Posted on 01/08/2013 8:20:42 AM PST by blam
ART CASHIN: Forget The Debt Ceiling — Traders Are Buzzing About The Gigantic Asteroid Barreling Towards Earth
Sam Ro
Jan. 8, 2013, 8:46 AM
With no major economic, earnings, or political news, yesterday turned into one of the most boring trading days in a very long time.
According to UBS's Art Cashin, this gave the New York Stock Exchange floor traders time to chat about various things.
One of those things: the gigantic asteroid heading toward earth.
From this morning's Cashin's Comments:
And You Thought The Debt Ceiling Was All You Had To Worry About – Trading was slow enough yesterday that traders had more than the usual allotment of time for chitchat. Quickly exhausting sports, politics and the rest of the usual roster, thinking and thoughts turned skyward.
They talked of the weekend news reports that an asteroid would be passing very, very near earth. How close was the key? Apparently, in mid-February, asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass within 21,000 miles of earth.
To put that in some perspective, the moon is 240,000 miles away and several GPS satellites orbit at 26,000 miles. So, the asteroid will come within orbits of satellites. No need to worry though, NASA assures us that their calculations show that it will not strike the earth. We're from the government and we're here to help you.
Let's hope NASA double-checked their math.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
That's this year... 2013
2014 and 2015 will both see two blood moons each year, exactly on Jewish high sabbath feast days!
About 1/4 the energy of Barringer. Still a city-killer, if not “most of a county” killer.
Unlike a nuke most of that 2 MT is kinetic.
I am refraining from praying that God should allow this meteor to be disastrously added to the Kabaa meteor collection in Mecca.
Maybe the Myan’s were a few days off?
Do we have a more reliable source?
Ummm.... I wonder if Nasa’s calculations include the impact of earth’s gravity on the asteroid’s path?
“It’s the NASA who doesn’t understand what happens to space shuttles that have cracked o-rings and broken heat-shield tiles. B@st@rds.”
I have littel confidence in the “new NASA”, you know the one that is diverse and multicultural. Back in the day when it was 99.9% white guys we could go to the moon and back with minimal computer support. These days 50% of the landers they send to Mars crash or burn up in the atmosphere due to math errors. Isn’t diversity grand?
Hat-tip Imperial College, London.
I think we need to get Congress to immediately fund a new TARP(Take Asteroids on Redirect Path)program.
When in doubt , throw cash.
“There’s always an Arquillian Battle Cruiser, or a Corillian Death Ray, or an intergalactic plague that is about to wipe out all life on this miserable little planet, and the only way these people can get on with their happy lives is that they DO NOT KNOW ABOUT IT! “ - MIB
Panstarrs is less promising, but due in the middle of March. Kinda a warm up.
ISON won’t really get going until November, early December. Could be truly spectacular, when it gets here.
If it impacts in Mecca it might be worth it.
it is not the race but more to “quota-tocracy” vs meritocracy.
who cares about pigment if one person can do the job better than the other.
we have quota queens/kings who have no qualification other than passing through a quota system and being “gifted” a degree just to be a quota with a degree.
I would never hire algore for any climate science.
I would exepect bill clinton to be hired as a batchlor party coordinator.
I would not hire piers morgan to teach an ethics in journalism course.
Go here:
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi#results
take the tutorial.
The object you want is:
Asteroid (2012 DA14)
Your location is 500 (Geocenter)
Time span is =2013-feb-15 19:00 UT, Stop=2013-feb-15 20:00
Table settings: Table Settings [change] : QUANTITIES=20,22
“If you’re referring to Comet Ison, it should become visible in Sept of this year, and may become brighter than a full moon. Way cool.”
Like Comet Kohoutek during NASA’s days of Soviet Outreach?
Or DC.
The NASA that’s full of affirmative action hires.We’re doomed.
No sense in worrying about something I cannot do anything about. Obama will save us.
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