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Asteroid TX68 is approaching!
Posted on 02/17/2016 2:03:07 AM PST by djf
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To: djf
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posted on
02/17/2016 4:41:24 AM PST
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: maddog55
That would be like saying that if you are standing in an empty parking lot, a car is going to drive past you at 100mph. The car will pass by anywhere from 6 feet away from you to 1 mile away from you.
How could the measurements be so imprecise that the range is 8,989,000 miles, but they do know for sure that it will be at least 11,000 away from us?
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posted on
02/17/2016 5:09:18 AM PST
by
nitzy
(I don't vote for Republican'ts)
To: djf
The earth has a gravitational pull. One of these things will hit us someday.
All the trillions wasted on global warming hysteria will then be meaningless. We should have spent that money and future money on asteroid and comet defenses. That tech would have other beneficial uses, just like the moon missions.
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posted on
02/17/2016 5:13:30 AM PST
by
FreeAtlanta
(Restore Liberty!)
To: djf
The government assures us it is safe. It is only going to get within 11,000 miles (with a margin of error on that of about 9 MILLION miles.) So they know exactly where it is going, to within 9 MILLION miles, and it is going to miss Earth by exactly 11 thousand miles.
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posted on
02/17/2016 5:16:34 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: PAR35
The government assures us it is safe.We're screwed.
To: nitzy
How could the measurements be so imprecise that the range is 8,989,000 miles, but they do know for sure that it will be at least 11,000 away from us?
Space is a big place,. I wonder how they would know the mass of TX68 past 2 or 3 significant figures.
I think what they're trying to say is that there is a 95% probability that it will be within that interval. It doesn't completely rule out the chances of a hit, but it's not likely.
To: GreenHornet
Come on. You trust NASA on global warming, don’t you?
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posted on
02/17/2016 5:44:00 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: FreedomPoster
Hot fudge Sundae, coming on a Saturday.
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posted on
02/17/2016 6:15:33 AM PST
by
Toddsterpatriot
("Telling the government to lower trade barriers to zero...is government interference" central_va)
To: maddog55
“Nuke it from orbit. . .it’s the only way to be sure”
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posted on
02/17/2016 7:15:42 AM PST
by
Hulka
To: djf
Planet X?
Probably won’t be visible due to chemtrails.
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posted on
02/17/2016 7:16:05 AM PST
by
X-spurt
To: djf
They use LD because half of this country never heard of the moon, and think an asteroid is a medical issue.
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posted on
02/17/2016 7:41:09 AM PST
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: maddog55
Great practice target for attempting a redirect that might be needed on one that’s got Earth in a bullseye in the future.
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posted on
02/17/2016 7:51:00 AM PST
by
JimRed
(Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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