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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: r-q-tek86
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posted on
12/28/2006 8:00:30 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(Tell Tom Vilsack to WEAR THE BEAR!)
To: LibWhacker
The Earth travels around the Sun in our orbit at roughtly 1,112 miles per minute, or 66,705 miles per hour, 1,600,921 miles per day and roughly 584,336,234 miles traveled in our orbit in a year. Therefore if their calculations are off by
less than 2.79 minutes in the wrong direction we have a hit, and that's calculated for 35 years from now. That's an error in their calculations of only
.0000152%.
And remember, these are the same guys who forgot to convert from meters to yards on the Mars mission.
Oopsy!
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posted on
12/28/2006 8:15:09 AM PST
by
Phsstpok
(Often wrong, but never in doubt)
To: LibWhacker
Ook! Ook! Hot Fudge Sundae falls on a Thursdae in 2041!
< /Pournelle-Niven mode >
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posted on
12/28/2006 8:34:37 AM PST
by
magslinger
(An open mind is like an outhouse. Sooner or later someone is going to fill it.)
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posted on
08/05/2007 11:02:44 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Profile updated Monday, August 6, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
No need to worry. Algore says our suicide pack with mother earth and her global warming will cook us all well before that. Too bad, I would have really liked to see that near miss, er, hit.
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08/05/2007 11:14:12 PM PDT
by
svanni
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