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Asteroid Apophis Could Still Hit Earth in 2068, New Measurements Suggest
Gizmodo ^ | 27 Oct, 2020 | George Dvorsky

Posted on 10/28/2020 6:09:01 AM PDT by MtnClimber

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To: JimRed; All

Perhaps you could post a topic in the search bar and find an old topic there.


41 posted on 10/28/2020 9:33:22 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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Per Wikipedia: “The object that excavated the crater was a nickel-iron meteorite about 160 feet (50 meters) across.”


42 posted on 10/28/2020 9:34:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: deadrock; All

You will be 41 in 48 years????


43 posted on 10/28/2020 9:35:17 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: JimRed; Verginius Rufus; Jim Robinson; SunkenCiv; All

I decided to test my idea. I entered the word volcano, and after going back 15 or 20 pages arrived at 2002. Actually I had seen a few old dates mixed with newer dates. Like a 2003 article in the 2017 batch. So here is a link I found about what volcano might have caused Exodus. The article’s guess was Santorini. Mine is Etna.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/786902/posts


44 posted on 10/28/2020 9:57:15 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: Campion

Move it to a into earth and mine it.


45 posted on 10/28/2020 9:58:28 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: BiteYourSelf
I meant Earth orbit.🥴
46 posted on 10/28/2020 10:00:44 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: gleeaikin
Three-quarters, and hundreds of feet deep -- the impactor was somewhat in excess of 100 meters in diameter (probably wasn't spherical).

47 posted on 10/28/2020 10:03:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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So 1000 feet (300 merers) versus 160 feet (50 meters). Can anyone do a calculation for how much more volume in the larger object and probable size of the crater?


48 posted on 10/28/2020 10:03:57 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin
Whatever the multiple is, CUBE it (for the 3-d)... for example, 100 meters (and that's middle of the road, I've seen an estimate of 150 meters) is 1/3 of 300 meters, so rough estimate of mass of the latter is 27 times larger.

49 posted on 10/28/2020 10:07:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: MtnClimber

I’m thinking there will be a new heaven and a new earth by then and earth will have a King. The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Maybe it will hit the old earth.


50 posted on 10/28/2020 10:09:38 PM PDT by Cottonpatch
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To: JimRed
Good question! I'd like to go back to 2000-2001 when I was a newbie and read some of my opinions from back then. Have not figured it out yet.

You’ll need to file a FOIA request to make Google and the CIA cough them up. :)

51 posted on 10/29/2020 7:02:10 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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