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To: Capt.April
Even if there is a 100ft space rock that close the odds of a hit are pretty big and even if it enters the atmosphere alot of it would burn up and what's left only has a 25% chance of hitting the ground. 25% ? That's a guaranteed hit if it hits atmosphere .... meteorites form up from pieces as small as the size of your fist.

Or do you have calculations to prove your assertion ? Serious question by the way.

46 posted on 03/18/2004 12:16:41 AM PST by Centurion2000 (Resolve to perform what you must; perform without fail that what you resolve.)
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To: Centurion2000
"do you have calculations to prove your assertion ?"

Nope! All guess work. I have no idea how accurate any of these figures are. I do know 75% of the earth is water so the odds are it'd land in the ocean. The odds of it hitting us is 50/50 considering how close it is (approx 50,000miles).

To quote another famous American "what? me worry?"
47 posted on 03/18/2004 12:26:23 AM PST by Capt.April
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To: Centurion2000
Southhak seems to have pretty good info(and seems to know what he's talking about).

How about it southak? think this one will wack us? "busy searching kitchen draws for tin foil"
51 posted on 03/18/2004 12:33:24 AM PST by Capt.April
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