Asteroid Apophis Near Impact, Earth

[DiveCon]

If you make people think they world is ending soon they dont plan for long term improvements.

Someone doesnt want Americans thinking in long term ideas.

Christianity helps them keep people from planning long term.

now we´re coming a bit closer...

And who wants us to stay away from long term planning?

this is utter stupidity
NASA is actually tracking this

 

[psikeyhackr]

Well if the planet is destroyed in 2012 then it won't be here to be hit in 2036.

Of course how big is the possible error in 25 years? The planet is a measly 8,000 miles in diameter. So with an orbital radius of 93,000,000 miles in 25 years the Earth will travel 14,608,393,500 miles. How many miles will that asteroid have traveled by then?

The astronomers may be able to say it will be within 1,000,000 miles of Earth in 25 years but I want to know how they can get it more accurate than that.

psik

 

[Robert_Stephens]

have they run any computer simulations on the probabilities of a deep impact type interdiction actually working vs making things worse?

Forgive me, I do not understand the question. Rephrase please.

Robert

in your link they talked about a possibility of doing a deep impact(the one where they had a probe impact on a comet i few months back) and attempting to change the trajectory of this bolide so it either hits another planet or is destroyed in the asteroid belt

Ok, this is more clear. No, what they do is move the bolide to simply sail out of the solar system, out toward the Oort Cloud, never to be seen again. If it is a Deep Impact event, as they did to comet 176.E, then they obliterate it. Is that better?

Thanks,

Robert

 

[Skull Pilot]

Before we start yelling "The sky is falling" let's see if the rock will hit the keyhole.

Don Yeomans with the truth about close-passing asteroid Apophis | Space | EarthSky

If the object passes through a 600-meter-sized keyhole in 2029 – that is, a location in space that is only 600 meters wide – it will indeed hit the Earth in 2036. But the chances of its actually passing through this 600-meter-sized keyhole in space in 2029 are extremely low.

 

[Robert_Stephens]

Well if the planet is destroyed in 2012 then it won't be here to be hit in 2036.

Of course how big is the possible error in 25 years? The planet is a measly 8,000 miles in diameter. So with an orbital radius of 93,000,000 miles in 25 years the Earth will travel 14,608,393,500 miles. How many miles will that asteroid have traveled by then?

The astronomers may be able to say it will be within 1,000,000 miles of Earth in 25 years but I want to know how they can get it more accurate than that.

psik

There is no planet destruction of us or any other planet in 2012. 2012 is the beginning of the Mayan's 5th pentitute, not an end.

They have it down to one nautical minute i.e.=1 NM is 880 miles.

I do not understand this statement:
So with an orbital radius of 93,000,000 miles in 25 years the Earth will travel 14,608,393,500 miles. How many miles will that asteroid have traveled by then?

Too figure total orbital distance in 25 years is D ƒ Pi (3.1478)x25=N
N=total miles traveled.

The incoming bolide will have long since headed back out to the Oort Cloud of the solar system.

Robert

 

[Robert_Stephens]

The current monied interests.

Keeping us stupid, shortsighted and unprepaired makes it easy for them to control the economy.

This makes no sense. An education placates the sheeple concept, since it invokes critical thought.

Robert

 

[Robert_Stephens]

Good lord how many things are wrong with this post.

The pictures show asteroids with diamters measured in MILES hitting the earth, Apophis is around 900 FEET. While it would suck for people in the region of the impact it is not a planet killer by any stretch of the imagination.

The JPL articles quoted are over 6 years old.

Earth Impact Effects Program

The above link allows you to set up a paramter for the impact of various sized asteriods hiting the earth. As you can see from the scenario I calculated below standing 50 miles away would allow you to survive the event. Catastrophic? Yes, Planet Killing? Hardly.

Calculated Results

Good post. True as well. The ploy here was to get some of the woo woos to espouse. Notice in my piece I did, was a workable scale. The ones Fox is using is so far out there that if something like that hit, it would destroy the Earth. Silly stuff, actually.

Robert

 

[Ropey]

The ploy here was to get some of the woo woos to espouse.

 

[Ropey]

The ploy here was to get some of the woo woos to espouse.

Ploy? Woo Woos?

Hmm...

Bump

 

[DiveCon]

The ploy here was to get some of the woo woos to espouse.

Ploy? Woo Woos?

Hmm...

Bump

nutters, wackos, moronic troofers
lol

 

[konkon]

Let's just hope that some secret organization is working on ways to deal with another Earth collision. Might not happen for at least thousands of years but it is bound to happen and just the sheer panic beforehand will be hard enough to deal with, let alone an inevitable collision.

 

[DiveCon]

Let's just hope that some secret organization is working on ways to deal with another Earth collision. Might not happen for at least thousands of years but it is bound to happen and just the sheer panic beforehand will be hard enough to deal with, let alone an inevitable collision.

i've been told we will all be safe if we just buy more silver

 

[Mad Scientist]

Christianity helps them keep people from planning long term.

Right. That's why it has lasted for 2000 some odd years.

The current monied interests.

Translation: The evil Jews!

Keeping us stupid, shortsighted and unprepaired makes it easy for them to control the economy.

Well it's certainly worked on you hasn't it?

 

[Old Rocks]

An ocean impact of even a small body, such as 900', would create an impressive tsunami. The Barringer Crater was created by a body about the size of a boxcar. The crater created by this body would be much larger.

 

[Dot Com]

This is some serious stuff:
How to Prevent an Asteroid Impact - FoxNews.com

Artist's concept of a catastrophic asteroid impact with the early Earth. An impact with a 500-km-diameter asteroid would effectively sterilize the planet.

Here's an actual pic of it: How to Prevent an Asteroid Impact - FoxNews.com

 

[American Horse]

NASA: "Apophis has been one of those celestial bodies that has captured the public's interest since it was discovered in 2004," said Chesley. "Updated computational techniques and newly available data indicate the probability of an Earth encounter on April 13, 2036, for Apophis has dropped from one-in-45,000 to about four-in-a million."

NASA - NASA Refines Asteroid Apophis' Path Toward Earth

 

[tryposis]

3rd april 2036

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Sure an asteroid is scary, but it's nothing compared to the CO2 emitted by an SUV

 

[Liability]

Sure an asteroid is scary, but it's nothing compared to the CO2 emitted by an SUV

Fuck you CF! How the hell am I ever supposed to be able to close my eyes and sleep at night again knowing that there are still SUVs out there trying to snuff our human life?

 

[daveman]

Sure an asteroid is scary, but it's nothing compared to the CO2 emitted by an SUV

You can't tax asteroids. So they don't matter.

Right, Al Gore?