Asteroid 2003 QQ47's Potential Earth Impact in 2014 Ruled Out

Hi David,
You know how I know when to panic about an inpact.. When the
astronomers start quiting their jobs, taking flights to Tahiti, and
maxing out the credit cards. Then I will worry. : )

Sonya

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The funny part is when I ran this one in their simulator it looked more like
it would hit mars than the earth.

Hmmm, I wonder if anyone takes the trouble to look for likely
impactors for Mars, or even Venus. If one did happen it might do a
lot to wake people (i.e. governments) up to the dangers of an Earth
impact.

It would certainly show the effects of an impact in a very close up
and spectacular way - much more relevant than the Shoemaker-Levy 9
collision with Jupiter.

DP