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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:42 AM Original message |
It's called Apophis. It's 390m wide. And it could hit Earth in 31 years |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. I want to know exactly when. I will skip doing my laundry that week. eom |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I will probably go to the local pub and watch the TV coverage |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. Don't they find these things all the time |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 01:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Yes. But those re-calculations usually occur. . . |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. So far... ;-) |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. They don't so much re-do their math |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. hmm |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. Oops |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. And after it near misses, but goes hurtling between the moon and Earth, |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 11:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Ariel! Ookla! RIDE!!!! n/t |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Close but not quite. |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. Awesome. I'll probably be dead. |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I may still be alive by then, but... |
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Emperor_Norton_II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Dude, it's 390m |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 06:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. effects of 390m dense stone meteorite impact: |
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Emperor_Norton_II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 07:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I think you read the quake effect wrong |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 05:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. you're correct; i misread |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. And if it hits the ocean... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 05:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. the simulation doesn't take tsunami into account |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-05 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. Estimated chance of collision: 1 in 5,500 |
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whyverne (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:04 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. So the odds are better than: |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. Silly |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 05:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Dammit, I wanted to make the SG-1 Joke! n/t |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I saved you |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 08:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I also considered making the connection to SG-1, |
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