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Asteroid will miss Earth in 2019
Newsday ^
| 9/28/02
Posted on 09/28/2002 2:17:26 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Astronomers said they have determined that a newly discovered, 1.2-mile-wide asteroid will miss the Earth in 2019.
Last week, preliminary calculations of the orbital path traveled by asteroid 2002 NT7 suggested the space rock had about a 1-in-250,000 chance of plowing into the Earth on Feb. 1, 2019. Such an impact would cause devastation on a continental scale...
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asteroid
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
I don't doubt the report, and I'm not wearing tin foil, but, can you imagine the affect on the population if they said "Scientists confirm asteroid WILL hit earth on 2019"?
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posted on
09/28/2002 2:31:13 PM PDT
by
Lokibob
To: Lokibob
or even worse "Asteroid will hit earth in 2019 EDT"?
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posted on
09/28/2002 2:33:21 PM PDT
by
Lokibob
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Didn't Al Gore invent the Asteroid?
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posted on
09/28/2002 2:35:10 PM PDT
by
ez2muz
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Red Sox will miss World Series in 2019.
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posted on
09/28/2002 2:36:33 PM PDT
by
metesky
To: Lokibob
The report assumes the big rock won't be influenced by coming near any other big rocks in the next 17 years.
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posted on
09/28/2002 2:39:48 PM PDT
by
aimhigh
To: metesky
Red Sox will miss World Series in 2019 Which is the longer odds? Red Sox or Asteroid?
To: RightWhale
The Sox, of course!
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posted on
09/28/2002 3:06:55 PM PDT
by
metesky
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
can you imagine the affect on the population if they said "Scientists confirm asteroid WILL hit earth on 2019"? Women and minorities will be hurt most, as white man's asteroid to strike the Earth.
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posted on
09/28/2002 3:11:01 PM PDT
by
RJL
To: Dark Wing
Cheerful news
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posted on
09/28/2002 6:42:24 PM PDT
by
Thud
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