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To: SunkenCiv; rktman; SkyDancer; wastedyears; All

A stripe of red dots shows the "risk corridor" for a hypothetical asteroid strike, part of an
exercise held by planetary defense experts in which they analyze data about a fictional
asteroid this week. Landsat / Copernicus/Google Earth / Dept of State Geographer

63 posted on 04/29/2019 1:36:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder if the government would react differently to a simulated strike if the trajectory would take it toward Tallahassee?


64 posted on 04/29/2019 1:42:52 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: BenLurkin
If this were an actual asteroid impact, the trail of dots would be brown, not red..

66 posted on 04/29/2019 5:46:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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