JPL and NEODyS are my primary 'hangouts' (Guess that makes me a bit of a Chicken Little [or a little chicken???] Well ya gotta admit 'EE16 is getting uglier and uglier (Re: its Jan, 27, 2008 VI; Palermo rating = -0.13 [NEODyS] at the time of this writing - Oh well! Even if worse comes to worst, 3-5 GT TNT Eqv. Isn't all _THAT_ bad! Let's just hope the albedo assumption is accurate!!!

BTW the referanced discussion of Hale-Bopp is very interesting! It proved most helpful to my understanding of long-term comets... :)

BTW _for the record_ I feel Gary Goodwin and (the Millennium bunch in general) are *NUTZ* --- NONETHELESS his (Goodwin's) grudging citation of bona fide scientific analysis of the phenomena renders the article a VERY useful resource despite Mr. Goodwin's intent! :)

Many, many thanks, Raoul!!! :)

*SINCERELY*

D. Sarandon :)