Asteroid will miss Earth in 2019

Newsday ^ | 9/28/02

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Astronomers said they have determined that a newly discovered, 1.2-mile-wide asteroid will miss the Earth in 2019.

Last week, preliminary calculations of the orbital path traveled by asteroid 2002 NT7 suggested the space rock had about a 1-in-250,000 chance of plowing into the Earth on Feb. 1, 2019. Such an impact would cause devastation on a continental scale...

[Lokibob]

I don't doubt the report, and I'm not wearing tin foil, but, can you imagine the affect on the population if they said "Scientists confirm asteroid WILL hit earth on 2019"?

[Lokibob]

or even worse "Asteroid will hit earth in 2019 EDT"?

[ez2muz]

Didn't Al Gore invent the Asteroid?

[metesky]

Red Sox will miss World Series in 2019.

[aimhigh]

The report assumes the big rock won't be influenced by coming near any other big rocks in the next 17 years.

[RightWhale]

Red Sox will miss World Series in 2019

Which is the longer odds? Red Sox or Asteroid?

[metesky]

The Sox, of course!

[RJL]

can you imagine the affect on the population if they said "Scientists confirm asteroid WILL hit earth on 2019"?

Women and minorities will be hurt most, as white man's asteroid to strike the Earth.

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