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Big new asteroid has slim chance of hitting Earth
New Scientist ^
| 2 May 2006
| David Chandler
Posted on 05/02/2006 10:34:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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05/02/2006 10:35:02 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: 75thOVI; AndrewC; Avoiding_Sulla; BenLurkin; Berosus; CGVet58; chilepepper; ckilmer; Eastbound; ...
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05/02/2006 10:37:06 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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05/02/2006 10:37:45 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Hello Civ,
Please put me on your list Thanks. :)
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05/02/2006 10:40:18 PM PDT
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demlosers
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05/02/2006 10:46:41 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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Will do, email to follow.
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05/02/2006 10:47:49 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Nobody panic!!! I got it covered. But, ya'll are on you own with that UFO.. I can never get that little bugger.
To: SunkenCiv
"But the odds of impact currently stand at just one in six million,"
That is not comforting, someone sooner or later always wins the lotto with much higher odds.
To: SunkenCiv
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05/02/2006 11:23:48 PM PDT
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sully777
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To: SunkenCiv
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05/02/2006 11:27:54 PM PDT
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sully777
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To: SunkenCiv
Please add me to your ping list for this sort of topic.
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05/02/2006 11:50:37 PM PDT
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Quix
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To: SunkenCiv
Big new asteroid has slim chance of hitting Earth NEW? When was it made? Who made it? This is huge... oh, they already said it was "Big"... The is series... Oh, they already named an asteroid that...
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05/03/2006 1:07:39 AM PDT
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Swordmaker
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To: SunkenCiv
But the odds of impact currently stand at just one in six million, reducing the fear factor somewhat, and these odds should further diminish change with additional observations.
There i fixed the bias in the report.
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05/03/2006 2:03:14 AM PDT
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Steve Van Doorn
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To: txroadkill
To: Steve Van Doorn
"But the odds of impact currently stand at just one in six million, reducing the fear factor somewhat, and these odds should further diminish change with additional observations"....and substantial research support for my observations.!!!!
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05/03/2006 3:56:38 AM PDT
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mo
To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv; kstewskis; Victoria Delsoul
The headline almost sounds disappointing...almost... ; )
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05/03/2006 6:44:14 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: sully777
RE: Your pic.
From a Jeff Foxworthy skit..."Look how close it came to the highway".
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05/03/2006 6:45:04 AM PDT
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Deguello
To: Steve Van Doorn; mo
:'D Further observation probably will further diminish the odds, and reduce the number of projected encounters. One of the factors in figuring the odds of impact is the number of encounters. Of course, something one half mile in diameter would make a great big (new) serious hole... and encounters with the Earth have small changes in the object's trajectory, changes which are less predictable than the orbit without the encounters. :'o
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05/03/2006 6:49:02 AM PDT
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