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Giant Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2014
CNN/Reuters ^
| September 2, 2003
Posted on 09/02/2003 1:11:02 PM PDT by anymouse
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:03 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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A giant asteroid is heading for Earth and could hit in 2014, U.S. astronomers have warned British space monitors.
But for those fearing Armageddon, don't be alarmed -- the chances of a catastrophic collision are just one in 909,000.
Asteroid "2003 QQ47" will be closely monitored over the next two months. Its potential strike date is March 21, 2014, but astronomers say that any risk of impact is likely to decrease as further data is gathered.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Technical; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 2014; armageddon; asteroid; goliath; hype; hysteria; space
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Chicken Little is alive and well and working for Reuters. :)
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:11:03 PM PDT
by
anymouse
To: *Space
Space ping
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:11:26 PM PDT
by
anymouse
To: anymouse
or not
To: anymouse
the chances of a catastrophic collision are just one in 909,000. Whew, I can now stop packing.
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:13:06 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: anymouse
here we go again!
To: anymouse
Big news. FR needs another We're all gonna die! thread. This asteroid has no chance to hit earth since it will be observed and cataloged, and that makes us safe.
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:13:37 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: anymouse
"Bring 'em on" :-)
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:13:49 PM PDT
by
evad
(liberals & lying..It's WHAT they do, it's ALL they do and they WON'T stop...EVER!!)
To: anymouse
How large is it?
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:14:11 PM PDT
by
demlosers
To: anymouse
wormwood
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:14:17 PM PDT
by
freedomson
(Baruch haba b'shem Adonai!)
To: anymouse
Posted.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/974430/posts
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:14:25 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
To: demlosers
Oh the humanity! Women and minority groups will suffer most, you know.
To: anymouse
We're all gonna die!!!!
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:17:13 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
To: Lazamataz
So? Like that's news?....
To: TheBigB
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/974430/posts. There is a way to make links out of URLs on FR.
Type this: < a href=" before the URL and " > after, but without the spaces after the left carat and before the right carat. Then type something followed by < /a > to stop the link.
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:19:35 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: The_Victor
Yeah, well, this time I mean it.
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:20:25 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
To: anymouse; Poohbah
I'm not worried.
Poohbah, this is one case where large-scale expendable rockets would be useful.
Lob four (4) B53s at said asteroid. Have a couple more ready to go if needed, "just in case." Thirty-six megatons ought to be enough to make the asteroid go away.
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:21:49 PM PDT
by
hchutch
(The National League needs to adopt the designated hitter rule.)
To: Lazamataz
No "we're" not, Laz. You're going to be our virgin sacrifice.:)
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:22:19 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: Lazamataz
LOL... thats the first thing I thought... :
WE ALL GONNA DIE!!!
To: anymouse
My wife was just looking for an excuse to limit-out our credit cards!
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:24:21 PM PDT
by
Mark
(Treason doth never prosper, for if it prosper, NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON.)
To: hchutch
Actually, 36 megatons would barely make a large asteroid move at all.
What we'd really need for this issue is Orion--nuclear detonations boosting a HUGE payload. All you need for launching the damn thing is a chunk of the Earth that you don't mind turning into a radioactive wasteland. I vote for Tripoli, Libya. :o)
And then we use about 6,000 or so nukes to push the asteroid out of the ecliptic.
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:24:31 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.)
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