet nuclei are themselves loose collections of ice, dust and small rocky particles, measuring a few kilometers or tens of kilometers across“.

I have written few articles that are related to comets and meteors. If you are interested in seeing pictures of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smashing to the surface of Jupiter, check out my article on the biggest moon of Jupiter. Some weeks ago a comet passed our planet “pretty close”. At the same time another comet almost hit Mars. You can see also the picture of Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet crashing to Jupiter among my collection of the top ten Hubble images of all time.

I am not worried about comet strikes. One day it will happen, but I don’t know if me and you will be here to see it. It has happened in the past, it will happen in the future as well, but human race might disappear before that. What I would like to see is a comet hitting to another planet, such as Mars or Jupiter.

Thank you for your answer in this poll. Please check out also our April question in which we ask “what do you believe in?”. If you are interested in our previous poll, you can check the results of our January 2008 poll and February 2008 poll.