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Old February 28th 04, 03:47 AM
John Griffin
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Default NASA ALERT - Asteroid 2003 XJ7 to HIT EARTH on 12/10/2021

(Anders Eklöf) wrote:

hermesnines wrote:

Less than two months ago Asteroid 2003 XJ7 was discovered
by NASA, it is the ONLY NEO (Near Earth Orbit) that Nasa
says will hit earth

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/neo_ca?sort=dmin

I suggest you read the footer on that page: It's the only
NEO with a *minimum possible* distance less than Earth's
radius. That is, a hit is not yet ruled out. However, the
most likely ('nominal') miss distance is 30 times the
distance of the moon. Since the orbit is based on only 35
observations, chances are that it will be rrued out pretty
soon. We've seen this happen a number of times by now ...

If you switch to the impact risk page, 2003 XJ7 is not even
in the list.


"Sollog" (nonprophet organism John Ennis) is not equipped to
understand all that stuff. If he did, he'd lie about it.