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Scientists say asteroid may hit Mars in late January (1 in 75 chance on Jan. 30, 2008)
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| 12/20/07
| Alicia Chang - ap
Posted on 12/20/2007 6:27:00 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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Near-Earth Object Program
NASA
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posted on
12/20/2007 6:29:54 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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If it did hit, I wonder how long before meoteorites from its impact might make it here..
Mars Meteorites
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posted on
12/20/2007 6:33:05 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Heck of a way to take out a rover but it would be worth it.
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posted on
12/20/2007 6:33:31 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
To: NormsRevenge
Wow, that’d be pretty sweet, and an incredible scientific opportunity.
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posted on
12/20/2007 6:34:23 PM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
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posted on
12/20/2007 6:36:50 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Men and the rich hit hardest !
......... (men are from Mars, woman are from Venus)
To: mvpel
Oh yeah.
comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 smacking into Jupiter was pretty cool.. this would leave a heck of a dent were it to hit.
we have enough stuff observing Mars, we would get some good data and images as well, after the dust cleared..
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posted on
12/20/2007 6:40:23 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Much easier than shipping a backhoe to Mars, that’s for sure. Perhaps it would excavate a strata of ice.
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posted on
12/20/2007 6:44:42 PM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: mvpel
excavate a strata of ice.
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we should be so lucky.
seeing into the depths of Mars on the cheap,, I’ll take it.
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posted on
12/20/2007 6:47:18 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
To: NormsRevenge
"Scientists tracking the asteroid, which is halfway to Mars..." Halfway to Mars from where? Oh, it's an AP article, agenda trumps reporting ability, nevermind.
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posted on
12/20/2007 6:50:44 PM PST
by
theymakemesick
(End welfare and the crops will be picked)
To: NormsRevenge
If it misses, we should seriously study the feasibility of being able to push it into a collision. That would create a bunch of tech, and scientific knowledge. And it would totally rock.
To: NormsRevenge
That’ll be a hell of a carbon footprint.
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posted on
12/20/2007 6:56:19 PM PST
by
Cobra64
(www.BulletBras.net)
To: Vince Ferrer
Would take a while to calculate its trajectory after the gravity of mars influences its path. It may never pass it again.
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posted on
12/20/2007 7:07:49 PM PST
by
Crazieman
(The Democrat Party: Culture of Treason)
To: NormsRevenge
Does algorejr have anything to do with this?
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posted on
12/20/2007 7:11:29 PM PST
by
Waco
To: NormsRevenge
NASA is doing nothing for it's creditability when saying things like this:
If the asteroid does smash into Mars, it will probably hit near the equator close to where the rover Opportunity has been exploring the Martian plains since 2004. The robot is not in danger because it lies outside the impact zone.
If they can't even say it will hit (75 to one?) how can they possibly say the rover is outside the impact zone if it does? I mean, the odds are good that it is, since the 'zone' is currently larger than the entire planet, but come on.
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posted on
12/20/2007 7:18:43 PM PST
by
kAcknor
("A pistol! Are you expecting trouble sir?" "No miss, were I expecting trouble I'd have a rifle.")
To: kAcknor
If they can't even say it will hit (75 to one?) how can they possibly say the rover is outside the impact zone if it does? I mean, the odds are good that it is, since the 'zone' is currently larger than the entire planet, but come on.Good point. I'd love someone to explain this.
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posted on
12/20/2007 7:20:23 PM PST
by
Junior_G
To: NormsRevenge
All you folks who hate the space program and scream it is a waste of money, watch this 'cause it is just a preview of what is going to happen here sooner or later.
When it does happen, I hope my kinfolk are on the Moon, Mars or trekking out to the stars rather than dying like the kinfolk of you money saving pudknockers!
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posted on
12/20/2007 7:20:30 PM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: Junior_G
I think what it pertains to is uncertainties in the measurement of the orbit of the asteroid. Asteroids are very, very hard to see in the sky, and sometimes only a handful of observations are available to extrapolate the path of the asteroid. And I think that there can be several different orbital paths - maybe 75? - that would fit those limited set of observations.
But the orbital path that fits all the existing observations of the asteroid’s position, AND which includes the surface of Mars, allows them to get a bead on when and where the asteroid would hit if it were to do so.
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posted on
12/20/2007 7:54:45 PM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: theymakemesick
Halfway to Mars from where?
You’re just begging for an “Uranus” joke!
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posted on
12/20/2007 8:04:03 PM PST
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
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