Posted on 03/14/2020 10:07:20 AM PDT by WebHankerchief22
According to the provided article, asteroid 99942 Apophis has a 1 in 40 chance of hitting earth in 2029. If it misses in 2029, it would have an even higher chance of hitting in 2036.
According to NASA and other reputable sources the asteroid is of 370 meters in diameter which is about the size of the Eiffel Tower. When you plug this into a simulation like the asteroid collision map, you can see that its large magnitude can cause some pretty serious damages depending on the location it impacts. According to the simulation, some of these effects are earthquakes, heatwaves, shockwaves, destroyed infrastructure, wind blasts, etc.
Sources: 1) Linked Simulation 2) Linked Article 3) Linked Effects Article
It’s gonna hit us twice?
Quick, buy toilet paper!
Called the corner pocket I guess. Bank off the moon perhaps?
Please, Sweet Meteor of Death, come to us NOW!
Just time for the asteroid strike to cause a “nuclear” winter to save us all from global warming.
We have 9 years to figure out what to do. Hitting the earth may not be as bad as if it hits the moon. That would cause more trouble. If it hits our atmosphere its likely to recoche away. Its also likely to split up, burn up and hit the ocean. These would all have some affects on us. But are not likely to be dinosaur extinction event. I could happen. Just not likely. But if it hits the moon, we have a bigger problem. The moon does not have a protective atmosphere. And it would likely change the orbit of the moon or maybe cause the moon to splinter. This could be a real issue with much wider ramifications.
Nice posting job w/ links, etc. Welcome to FR. Enjoy!
No need to wait till 2029, this one’s gonna whiz by next month:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3823150/posts
LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!
Shouldn’t we calling Bruce Willis right now?
What they mean is their predictions have a 1 in 40 chance of being right. The asteroid will do what its mass, direction, and velocity make it do, allowing for deflection by the gravitational fields of nearby objects.
no worries. of you read FRreaking out republic for any length of time, you know we’ll all be dead from coronavirus before the weekend is over.
“A team of astronomers discovered Apophis in June 2004.
The observations caused quite a stir - initial orbital calculations revealed that the asteroid had a 2.7 per cent chance of impacting Earth in 2029.
Fortunately, additional observations refined the orbit and completely ruled out that possibility.
Current calculations show that Apophis still has a small chance of impacting Earth, less than 1 in 1,00,000 many decades from now, but future measurements of its position can be expected to rule out any possible impacts.”
Seriously do we need anymore goofy blogs trying to hype-up stuff?
Doom porn going crazy today.
I’m 48, so, by the numbers, I have better than 98% chance of surviving a COVid infection.
In 2029, I have a 1/40 chance of dying by an asteroid impact.
I need a drink
And hand sanitizer!
Does this mean it will get us before Global Warming does???
“Could”? “Odds”?
What possible external influences on this rock would prevent us from knowing right now?
Tea Leoni will save us from Ellie.
Quick! Someone inform QAnon!!
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