Posted on 08/10/2004 3:59:24 AM PDT by Truth666
After a time of 'silence', discoveries of so-called 'minor planets' came in a hurry today - astronomers detected at least 10 new objects in the last 24 hours.
These discoveries are being reported to the Minor Planet Center (MPC) and being published on the so-called NEO confirmation page.
Now have look on today's discoveries:
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/NEO/ToConfirm.html
Object AO89913 is very interesting, scroll back the ephemeridis by 67 hours and you will see a dramatic drop in "V" which describes brightness and a decreasing value in 'V' means increasing brightening. Further there was a huge increase in "motion" which describes sky-mechanical size of the object. The MPC signed the trajectory at that point (08/07/04) with "***" which means the object will come close as 0.0027 AU or 1 Lunar distance in the following 100 hours.
There's still a great deal of uncertainty with this prelimanary trajectory but the object might have come extremely close in the last 72 hours or will do so in the next 24 hours.
Beyond this object there are others which are also supposed to come 'close' especially AO86297 because its trajectory has been confirmed and a MPEC bulletin with more information will be posted soon but at this stage I can tell you it's also going to be a 'near miss', 5 to 10 lunar distances is a first estimate.
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/NEO/ToConfirm.html
I am very concerned about the timing of this release.
I feel fairly safe from these things. My understanding is that when they hit, it's mostly women and minorities that get hosed.
Let's get down to the nitty gritty... Are we going to die or not?
I've got Bruce Willis on the phone - what should I tell him?
I think that I can't say with scientific certainty that we will all die at some point.
Ping
I don't know, but Robert Duval is here and he's said he's ready to go!
So, was it a waste of time to quit smoking?
It's all Bush's fault!
Perhaps it will impact in the North Atlantic and take out NYC and Boston in one fell swoop, thereby ensuring a Bush victory this Nov.
Did Bradley Hammermaster report these findings?
Haliburton set this all up and BUSH IS RESPONSIBLE.
Ask him if he wants to run for the Senate in Illinois.
It's a liberal plot!
Hatteras.
There is nothing to worry about. John Kerry has a plan, though he will keep it secret until after the election !!
Wouldn't it be funny if a small one came right down on top of the 'Bush-r' reactor in Iran?
Wonder if this has anything to do with that meteor shower on Thursday.
Did you say "shower"?...
Yeah. :)) And it's going be hugh!
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