Brace yourselves for an Asteroid Flyby... 2029!!

***Valandil*** · 02-08-2005, 02:20 PM

Check out this link:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...akedeyevisible

Last Child of Ungoliant · 02-08-2005, 02:42 PM

that is way cool, and i'll b able to see it with luck

brownjenkins · 02-08-2005, 02:58 PM

very cool! thanks Val

***Tessar*** · 02-08-2005, 06:32 PM

WHOA!

I'm gona go outside and wait till I see it!!!!!!!

***Rían*** · 02-08-2005, 06:43 PM

Cool!

***Jonathan*** · 02-09-2005, 02:27 AM

This will be interesting.

[edit] Hey, the asteroid is going to fly by on April 13th. That's a Friday! Are they sure it won't hit us?

Elemmírë · 02-09-2005, 03:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tessar

WHOA!

I'm gona go outside and wait till I see it!!!!!!!

Starting right now, you mean?

***Earniel*** · 02-09-2005, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan

[edit] Hey, the asteroid is going to fly by on April 13th. That's a Friday! Are they sure it won't hit us?

Especially for little panic-vikings like you they added "It won't hit" in bold in the text.

2029... that's still a loooong way off, god knows where we are by then, or wether there still is an Earth to fly by.

inked · 02-09-2005, 11:25 AM

Well, that extra information is consoling. That'll be some birthday present for my 74 birthday EXACTLY...if I am graced to live that long! Either way I'll be looking...either up or down!

***Tessar*** · 02-10-2005, 01:21 AM

Yea, I mean c'mon I'm gona be what... 41 by the time we get to see it.

Sister Golden Hair is gonna be DEAD by then!!!

JD might live that long--it's a tough one. At the least we can roll him out in his wheel chair

.

Valandil will be dead too

.

This comet is making me so sad

.

Insidious Rex · 02-10-2005, 01:28 AM

nobody lives past 65 in your world?

***Tessar*** · 02-10-2005, 01:33 AM

Hush, you. This is a touching moment.

Last Child of Ungoliant · 02-15-2005, 01:48 PM

this is how AOL covers the news:

Massive Asteroid Careers Towards Earth

Armageddon: Well, not this time, but the giant space rock will miss by a cosmic whisker

A giant asteroid is speeding towards the Earth, space scientists said today.

The massive rock, almost a quarter of a mile wide, was on a one-chance-in-60 collision course with the planet – though most observers now believe the odds to be a fraction of this.

However, the space rock will come so close that it will pass between the Earth and orbiting telecommunications satellites – and, at 22,600 miles, will be the nearest miss in recorded history.

It will also be visible with the naked eye from the UK mainland.

If the asteroid were to hit Earth, the resulting explosion would be the equivalent to a direct strike with 20 hydrogen bombs.

Vast areas of the planet would be transformed into wasteland, or, if it hit the ocean, a giant tsunami would be generated.

Professor Mark Bailey, director of the Armagh Observatory, said: “I think everyone is saying that it is going to miss, though you will be able to see it with a small telescope or even the naked eye.

“It is like being on a train station platform and watching an express train go by three feet away.

“You’re close but it’s not dangerous.”

The asteroid, called MN4, will skim Earth on Friday, April 13 2029.

Insidious Rex · 02-15-2005, 02:38 PM

Man they are really playing it up arent they. I remember when this made news back in December. In just a day or two they came out and said on second thought its not nearly as scary as we thought. That the chances of an impact were next to nothing (originally they had said 60 to 1). Frankly I think it would do us (our species) some good to have our collective pants scared off us by witnessing a white hot rock streaking well under the atmosphere at tens of thousands of miles an hour. Maybe wed actually wake up and realize whats important in life...

Blackheart · 02-15-2005, 02:56 PM

I say we put the ... bugger ... into earth orbit by attaching some pusher drives to it now.

Then we can mine all our metal in space and quit strip mining the planet....

Insidious Rex · 02-15-2005, 03:38 PM

that would be like catching a 747 with a catchers mitt.

Pytt · 02-15-2005, 03:52 PM

I'm going to watch it nevertheless. Somthing like this happens quite rarley. Well, if I'm still alive, off course. If not the sun has melted, or we have blown ourself up!

***Earniel*** · 02-15-2005, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Last Child of Ungoliant

this is how AOL covers the news:

Massive Asteroid Careers Towards Earth

Armageddon: Well, not this time, but the giant space rock will miss by a cosmic whisker

Cue panic and people shouting 'it's the end of the world!'.

Blackheart · 02-15-2005, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Insidious Rex

that would be like catching a 747 with a catchers mitt.

More like a bullet with steel cup.

If you noticed I said start now! You have to have time for deceleration.

***Tessar*** · 02-17-2005, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blackheart

You have to have time for deceleration.

Dude... do you realize how FAST asteroids move? We're not talking a few hundred MPH. Those things are... like... a few hundred HUNDRED mph!!!!

I think. I mean I've never actually tried to catch one and give it a speeding ticket because, hey, they just move too fast!

02-08-2005, 02:20 PM	#1
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02-09-2005, 02:27 AM	#6
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02-09-2005, 11:25 AM	#9
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Well, that extra information is consoling. That'll be some birthday present for my 74 birthday EXACTLY...if I am graced to live that long! Either way I'll be looking...either up or down! __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

02-08-2005, 02:42 PM	#2
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	that is way cool, and i'll b able to see it with luck

02-08-2005, 06:32 PM	#4
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	WHOA! I'm gona go outside and wait till I see it!!!!!!!

02-10-2005, 01:21 AM	#10
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Yea, I mean c'mon I'm gona be what... 41 by the time we get to see it. Sister Golden Hair is gonna be DEAD by then!!! JD might live that long--it's a tough one. At the least we can roll him out in his wheel chair . Valandil will be dead too . This comet is making me so sad .

02-10-2005, 01:28 AM	#11
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	nobody lives past 65 in your world? __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

02-10-2005, 01:33 AM	#12
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Hush, you. This is a touching moment.

02-15-2005, 01:48 PM	#13
Last Child of Ungoliant The Intermittent One Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: here and there Posts: 4,671	this is how AOL covers the news: Massive Asteroid Careers Towards Earth Armageddon: Well, not this time, but the giant space rock will miss by a cosmic whisker A giant asteroid is speeding towards the Earth, space scientists said today. The massive rock, almost a quarter of a mile wide, was on a one-chance-in-60 collision course with the planet – though most observers now believe the odds to be a fraction of this. However, the space rock will come so close that it will pass between the Earth and orbiting telecommunications satellites – and, at 22,600 miles, will be the nearest miss in recorded history. It will also be visible with the naked eye from the UK mainland. If the asteroid were to hit Earth, the resulting explosion would be the equivalent to a direct strike with 20 hydrogen bombs. Vast areas of the planet would be transformed into wasteland, or, if it hit the ocean, a giant tsunami would be generated. Professor Mark Bailey, director of the Armagh Observatory, said: “I think everyone is saying that it is going to miss, though you will be able to see it with a small telescope or even the naked eye. “It is like being on a train station platform and watching an express train go by three feet away. “You’re close but it’s not dangerous.” The asteroid, called MN4, will skim Earth on Friday, April 13 2029.

02-15-2005, 02:38 PM	#14
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	Man they are really playing it up arent they. I remember when this made news back in December. In just a day or two they came out and said on second thought its not nearly as scary as we thought. That the chances of an impact were next to nothing (originally they had said 60 to 1). Frankly I think it would do us (our species) some good to have our collective pants scared off us by witnessing a white hot rock streaking well under the atmosphere at tens of thousands of miles an hour. Maybe wed actually wake up and realize whats important in life... __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

02-15-2005, 02:56 PM	#15
Blackheart Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Darkness Posts: 1,211	I say we put the ... bugger ... into earth orbit by attaching some pusher drives to it now. Then we can mine all our metal in space and quit strip mining the planet.... __________________ I have harnessed the shadows that stride from world to world to sow death and madness... Queer haow a cravin' gits a holt on ye -- As ye love the Almighty, young man, don't tell nobody, but I swar ter Gawd thet picter begun ta make me hungry fer victuals I couldn't raise nor buy -- here, set still, what's ailin' ye? ...

02-15-2005, 03:38 PM	#16
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	that would be like catching a 747 with a catchers mitt. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

02-15-2005, 03:52 PM	#17
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	I'm going to watch it nevertheless. Somthing like this happens quite rarley. Well, if I'm still alive, off course. If not the sun has melted, or we have blown ourself up! __________________ Don't Panic!