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Asteroid May Collide With Mars - Jan 30, 2008
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| Dr. DAS |
1 in 75 odds is pretty good considering...
What scares me is this thing is 50 Meters across, moving at 13.5 Kilometers per SECOND and nobody noticed it until it was within 7.5 Million Kilometers of Earth. Had it hit Earth, it would have released energy equal to 3 Million Tonnes of TNT and created a crater 1Km wide - about the same as the crater in Arizona.
Best estimates are that it will miss Mars by only 50 000Km.
SOURCE: CNN
SOURCE: NASA
How cool would this be to watch on the 6 o'clock news?!?! |
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| jonnystel |
| holy ... thats scary if you think about it man.... like we hear about earthquakes and but imagine that thing hit new york or toronto... WOW! |
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| barbina |
it wouldnt be cool at all.
scary is more like it.
eh what the hell .. as long as i live .. and its not some "i am legend" situation alls good |
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| jchung52 |
| apparently earth's capability of detecting asteroids are like using a dime and swiping the sky |
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| Omega_M |
some deep thoughts getting expressed here. :rolleyes:
| quote: | Originally posted by jonnystel
holy ... thats scary if you think about it man.... like we hear about earthquakes and but imagine that thing hit new york or toronto... WOW! |
no !!
| quote: | Originally posted by barbina
it wouldnt be cool at all.
scary is more like it.
eh what the hell .. as long as i live .. and its not some "i am legend" situation alls good |
No it wouldn't be cool at all. Nor scary. It would be deadly. |
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| Zentac_75 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dr. DAS
1 in 75 odds is pretty good considering...
What scares me is this thing is 50 Meters across, moving at 13.5 Kilometers per SECOND and nobody noticed it until it was within 7.5 Million Kilometers of Earth. Had it hit Earth, it would have released energy equal to 3 Million Tonnes of TNT and created a crater 1Km wide - about the same as the crater in Arizona.
Best estimates are that it will miss Mars by only 50 000Km.
SOURCE: CNN
SOURCE: NASA
How cool would this be to watch on the 6 o'clock news?!?! |
Although I don't discredit the story...because I heard it from CNN...I can't help but wonder if those 1 in 75 odds are exagerrated, ala 'killer bees' 'west nile' 'avian flu' 'RED terror alert' etc...
Fearoganda aside....
This IS scary . Are not the odds of an asteroid hitting Earth 1 in a gazillion?!?!...Mars is WAY too close for comfort.
*waiting for an astronomy major to relieve my worries* |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zentac_75
Although I don't discredit the story...because I heard it from CNN...I can't help but wonder if those 1 in 75 odds are exagerrated, ala 'killer bees' 'west nile' 'avian flu' 'RED terror alert' etc...
Fearoganda aside....
This IS scary . Are not the odds of an asteroid hitting Earth 1 in a gazillion?!?!...Mars is WAY too close for comfort.
*waiting for an astronomy major to relieve my worries* |
CNN is all about scaring people.....if the earth is going to get hit its going to get hit and we all go bye bye....just make sure you are playing some good tunes before you kick the bucket....would hate my last track to be California Girls or Boot Scootin Boogie |
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| TheNeonAlien |
| Bruce Willis Will Save The Universe |
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| ÖZmözis |
| quote: | Originally posted by TheNeonAlien
Bruce Willis Will Save The Universe |
naaaaa He Dead...
Jack Bauer is in jail...
Looks like are only chances are to rely on Chuck Norris... |
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| TheNeonAlien |
| quote: | Originally posted by ÖZmözis
naaaaa He Dead...
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snap........WERE DOOMED! |
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| beefy k |
| I prefer an asteroid over an ice age. |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dr. DAS
1 in 75 odds is pretty good considering... |
The odds are much better that it collides with Uranus... |
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