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On Mar 5, 2:31*pm, bob haller wrote:
http://rt.com/news/paint-asteroid-earth-nasa-767/ Blast it or paint it: Asteroid to threaten Earth in 2013 A dangerous asteroid heading to the Earth was spotted by stargazers three years after it had got onto its current orbit TAGS:Space, SciTech, Thrills&Spills To avert a possible catastrophe – this time set for February 2013 – scientists suggest confronting asteroid 2012 DA14 with either paint or big guns. The stickler is that time has long run out to build a spaceship to carry out the operation. *NASA's data shows the 60-meter asteroid, spotted by Spanish stargazers in February, will whistle by Earth in 11 months. Its trajectory will bring it within a hair’s breadth of our planet, raising fears of a possible collision. The asteroid, known as DA14, will pass by our planet in February 2013 at a distance of under 27,000 km (16,700 miles). This is closer than the geosynchronous orbit of some satellites. There is a possibility the asteroid will collide with Earth, but further calculation is required to estimate the potential threat and work out how to avert possible disaster, NASA expert Dr. David Dunham told students at Moscow’s University of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM). “The Earth’s gravitational field will alter the asteroid’s path significantly. Further scrupulous calculation is required to estimate the threat of collision,” said Dr. Dunham, as transcribed by Russia’s Izvestia. “The asteroid may break into dozens of small pieces, or several large lumps may split from it and burn up in the atmosphere. The type of the asteroid and its mineral structure can be determined by spectral analysis. This will help predict its behavior in the atmosphere and what should be done to prevent the potential threat,” said Dr. Dunham. In the event of a collision, scientists have calculated that the energy released would equate to the destructive power of a thermo- nuclear bomb. In response to the threat, scientists have come up with some ingenious methods to avert a potential disaster. *Fireworks and watercolors With the asteroid zooming that low, it will be too late to do anything with it besides trying to predict its final destination and the consequences of impact. ================================================== ======================= imagine its to cross geo sync orbit, it could make the clarke belt unusable. wierdly it was first spotted in february but as far as i know this was the first coverage by the media |
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It will NOT hit us in 2013, and in 2020 probably not either:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...-us-next-year/ |
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On Mar 5, 1:13*pm, jacob navia wrote:
It will NOT hit us in 2013, and in 2020 probably not either: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...04/no-asteroid... But if it did hit, that might be a game changer for the various national space programs. |
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"bob haller" wrote in message
... imagine its to cross geo sync orbit, it could make the clarke belt unusable. Seriously what are you smoking? Even a worse case scenario, it hit a satellite crossing inbound and outbound it would do no such thing. How do you sleep at night with such paranoia.? wierdly it was first spotted in february but as far as i know this was the first coverage by the media -- Greg D. Moore http://greenmountainsoftware.wordpress.com/ CEO QuiCR: Quick, Crowdsourced Responses. http://www.quicr.net |
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On Mar 5, 1:36*pm, Bbo Hallr wrote:
The asteroid, known as DA14, will pass by our planet in February 2013 at a distance of under 27,000 km (16,700 miles). This is closer than the geosynchronous orbit of some satellites. ....Golly gee-whiz jeepers and gosh! It won't matter because the world's supposed to end (again) on December 12, 2012. We'll all be gone and - except for trolls and nutjobs like Bbo, Guthie and the rest of their ilk - joined the Choir Invisible for two months already by the time the damn thing hits! [shakes head in utter dismay] OM |
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On Mar 6, 2:31*pm, "Greg \(Strider\) Moore"
wrote: How do you sleep at night with such paranoia.? ....Greg, ol' buddy, you may have hit the nail on the head there. He doesn't sleep. It's all paranoia induced by chronic sleep deprivation. Nothing 100mg of Zolpidem forcibly administered before he's allowed to touch a computer wouldn't cure. Oh sure, it'll put him out like a light, but if it does so before he has a chance to post, that's just one troll less to deal with... OM |
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, B0b Mosley wrote: On Mar 5, 1:36*pm, Bbo Hallr wrote: The asteroid, known as DA14, will pass by our planet in February 2013 at a distance of under 27,000 km (16,700 miles). This is closer than the geosynchronous orbit of some satellites. ...Golly gee-whiz jeepers and gosh! It won't matter because the world's supposed to end (again) on December 12, 2012. We'll all be gone and - except for trolls and nutjobs like Bbo, Guthie and the rest of their ilk - joined the Choir Invisible for two months already by the time the damn thing hits! [shakes head in utter dismay] OM That altitude would place its perigee closer than ALL geosynchronous satellites (about 23000 miles). |
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