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This is close !
1 posted on 03/17/2004 10:39:22 PM PST by Orlando
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To: Orlando; All; Admin Moderator
No worries. According to Sky and Telescope, it's only 20 meters across, so it isn't exactly a dinosaur killer. :)
105 posted on 03/18/2004 6:55:21 AM PST by Constantine XIII
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To: Orlando
what happens i it hits a geostationary satelite. will the trajectory change? will we all die? how 'bout just "J" effin Kerry.
110 posted on 03/18/2004 7:22:08 AM PST by bored at work
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
"I got a rock."

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

111 posted on 03/18/2004 7:34:15 AM PST by mhking (Terrorists are vulnerable to silver bullets....and any other bullets.)
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To: Orlando
Check out this web site for information on defending the planet against killer asteroids: http://www.homeplanetdefense.org/

Marti Schwab, of Home Planet Defense Institute, will speak on this topic at the Engineers Club in Dayton, Ohio on April 22nd, 7 PM. Free and open to the public. Anyone in the area is welcome.

121 posted on 03/18/2004 8:31:05 AM PST by JoeFromSidney (My book's due out soon. Read excerpts at http://www.thejusticecooperative.com)
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To: Orlando
WOW!! Where's my camera and my vocation agent when I need them?...

If I had a chance I would go and look at it with the pair of binoculars :) Lucky you people, who will be able to see it! It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to see something like this pass so close :)
135 posted on 03/18/2004 9:33:19 AM PST by Little_Fish_In_Big_Pond
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To: Orlando
WOW!! Where's my camera and my vocation agent when I need them?...

If I had a chance I would go and look at it with the pair of binoculars :) Lucky you people, who will be able to see it! It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to see something like this pass so close :)
137 posted on 03/18/2004 9:33:43 AM PST by Little_Fish_In_Big_Pond
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To: Orlando
If it lands in the desert, the muslims will probably start praying to it. (Mecca II?)
151 posted on 03/18/2004 10:41:56 AM PST by bk1000 (error 404- failed to get tag line)
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To: Orlando
Newly-discovered asteroid 2004

how "newly" is that?

153 posted on 03/18/2004 10:44:48 AM PST by Terriergal ("arise...kill...eat." Acts 10:13)
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To: Orlando
This asteroid is going to pass as close to earth as Kerry is to the Presidency. You'll need binoculars.
154 posted on 03/18/2004 10:45:15 AM PST by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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ping! Get your telescopes warmed up... ;-)
155 posted on 03/18/2004 10:46:20 AM PST by Terriergal ("arise...kill...eat." Acts 10:13)
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To: Orlando
Here is another way to look at this.
The average velocity of the earth in orbit is 18.5 miles per second.
If the miss is 26500 miles then we miss by about 24 minutes.

Cheers
cd ..

156 posted on 03/18/2004 10:53:48 AM PST by cd .. (Sometimes you have to do what is right, even if it isn't.)
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To: Orlando
God to Earth: "Let's just call this one a GIMMEE"
158 posted on 03/18/2004 11:07:28 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: Orlando
26,500 miles!!!

That's so close it's not even remotely humorous.

173 posted on 03/18/2004 1:29:06 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,Ooooooo.....I think I over-medicated,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø)
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To: Orlando
It missed us, but I can't believe it missed Hillary's ass.

186 posted on 03/18/2004 2:26:14 PM PST by Argh
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