 Asteroid heading our way |
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| Asteroid heading our way |
 Jan 24 2008, 05:04 PM
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But won't hit
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5483161.html QUOTE An asteroid at least 500 feet long will make a rare close pass by Earth next week, but there is no chance of an impact, scientists reported today. That's kinda crazy... within 1.4 times the distance to the moon... I bet it'd be pretty nasty for us if this thing hit the moon. |
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Jan 24 2008, 05:07 PM
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there's some guy from nasa claiming that there's a 50% chance of impact, but all the other nasa scientists are calling him a crazy conspiracy nut
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Jan 24 2008, 05:44 PM
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 GORILLA FLUFFER  Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
this is not the kind of apocalypse i look forward too....
--------------------  QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM)  but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Jan 24 2008, 06:14 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
They mentioned the earth gets hit by these every 37,000 years or so... not sure if this one would be apocolyptic at 500ft wide, but probably pretty bad.
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Jan 24 2008, 06:27 PM
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GORILLA FLUFFER Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Jan 24 2008, 06:14 PM) They mentioned the earth gets hit by these every 37,000 years or so... not sure if this one would be apocolyptic at 500ft wide, but probably pretty bad. how big was the one that hit in arizona? the Meteor Crater they thought was the cause of the ice age? also, supposed to be one that has a 1/75 chance of hitting mars http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/12/21/m...d.ap/index.html -------------------- QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM) but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Jan 24 2008, 07:26 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
yeah. nightmares.
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Jan 24 2008, 09:29 PM
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I was raised on the dairy, BITCH! Group: Members Posts: 3,080 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Cedar Park Member No.: 49 |
QUOTE (FORSAKENR320 @ Jan 24 2008, 05:44 PM) this is not the kind of apocalypse i look forward too.... hardly apocalyptic....but still pretty devastating -------------------- "Ah, y'know it's funny, these people they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good. They wake up the next day and they're on fire."
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Jan 25 2008, 09:33 AM
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 goldmember Group: Members Posts: 192 Joined: 27-February 06 From: dallas Member No.: 94 |
devastating? all of those greenhouse gases would eat away at it during its atmospheric entry and then probably pass through some acid rain around 30,000 ft and would probably break a car window on a Lada in Kazakhstan somewhere.
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Jan 25 2008, 10:37 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Air, yes. Acid rain? You have to be kidding me. It doesn't even take the clear coat off my truck and I live next to the biggest oil/chemical refining industry on the planet. I think you may have been watching too many Al Gore movies.
And a 500ft wide projectile would definitely make it through and do more damage than breaking a car window. It obviously wouldn't be apocolyptic, but would still be pretty nasty. Here's a pretty nifty article talking about sizes and impacts: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/myst...day_040412.html QUOTE An asteroid the size of two football fields, even if stony in nature, is another story. It carves a crater in New Jersey that's 2 miles wide (3.4 kilometers). The resulting earthquake is magnitude 6.4, enough to frighten the pants off New York City emergency planners. A rock this size hits the planet about every 14,000 years.
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Jan 25 2008, 04:12 PM
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GORILLA FLUFFER Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
the weather changes are what would scare me the most, but i didn't see any mention of them.
(refering to the largest one. heh) -------------------- QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM) but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Jan 25 2008, 04:26 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Well in that article, the guy also mentions a smaller one, 66', wouldn't put up any reasonable amount of "ejecta". I doubt this 500' one would put up any climate altering amount either.
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Jan 25 2008, 05:55 PM
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GORILLA FLUFFER Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Jan 25 2008, 04:26 PM) Well in that article, the guy also mentions a smaller one, 66', wouldn't put up any reasonable amount of "ejecta". I doubt this 500' one would put up any climate altering amount either. I SAID "REFERING TO THE LARGEST ONE" but apparently you don't like to read 
-------------------- QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM) but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Jan 28 2008, 12:47 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (FORSAKENR320 @ Jan 25 2008, 05:55 PM) I SAID "REFERING TO THE LARGEST ONE" but apparently you don't like to read apparently you like to add shit to your posts after the fact |
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Jan 28 2008, 12:49 AM
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GORILLA FLUFFER Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
lies! i did no such thing
-------------------- QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM) but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Jan 28 2008, 07:54 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 1,566 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 66 |
YAY! death and destruction! Jake Gylenhaal can come save me finally!!!
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