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Whew! Huge Asteroid Apophis Won't Hit Earth in 2036
SPACE.com ^
| 10 January 2013 Time: 04:40 PM ET
| Tariq Malik, Managing Editor
Posted on 01/11/2013 5:35:34 PM PST by BenLurkin
The Earth is safe from the giant asteroid Apophis when it flies extremely close to our planet in 2029, then returns for seconds in 2036, NASA scientists announced today (Jan. 10). The chances of an impact in 2036 are less than one in a million, they added.
Asteroid Apophis which is the size of three and a half football fields was discovered in June 2004 and gained infamy after a preliminary study suggested it had a 2.7 percent chance of hitting the Earth during its 2029 flyby. Subsequent observations ruled out an impact in 2029, but astronomers were closely studying Apophis return in 2036.
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"The impact odds as they stand now are less than one in a million, which makes us comfortable saying we can effectively rule out an Earth impact in 2036, Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office, said in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
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Too bad.
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posted on
01/11/2013 5:35:42 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
No worries, all the UNIX systems will crap out in 2032 and that will cause everything to crash and make Y2K look like the Mayan New Year....
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posted on
01/11/2013 5:37:37 PM PST
by
GraceG
To: BenLurkin
thats a relief as i had dinner plans that day.
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posted on
01/11/2013 5:38:00 PM PST
by
RitchieAprile
(the obstreperous gentleman..)
To: BenLurkin
lotteries have odds of winning that are even greater than 1 in a million BUT somebody always wins the lottery!
That was hardly the sort of prediction to make us comfortable.
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posted on
01/11/2013 5:40:28 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: muawiyah
lotteries have odds of winning that are even greater than 1 in a million BUT somebody always wins the lottery!
Millions of people play those lotteries which run till one of them wins.
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posted on
01/11/2013 5:44:46 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: BenLurkin
Creepy little imp.
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posted on
01/11/2013 5:45:26 PM PST
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: BenLurkin
Unfortunately, Assturd Obamis hit the scene in 2008 and returned for an encore in 2012...
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posted on
01/11/2013 5:49:41 PM PST
by
mikrofon
(Kneel before The One!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/11/2013 5:51:30 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
01/11/2013 5:52:48 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
01/11/2013 5:55:38 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: mikrofon
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posted on
01/11/2013 5:57:19 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: P.O.E.
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:00:11 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: BenLurkin
Me think someone will not have to blow himself or herself up. Well at least they have one in a million chance of not having to blow himself or herself up. Would have been a great job for a jihadist islamist. Can we send the next potential jihadist islamist bomber out on a mission in space and tell them they will be a hero? Did not zer0 say to NASA, be uplifting to arabs? Here's the chance.
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:01:50 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
To: BenLurkin
Now President-for-Life Obama can delete from his teleprompter the remarks he was scheduled to deliver blaming the impact on George W. Bush.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:22:51 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: BenLurkin
With NASA all but shut down, these “NASA scientists” are the best in the industry, right?
Sorry, but this conclusion ranks somewhere under the believability of Al Gore and his AGW predictions .
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posted on
01/11/2013 6:44:27 PM PST
by
wrench
To: BenLurkin
It’s not gonna happen, but “[t]he impact odds as they stand now are less than one in a million.”
Oh ok, but it’s still possible. Contradictory buffoon.
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posted on
01/11/2013 8:50:04 PM PST
by
SgtHooper
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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