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01 Mar 12 - 09:35 AM (#3315576) Subject: BS: close enough? (Asteroid) From: beardedbruce Scientists are unsure of the 460-foot-wide rock's exact composition, or how devastating its impact would be. But after observing the space rock's orbit, they've calculated a 1-in-625 chance that the asteroid called 2011 AG5 could collide with Earth on Feb. 5, 2040. "2011 AG5 is the object which currently has the highest chance of impacting the Earth," says Detlef Koschny of the European Space Agency. http://news.yahoo.com/could-humongous-asteroid-really-hit-earth-2040-134500007.html |
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01 Mar 12 - 09:59 AM (#3315580) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: Rapparee I won't get to celebrate my 95th birthday????? Now I'm going to worry for the next 27.9167 years. |
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01 Mar 12 - 10:01 AM (#3315581) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: gnu Drink up. There's not much time left. |
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01 Mar 12 - 10:04 AM (#3315583) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: katlaughing It's the end of the world as we know it! |
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01 Mar 12 - 04:52 PM (#3315788) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: gnu I like the Newfie version better. |
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01 Mar 12 - 05:14 PM (#3315794) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: Bill D 460 ft.? Why, that would barely disturb my neighborhood.....or the nursing home I will be in at 101.... |
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01 Mar 12 - 05:38 PM (#3315802) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: Bee-dubya-ell Heck, a rock that size could cause a Mass Extinction! But what do I care? I'm not Catholic. |
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01 Mar 12 - 05:46 PM (#3315803) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: Don Firth Fear not! Bruce Willis will save us! If he can save the earth by blowing up an asteroid the size of Texas, this pebble should be no problem. Don Firth |
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01 Mar 12 - 06:04 PM (#3315808) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: Paul Burke It will come 27 years too late, the Maryan Colander will have killed us all by then. |
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01 Mar 12 - 07:53 PM (#3315853) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: gnu But, Bruce willis be 86 when it's nigh. Ya think he'll be up for it? |
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01 Mar 12 - 11:59 PM (#3315949) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: JohnInKansas Current estimates are based on observation of only a small fraction of a single orbit, and thus are "speculative" at best. The scientists who presented information on this object at a recent meeting warned against "premature alarm," and a fair percentage of the others at that particular conference essentially said "who cares, until there's better data." It's reassuring that somebody is watching such things, although their assurances that there's "plenty of time" to make plans to deflect it after better information is available aren't as heart warming as they might be if anyone had figured out just how you might do that. (There's little agreement on what kind of plans could/should be made.) Massive budget cuts for current space programs (they are real) also don't make some of us very confident that we'll have the hardware for such a program if the need happens to creep up on us. (But maybe that was one of the points the presenters had in mind?) John |
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02 Mar 12 - 12:22 AM (#3315954) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: katlaughing Good point, John. gnu, loved it! |
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02 Mar 12 - 05:04 PM (#3316285) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: gnu BTW... I actually wasted my time watching that movie. One of the reasons I only watch comedies and documentaries these days. |
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03 Mar 12 - 02:30 PM (#3316742) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: GUEST,grumpy What the heck's the 'Maryan Colander'? Do you mean Mayan Calendar? |
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03 Mar 12 - 02:57 PM (#3316753) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: ChanteyLass Cliche time: Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades! |
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03 Mar 12 - 03:18 PM (#3316764) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: gnu You've never heard the joke about the Engieer and the mathematician. |
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03 Mar 12 - 03:19 PM (#3316766) Subject: RE: BS: close enough? From: gnu EngiNeer... but, close enough. >;-) |