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Close Call with Asteroid 2006 XG1 in 2041
Posted on 12/27/2006 11:40:51 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: LibWhacker
bush's fault. but only if it hits us.
should be a nice little show. i'll be in my 60's so i'll be ready to go if need be.
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posted on
12/27/2006 11:43:38 PM PST
by
thefactor
To: LibWhacker
Wasn't there some talk fairly recently about trying to hit an asteroid with something hard enough to hit it off course?
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posted on
12/27/2006 11:45:01 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: LibWhacker
I'm really going to worry that it could blow up my grave.
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posted on
12/27/2006 11:46:18 PM PST
by
taxesareforever
(Never forget Matt Maupin)
To: thefactor
34 years from now I "will" be 90.
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posted on
12/27/2006 11:46:46 PM PST
by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: LibWhacker
Hitting on Halloween? Maybe its the ghosts of ancestors returning
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posted on
12/27/2006 11:47:18 PM PST
by
Gothmog
(John Edwards has pretty hair but terrible timing)
To: LibWhacker
Gee. If there is a 1 in 40,000 chance of it hitting earth, that means there's a one in 40,000 chance of each person being killed. With 6 billion people, the chances of at least ONE of us being killed by this asteroid is pretty much certain.
:-)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
12/27/2006 11:48:23 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007!)
To: sageb1
Yes. It has to be the right kind of asteroid though. Apparently, it wouldn't work with a "rubble pile."
To: LibWhacker
Still not panicking? Good.
Whew!
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posted on
12/27/2006 11:49:42 PM PST
by
kinoxi
To: taxesareforever
I was wondering how to have my ashes scattered... problem solved!
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posted on
12/27/2006 11:53:00 PM PST
by
clilly54
To: LibWhacker
What are the chances of hitting the moon?
3100 miles is less than half the diameter of the earth. That's close.
It is hard to believe they can calculate its projected path that accurately.
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posted on
12/27/2006 11:55:54 PM PST
by
DB
To: LibWhacker
We're in deep doo doo. Bruce Willis will be too old to get us out of this one.
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posted on
12/28/2006 12:05:35 AM PST
by
fish hawk
(. B O stinks.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
12/28/2006 12:12:44 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Tell Tom Vilsack to WEAR THE BEAR!)
To: DB
Earth orbits around the sun at 18.6 miles per second. 3100 miles divided by 18.6 miles per second is 167 seconds! They calculated that in 35 years we'll miss it by less than 3 minutes! (assuming it crosses our orbit in front of or behind us, and not above or below)
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posted on
12/28/2006 12:21:24 AM PST
by
idkfa
To: LibWhacker
The real question is,
where will the moon be at this specific point of impact?
The moon has protected the Earth for over 2-Billion years, "YET"
nobody ever mentions the moon as it's own gravity force.
The moon causes earthquakes and all kinds of ocean occurrences
around the globe. Yet, no mention at all.
Take note Viro-Wackos.
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posted on
12/28/2006 12:26:14 AM PST
by
MaxMax
(God Bless America)
To: LibWhacker
I'll probably be hacking up a lung or worried about leakage by then.
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posted on
12/28/2006 12:27:07 AM PST
by
zarf
To: clilly54
LOL! And that could be called "Ashes to Asteroid".
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posted on
12/28/2006 12:27:17 AM PST
by
taxesareforever
(Never forget Matt Maupin)
To: idkfa
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posted on
12/28/2006 12:30:04 AM PST
by
DB
To: MaxMax
The moon has protected the Earth for over 2-Billion years,LIES!
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posted on
12/28/2006 12:30:06 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Tell Tom Vilsack to WEAR THE BEAR!)
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