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Will Mercury Hit Earth Someday?
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| April 24, 2008
| Ken Croswell
Posted on 05/01/2008 7:39:20 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
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Mercury as seen by Messenger on January 14, 2008, from about 17,000 miles away. Might this inner-solar-system body someday destroy all life on Earth? Perhaps
Personally, I blame Henri Poincaré. Typical French trouble maker. Off to bed. See you in the morning.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I guess someone has to say it... Bush’s Fault!
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posted on
05/01/2008 7:43:41 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
That tears it! I’m outta here!
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posted on
05/01/2008 7:44:24 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Nobody panic....this guy will make another movie and save us all
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posted on
05/01/2008 7:45:01 PM PDT
by
txroadkill
(Liberals believe that the only oppressed people in Cuba are the terrorist in GitMo)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Will Mercury Hit Earth Someday?With my luck...
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posted on
05/01/2008 7:46:14 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(Could pacifists exist if there weren't people brave enough to go to war for their right to exist?)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Mercury will suffer generally one of four fates: it crashes into the Sun, gets ejected from the solar system, it crashes into Venus, or — worst of all — crashes into Earth Mercury's fate is not Hermetically sealed...
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posted on
05/01/2008 7:46:18 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Space BUMP)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Will Mercury Hit Earth Someday? Mercury to Earth:
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posted on
05/01/2008 7:47:21 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(Che is Gay)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
What difference does it make? WE’re all gonna be dead from global warming way before that happens.
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posted on
05/01/2008 7:49:06 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Good news is if you change the type of car you drive, buy new toxic lightbulbs, and forgo any further use of toilet paper, the world AS WE KNOW IT can remain Mercury-impact free IN OUR LIFETIME!!!
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posted on
05/01/2008 7:49:17 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Vote Obama 2008 for a bitter America.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Says Laughlin, "The solar system isn't as stable as we'd thought." Both teams have found that Jupiter's gravity can increase Mercury's orbital eccentricity over time. Mercury's path around the Sun is already nearly as elliptical as Pluto's. But Jupiter can make Mercury's orbit so out of round that it overlaps the path of Venus. A close encounter between them could send the innermost planet careening off wildly. If AlGore is to be proclaimed our true God, can we all be saved from this cataclysmic event if we worship him enough?
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05/01/2008 7:51:04 PM PDT
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EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: mamelukesabre
Where is the ACLU to tell Mercury that Earth is a sovereign planet???
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posted on
05/01/2008 7:51:35 PM PDT
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weegee
(Vote Obama 2008 for a bitter America.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Will this event cause global warming or cooling?
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posted on
05/01/2008 7:51:48 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(If you don't want people to get your goat, don't tell them where it's tied.)
To: EGPWS
Why not go for “first strike” AGAINST Mercury?
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posted on
05/01/2008 7:52:29 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Vote Obama 2008 for a bitter America.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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05/01/2008 7:52:57 PM PDT
by
50cal Smokepole
(El Conservo Tribal Name: Fishes with Dynamite)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
It couldn’t happen soon enough!
Just lean into it folks!!
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posted on
05/01/2008 7:53:14 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
To: Inyo-Mono
Warming followed by cooling. Look for good opportunities to enjoy your weekend...
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05/01/2008 7:53:14 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Vote Obama 2008 for a bitter America.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
This all is a moot point, because Ted Turner said we’d all be gone because we turned to cannibalism by 2050. /sarc
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posted on
05/01/2008 7:54:28 PM PDT
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NordP
((Rev Wright ) - Hey, Obama... Looks like YOUR "turrr-key" has come hoooome to ROOOOST!)
To: weegee
Interesting. Using mercury lightbulbs will ward off the planet mercury?
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05/01/2008 7:54:30 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
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05/01/2008 7:54:32 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: weegee
Why not go for “first strike” AGAINST Mercury?I never thought of that.
I guess I'm just too passive by nature. ~snort
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posted on
05/01/2008 7:54:49 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
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