The Truth About Apophis

Based Underground ^ | November 25, 2024 | Michael Snyder

[Nervous Tick]

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(This li'l meme was also from the SMOD craze days...)

[wildcard_redneck]

About 24,000 miles. Any perturbance by another body could nudge it Earth's way or widen the miss. We live in interesting times. The meteor is less than a 1000 feed in diameter so it cannot cause a mass extinction event. It is more like a random hydrogen bomb falling from the sky.

I think they should nudge Apophie to hit the Moon so we can study the impact, maybe mine the debris and worry no more about it.

As for the size and mass of Apophis, there's no real ambiguity about it. The object is estimated to be about 885 feet across (a hair smaller than the Eiffel Tower) and has a mass of 2.1 x 10 to the tenth power kg, according to Universe Today. If those figures are meaningless to you, here's a real-world example of what it all means: The asteroid that created Arizona's Meteor Crater (seen above) is believed to have exploded with the force between three and 10 megatons of energy. Should Apophis strike, it would likely deliver the equivalent of 880 megatons of energy. By comparison, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima only released about 0.15 megatons of energy, according to Britannica.

According to Universe Today, wherever the asteroid hits (assuming it hits land), it's going to flatten thousands of square miles of land. If it hits a major city, like London, it's going to level the area, killing millions of people in the process.

If you think all of that sounds a bit hyperbolic, consider what happened to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In both cases, a nuclear bomb delivering a fraction of the energy Apophis would likely release exploded over the cities, and about 200,000 people died as a result (according to Newsweek). Apophis would deliver significantly more magnitude of energy than either of the Hiroshima or Nagasaki weapons.

Fortunately, the odds of it hitting a populated area are small. In fact, the odds of it hitting land are small, considering that oceans cover about 75% of the Earth's surface. So statistically speaking, it's most likely that Apophis would land in the ocean.

Read More: https://www.grunge.com/611337/heres-what-would-happen-if-apophis-hit-earth/

[Red Badger]

The ‘Three-Body Problem’ is not solvable with current computer technology, but they are close.................

[China Clipper]

If it breaks up into smaller pieces it wouldn’t be as bad.

Lucifer's Hammer

Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelli.

Read it!! BEST (fictional) example of what would happen if it DID hit. And it isn't a pretty thing either.

[Red Badger]

I read it in 1978!.....................

[Red Badger]

I still want a movie made from it!...............

[SunkenCiv]

1100 feet across... estimating based on rough sphericity and assuming equivalent composition, that's a tad under 1% of the mass of a 1-mile wide impactor.

A one-miler would release more energy on impact than this world's combined nuclear arsenals set off simultaneously.

By contrast, Apophis, depending on where it struck of course, would probably end civilization, and over a period of a few weeks over 99% of the human population would die.

Other than that, I don't see what the big deal is. Thanks Red Badger.

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[TheThirdRuffian]

As a former red leg (artillery), I guarantee you my unit did more damage 43.2 kilos at a time that all the bombs dropped by the USA air force.

Same principle applies.

[SunkenCiv]

• 'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis could still hit Earth in 2029, study hints -- but we won't know for 3 more years [09/12/2024]
• Zero chance of potential city-killer asteroid 'Apophis' smashing into Earth in 2029, new study confirms [03/08/2024]
• NASA launches spacecraft to intercept asteroid known as "God of Chaos" as it passes uncomfortably close to Earth [12/27/2023]
• NASA and HAARP conclude asteroid experiment [01/01/2023]
• Planetary Defense Exercise Uses Apophis as Hazardous Asteroid Stand-In [06/01/2022]
• Apophis: What you should know about the asteroid skimming by Earth in 2029 [10/12/2021]
• Scientists prepare for their last good look at asteroid Apophis before 2029 flyby [02/12/2021]
• Asteroid Apophis Could Still Hit Earth in 2068, New Measurements Suggest [10/28/2020]
• This asteroid has a 1 in 40 chance of hitting earth in 2029, it could also hit in 2036. [03/14/2020]
• Large asteroid will sweep by earth in 2029, almost colliding [02/09/2020]
• Despite Elon Musk's...tweet about an asteroid hitting Earth, NASA says there is no known threat [08/20/2019]
• On International Asteroid Day, here's what to know about the threat to Earth [06/30/2019]
• God of Chaos Asteroid Apophis is Headed for Earth -- and NASA is Excited [04/30/2019]
• Impact of asteroid that will approach Earth in 2029 'CANNOT be ruled out' [but pretty much no] [07/06/2018]
• Asteroid that could've obliterated NYC skimmed past Earth -- and NASA didn't notice [12/08/2017]
• Russian scientists plan to upgrade their nuclear missiles so they can shoot down meteorites... [02/14/2016]
• Asteroid Apophis Just Got Supersized [02/09/2014]
• Apophis asteroid: Large space rock flies past Earth [01/09/2013]
• Using a solar sail to deflect an earth-destroying asteroid [08/17/2011]
• Fact following fiction? Scientists plan mission to blow up an asteroid 'hurtling towards Earth' [08/17/2011]
• Doomsday Determined? Asteroid Apophis Could Strike Earth in 2036 [02/10/2011]
• Will Apophis Hit Earth in 2036? NASA Rejects Russian Report [02/07/2011]
• Cosmo-nuts vs. the asteroid: The Russians are planning a space mission to save Earth [01/04/2010]
• Nasa 'short of money to watch asteroids heading to Earth' [08/12/2009]
• Incoming Asteroid Under Close Watch (in 2029) [04/13/2009]
• Scientists tasked with finding, deflecting 'killer asteroid' [12/18/2008]
• Killer asteroid predictions 'off by millions of miles' [07/15/2008]
• German schoolboy, 13, corrects NASA's asteroid figures: paper [04/16/2008]
• German schoolboy, 13, corrects NASA's asteroid figures: paper [04/15/2008]
• Asteroid Threat Demands Response, Experts Warn [02/17/2007]
• Astronaut Seeks Craft to Bump Asteroids [01/23/2007]
• The Asteroid Threat is Out There [01/10/2007]
• Risk Of Asteroid Smashing Into Earth Reduced (Apophis) [05/22/2006]
• Action urged to deal with asteroid likely to hit Earth (Please read and respond to my comment) [12/09/2005]
• Apophis and Us (NY Times Editorial staff forgets to take Trazodone) [08/03/2005]
• Asteroid With Chance of Hitting Earth in 2029 Now Being Watched 'Very Carefully' (1 in 43 odds) [12/26/2004]
• Scientist: Asteroid May Hit Earth in 2029 [12/23/2004]

[Flag_This]

"Apophis will miss the Earth. Apophis will miss the Earth. Apophis will miss the Earth"

I feel quite confident that they would never tell us the truth if they knew otherwise.

[ConservativeMind]

Good book, and I have owned it for decades.

[RandallFlagg]

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

We're All gonna die Ping!.................

Yes, yes. We are all going to die. But probably not from asteroid.

My money is on solar flare.

[Zuriel]

There will still be a large population present when Jesus Christ comes to the battle of Armageddon. He won’t be ruling for 1,000 years over an empty planet.

But it will be in pretty bad shape when he comes.

[xp38]

In 2029 I’ll be 72. If it hits earth I might die or I might survive. Either way I don’t have any control over this. I could die today or make it to 100. A lot of factors are beyond my control but I am trying to stay as healthy as possible for whatever is coming down the road. I’m thankful for the 67 years the Lord has granted me so far and of course the rest of my life is in his hands as well along with Apophis which is part of his creation.

[alexander_busek]

By comparison, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima only released about 0.15 0.015 megatons of energy, according to Britannica.

= 15 kilotons.

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

In 2029 I’ll be 72. If it hits earth I might die or I might survive. Either way I don’t have any control over this. I could die today or make it to 100. A lot of factors are beyond my control but I am trying to stay as healthy as possible for whatever is coming down the road. I’m thankful for the 67 years the Lord has granted me so far and of course the rest of my life is in his hands as well along with Apophis which is part of his creation.

That's right: Make this all about you!

Regards,

[PIF]

Apophis is a small asteroid. Not even a medium which would be over 1 mile in dia. Huge would be an asteroid several miles in dia.

[Sirius Lee]

My money is on solar flare.

Makes one wonder about the real reasons for those ancient underground cities.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Personally I have always thought they were for that.

We do not like living underground unless we have to. Which is why the underground houses never took off. Along with mold. That is another reason.

And solar flares would explain the end of the ice age. That was a LOT of ice that melted over a relatively short time. The BTUs necessary would have been enormous.

But I am just someone who spends too much time reading. Not even close to an expert.