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| Asteroid heads for Earth, Russian astronomer claims | ||
| 2007-10-03 | ||
An asteroid discovered three years ago could be a threat in 2029 when it crosses Earth's orbit, a Russian astronomer said Monday.
The Tunguska astral event affected 830 square miles and blasted 80 million trees. The force of the impact was about 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, at the end of World War II and measured 5.0 on the Richter scale. Apophis' predicted track would take it within 17,000 miles of Earth in 2029, Shustov said. He said if the asteroid proves to be a threat, the Hollywood scenario of destroying it is likely to be more harmful than helpful. Instead, a micro-satellite could nudge it into a safer orbit. "To blast an asteroid, as some hot shots suggest, is quite an unpredictable step, and a more cautious approach is welcomed now," he said.
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| Posted by:Delphi |
| #13 TOPIX SCIENCE/REDDIT/OTHER > SCIENTISTS PUZZLED BY NEW SOLAR READINGS, + NEW EARTH BEING FORMED? Looks like the 12th Immam = Jesus Christ will one again have to be shot down by the future OWG, THIS TIME FOR NOT HAVING A PROPER "EARTH II" INTER-PLANETARY PASS??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-10-03 23:55 |
| #12 COASTTOCOASTAM > Guest Pert had human subjects hypnotized to travel to the 21st Century and see their lives in the future = future time, but instead found that many subjects seemed to be "floating" as "in-between lives" as iff dead or non-existent. Pert > believes that at some time in 21st Century, a massive or giant cataclysm of unknown sort afflicted the entire earth, all but wiping out biotic life and most of humanity. Human civilization and environ does not appear to recover until couple 00's of yarns later. FUTURE HUMANS > live in enclosed, encapsulated cities mostly devoid of outside natural life. *YA SEE WHAT DEM D *** NGED ROSWELLIAN TIME TOURISTS FROM THE FUTURE DID WID THEIR MCDONALD'S "SOLYENT GRREN" SUPER-MACS WASTES, MORIARITY! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-10-03 21:05 |
| #11 I'm more concerned about the rock hitting the MOON, MOON BLWIN'UP AND CRACKING UP, and the MOON SECTIONS/BITS STRIKING EARTH, circa 2030, ala RICCOCHETING EIGHT BALL in 1980's THE COLOR OF MONEY, andor THE TIME MACHINE remake. * D *** NG YOU, FRANCIS [Tom cruise], YOU JUST HAD TO SHOW OFF YOUR POOL SKILLS TO THE BABES, DIDN'T YOU BOY - NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE! You and SPOCK [Poor Mining Security - STAR TREK: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY], I swear! All the boys had to do was relax and watch WHITE MADONNA and BLACK MADONNA finish their light-saber duel, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-10-03 20:10 |
| #10 USN, Ret.: Even the Key Grip on the Star Trek shows is going to have something named after him eventually. 90% of the nerds associated with flight or space claim it as their inspiration. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-10-03 19:15 |
| #9 BAR Incoming!!!!! Take cover and look away! [BAR = Big A$$ed Rock] |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-10-03 18:28 |
| #8 And you can bet that the big-assed rock heading this way is NOT 7307 Takei (damn, now we even have have diversity in ass-teroid naming. does anybody else see the irony in naming an ass-teroid after a gay?) |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-10-03 17:31 |
| #7 Memo To: Halliburton Asteroidal Defense Project (HADP) & Halliburton Gravitational Weaponry Program (HGWP) From: K. Rove Guys, As you know the purpose of your little black budget program within the defense budget has been in previous years to insure that the United States, and civilization in general, is not inadvertently destroyed by some big-assed rock dropping on us from the skies without our knowing something about it in advance. Now, it's come to my attention that the term "plausible deniability" could be applied to a big-assed rock dropping out of the skies and obliterating, for example, Iran (or even Tehran and Qum if we wanted to go smaller scale). Thus, I am directing the HADP and the HGWP to immediately form a cooperatively-funded crash program committee to investigate the opportunities presented by big-assed rocks coming near this planet in regards to defense initiatives against enemies of the United States of America. As always, knowledge of my direction of these projects is classified Above Top Secret, Level Nine, Majestic Twelve, and all recipients of this notice are informed that disclosure of this memo in a public forum is punishable by the death penalty administered by the Halliburton Men In Black Project (MIBP). Sincerely, K. Rove Member, Council of the Twelve, The Nine Unknown |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-10-03 17:00 |
| #6 Oh, well, by 2029, I'll be dead, crushed under my own weight, so it's of no concern to me, thank God. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-10-03 16:18 |
| #5 (from the Wiki) "A number of potential threats have been identified, such as 99942 Apophis (previously known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4), which had been given an impact probability of ~3% for the year 2029. This probability has been revised to zero on the basis of new observations." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-10-03 16:16 |
| #4 it comes looking for its kidnapped little brother, last heard held hostage in a black box somewhere in the middle east. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2007-10-03 14:54 |
| #3 The Tunguska astral event affected 830 square miles and blasted 80 million trees. Think of what that would do today to the carbon credit industry. It would be devastating. Devastating! Shit, Leo Dicaprio and Al Gore might even have to give up their private jets... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-10-03 14:20 |
| #2 Where would you like it to hit? Maybe we want a glancing blow off somewhere troublesome. We better get a supercomputer on this full time. 20 megatons of energy and it is all natural and organic. It may get stick though if competing forces do nudges and counter nudges. [/tongue in cheek] |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-10-03 14:15 |
| #1 He could be off by a tad. |
| Posted by: danking70 2007-10-03 14:14 |