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Giant Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2014
CNN/Reuters ^
| September 2, 2003
Posted on 09/02/2003 1:11:02 PM PDT by anymouse
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:03:03 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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A giant asteroid is heading for Earth and could hit in 2014, U.S. astronomers have warned British space monitors.
But for those fearing Armageddon, don't be alarmed -- the chances of a catastrophic collision are just one in 909,000.
Asteroid "2003 QQ47" will be closely monitored over the next two months. Its potential strike date is March 21, 2014, but astronomers say that any risk of impact is likely to decrease as further data is gathered.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Technical; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 2014; armageddon; asteroid; goliath; hype; hysteria; space
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To: anymouse
Women and minorities hardest hit!
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:25:00 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: xJones
I believe Dr. Levy (of Shoemaker-Levy) says we will first see the one that gets us when it enters the atmosphere. He bases that on a lifetime of observation.
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:25:32 PM PDT
by
Williams
To: xJones
No "we're" not, Laz. You're going to be our virgin sacrifice.:)oooo. I don't know how ta tellya this.....
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:25:37 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
To: anymouse
The aliens are coming at the end of the Mayan calendar (December 2012) anyway, so that rock can come and do its worst!
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:25:42 PM PDT
by
xrp
time to run up the credit cards
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:26:24 PM PDT
by
KneelBeforeZod
(If God hadn't meant for them to be sheared, he wouldn't have made them sheep.)
To: anymouse
astronomers say that any risk of impact is likely to decrease as further data is gathered.
Huh? Whoever wrote that had a few too many at lunch.
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:26:38 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: anymouse
after the giant rock was first observed in New Mexico So how did they get that "giant rock" up into space from NM?
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:27:04 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(1st Vietnam KIA: ASA Sp/4 James T. Davis)
To: anymouse
I'm setting my Outlook calendar.
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:28:31 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(It's time for Arnold to stop splitting the Republican vote and step aside for the good of the party)
To: Poohbah
I was thinking a series of direct surface impacts, 24-hour intervals.
Hit that thing three or four times, it will shatter and then the last blast will scatter the fragments.
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:28:37 PM PDT
by
hchutch
(The National League needs to adopt the designated hitter rule.)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:28:39 PM PDT
by
Zavien Doombringer
(I seem to be the source of gravity, everything seems to fall on me....)
To: Lazamataz
Giant Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2014
To: anymouse
Sounds like a marketing promotion for an explosive upcoming movie, probably one in which Reuters has a financial interest.
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:30:47 PM PDT
by
OESY
To: anymouse
A giant asteroid is heading for Earth and could hit in 2014
...and monkeys might fly out of my butt.
To: anymouse
It's just a government plot to wipe out the unfunded twelve trillion dollar baby boomer social security liability. But don't worry, we're all gonna be wiped out whether it hits or not. Enjoy it while you can. LOL
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:31:19 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Conservative by nature... Republican by spirit... Patriot by heart... AND... ANTI-Liberal by GOD!)
To: hchutch
I was thinking a series of direct surface impacts, 24-hour intervals.Doesn't change the numbers any.
Asteroids--even itty-bitty ones--are way too damn big for just a few nukes to do anything.
Hit that thing three or four times, it will shatter and then the last blast will scatter the fragments.
Actually, it wouldn't. There's no air to conduct the blast wave, which means that only radiation pressure will move the rocks--and that's not much of your total energy budget.
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:31:23 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.)
To: Jim Robinson
Actually, it's all a neoconservative plot, put into motion by Bush's oil cronies.
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:32:15 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.)
To: Poohbah
Smarty pants.
37
posted on
09/02/2003 1:33:03 PM PDT
by
Williams
To: anymouse
How many of us will be on the ***Free Republic Asteriod Live Thread*** when it impacts earth?
38
posted on
09/02/2003 1:33:25 PM PDT
by
So Cal Rocket
(Free Miguel, Priscilla and Bill!)
To: anymouse
I can see the New York Times headlines now: GIANT ASTEROID DESTROYS EARTH: Women and Minorities Especially Hard Hit
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posted on
09/02/2003 1:34:41 PM PDT
by
OESY
To: anymouse
one in 909,000. Yeah, but people win "1 in 120,526,770 odds" Powerball several times a year.
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