Probability of Being Hit By a Meteorite

one more thing: http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/1194web/comet.html

On Feb 8, 10:55 pm, wrote:
I really have on idea how you got 1 in a billion ... you have to
realize that such a hit with kill everyone on earth (with a expection
of those hidden in secret places built by goverments around the
world) ...


There aint no places where they can escape without having payed
tribute.


anyways, although it might seem weird, the probability of being killed
by a meteor is actually higher than that of dying in a plane crash.
Now, of course, many more deaths are documented to have resulted from
a plane crash than from meteor impacts, however, you have to realize
that while a single plane crash results in a death of one or two
hundreds of people, a meteors with a diamiar of a few of 10s of meters
impacting the earth in the 'right place' can viritually kill
millions ... hence the probability of a person being killed by a
meteor is so high ...

Acer



soon Those figures will go up... when the machine guns from heaven
shall open fire on all those who will have not payed to Sally... Now
already warning shot are give... Roof... Bathroom... Sofa... catle...
tractors... etc... That are only Warnings shot you all fail to see.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Met...709595850.html

ofcourse when it falls on jews house... they sell the doom cometh from
heaven with dollars... fools those who buy, there will be enough
asteroid rocks for everybody soon... wait and see... never buy doom
from heaven it can only bring more Wrath....



On Feb 3, 2:14 am, Saul Levy wrote:

There's a serious error in your thinking, steve. The probability is
one in a billion, not one every 3 months. Next time think of reality
when you make such a statement.

Saul Levy

On 17 Jan 2007 17:30:54 -0800, wrote:
If we are talking about the probability of being killed by a meteorite
or its effects , I think that it could be much higher.
A big meteorite could kill everyone on Earth similar to the effect on
the dinosaurs. If such a meteorite hit happens every billion years and
the population of earth is something around 5 billion people , I think
that means the odds are 5 people per year, or the chance per person is
once every 3 months.

I thought that was VERY clear: "If such a meteorite hit happens every
BILLION years...", then the possibility of such a hit during ANY YEAR
is 1 in a billion! Right? It has nothing to do with the number of
people on Earth. The number of people killed per year is meaningless.

I know probability can be very difficult, but you really need to take
a course in it.

Saul Levy


On 8 Feb 2007 13:55:03 -0800, wrote:

I really have on idea how you got 1 in a billion ... you have to
realize that such a hit with kill everyone on earth (with a expection
of those hidden in secret places built by goverments around the
world) ...

anyways, although it might seem weird, the probability of being killed
by a meteor is actually higher than that of dying in a plane crash.
Now, of course, many more deaths are documented to have resulted from
a plane crash than from meteor impacts, however, you have to realize
that while a single plane crash results in a death of one or two
hundreds of people, a meteors with a diamiar of a few of 10s of meters
impacting the earth in the 'right place' can viritually kill
millions ... hence the probability of a person being killed by a
meteor is so high ...

Acer


On Feb 3, 2:14 am, Saul Levy wrote:
There's a serious error in your thinking, steve. The probability is
one in a billion, not one every 3 months. Next time think of reality
when you make such a statement.

Saul Levy

On 17 Jan 2007 17:30:54 -0800, wrote:
If we are talking about the probability of being killed by a meteorite
or its effects , I think that it could be much higher.
A big meteorite could kill everyone on Earth similar to the effect on
the dinosaurs. If such a meteorite hit happens every billion years and
the population of earth is something around 5 billion people , I think
that means the odds are 5 people per year, or the chance per person is
once every 3 months.

So steve's original probability was a bit too LOW for less than the
LARGEST OBJECTS. Not at all surprising. Jupiter is a BIG planet
which sucks many things into itself. It always has!

Saul Levy


On 8 Feb 2007 13:57:54 -0800, wrote:

one more thing: http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/1194web/comet.html