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Link Posted: 8/19/2017 5:44:12 PM EDT
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Apohpis (sp?) is much bigger slated to come between our satellites and atmosphere is 2029. Then will supposedly hit earth in 2036. It's gonna be a doozie.
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Not soon enough.
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 5:56:33 PM EDT
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God's firing warning shots across the earth's bow.
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Did you ever read that SciFi story (the title escapes me at the moment) where there are aliens waging war against the Earth by knocking asteroids in the asteroid belt out of their orbit, and sending them on a collision course with the Earth?
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 6:02:27 PM EDT
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Not soon enough.
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Dies iræ, dies illa
Solvet sæclum in favilla,
Teste David cum Sibylla.
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 6:07:18 PM EDT
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Better start putting my books in the septic tank.
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Great book
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 6:10:18 PM EDT
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Per wiki that impact has been ruled out, but theres a slight chance of an impact a few decades later, something like 1 in 150,000.
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Per wiki that impact has been ruled out, but theres a slight chance of an impact a few decades later, something like 1 in 150,000.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/asteroid20130110.html
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 6:10:59 PM EDT
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Y'all comparing the size of past impacts aren't considering the angle of attack or direction up-earth's orbit or down-earth's-orbit they came from. 
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I read somewhere it doesn't matter.  It was also in "Lucifers Hammer"
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 6:17:29 PM EDT
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Luckily, Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck are still alive.

http://screenrant.imgix.net/wp-content/uploads/armageddon.jpg
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Which one is A Flick?  
I hated that commercial with the duck too.  
 
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 6:53:31 PM EDT
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Better start putting my books in the septic tank.




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And watch out for hungry neighbors.
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 7:13:44 PM EDT
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Have the birds started showing up around the mid East yet?  Just curious.  Anybody been to yisreal lately.
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 7:18:06 PM EDT
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WAIT!!!

What happened to the dinosaurs? I thought they were hiding out in Africa!
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Bigfoot built an ark and put two of every dinosaur upon it.  Sadly, it went down in the Bermuda Triangle when a UFO attacked it.

Link Posted: 8/19/2017 7:21:22 PM EDT
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So global warming doesn't matter then.
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 7:35:44 PM EDT
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4.4 Million miles. That's not a graze.

I think I'll sleep soundly.
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In the grand scheme of space, that is very close
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 7:41:57 PM EDT
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So next time around it's course has been altered enough to hit us?
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Pfft, ive lived a good life..what a way to go out.

Besides can you imagine the Vegas odds of "where will it land"
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 7:45:13 PM EDT
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So next time around it's course has been altered enough to hit us?
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We should shoot at them
So next time around it's course has been altered enough to hit us?
Did you not read? It has came closer on its own. Last time it was double the distance it will be this time.
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 7:47:57 PM EDT
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IIRC they estimate that an asteroid the size of a porta-john wiped out the dinosaurs. No telling what a house-sized object would do 
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What is up with people here lately posting just absolutely retarded not even close to being factually true shit
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 8:38:17 PM EDT
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This is what a 50 meter wide meteor can do
http://www.mreclipse.com/Observatory/Crater/full/Crater99-121w.JPG

Meteor Crater in AZ is about 3900 feet across and 560 feet deep.
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At least it hit in the middle of nowhere.
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 8:41:15 PM EDT
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At least it hit in the middle of nowhere.
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Barely missed those buildings though.
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 8:43:06 PM EDT
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October 12th is my birthday and I'll be 65.  This is God's way of screwing me out of Social Security.
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 8:46:23 PM EDT
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Pfft, ive lived a good life..what a way to go out.

Besides can you imagine the Vegas odds of "where will it land"
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I'm gonna hafta dig out my "Sky Lab Target" hard hat for the occasion.
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 8:50:04 PM EDT
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So, if the moon is 250,000 miles away and out geostationary satellites are at 25,000 miles....that means this thing is expected to pass between 250,000 and 25,000 miles of earf. 

I sure hope these guy's mathematics are spot on. 
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 9:10:54 PM EDT
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IIRC they estimate that an asteroid the size of a porta-john wiped out the dinosaurs. No telling what a house-sized object would do 
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Added to my collection of 'info pulled out of rectum'.
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 9:27:14 PM EDT
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So, if the moon is 250,000 miles away and out geostationary satellites are at 25,000 miles....that means this thing is expected to pass between 250,000 and 25,000 miles of earf. 

I sure hope these guy's mathematics are spot on. 
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Looks like 25000 miles or .1 lunar distance.  

Kinda close

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Link Posted: 8/19/2017 9:35:17 PM EDT
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That's not really that big of an object.
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Standing still no, but at 25Km/sec it has some energy behind it.

J-
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 9:40:36 PM EDT
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On my birthday!
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it will be the middle of no where right after it hits.
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 10:26:14 PM EDT
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Barely missed those buildings though.
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At least it hit in the middle of nowhere.
Barely missed those buildings though.
Link Posted: 8/19/2017 10:32:44 PM EDT
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Y'all comparing the size of past impacts aren't considering the angle of attack or direction up-earth's orbit or down-earth's-orbit they came from. 
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Also meteors in the past used out dated technology. Meteor technology has come a long way with the introduction of the FBI penetration standards.
Link Posted: 8/20/2017 9:51:28 AM EDT
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Did you ever read that SciFi story (the title escapes me at the moment) where there are aliens waging war against the Earth by knocking asteroids in the asteroid belt out of their orbit, and sending them on a collision course with the Earth?
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David Weber.  Part of the Dahak series, "The Armageddon Inheritance".
Link Posted: 8/20/2017 10:38:44 AM EDT
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So, if the moon is 250,000 miles away and out geostationary satellites are at 25,000 miles....that means this thing is expected to pass between 250,000 and 25,000 miles of earf. 

I sure hope these guy's mathematics are spot on. 
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Exactly - 250K miles is next door in terms of celestial distances. It will be closer then that...
Link Posted: 8/20/2017 10:41:25 AM EDT
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It's not too late yet

Link Posted: 8/20/2017 10:54:32 AM EDT
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Shoot, we'll be dead long before that.

Sept. 23 is when the happenings.

Prophecy fulfilled
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Shoot, we'll be dead long before that.

Sept. 23 is when the happenings.

On September 23, 2017 a sign forms in the heavens that fits the requirements of Revelation 12. As far as can be determined from computer models, this is the only time this sign will occur in history. Therefore, this would literally be the Great Sign of Revelation that is to appear in heaven. The woman in heaven is Virgo–the Virgin. The sun is the sun “clothing Virgo” and the moon is actually under her feet. The garland of twelve stars are the nine stars of Leo with three wandering stars that have been situated within Leo at this time to make twelve. Those wandering stars are: Mercury, Mars, and Venus. The last element of the sign is that the Virgin must be with child. The planet or star of the Messiah is Jupiter. Jupiter at this time is in the womb of Virgo. Again, no replication of this sign has yet to be found.
Prophecy fulfilled
Crap. Opening day of bow season.

Oh well....I'll watch the end from a ladder stand.
Link Posted: 8/20/2017 11:26:15 AM EDT
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Also meteors in the past used out dated technology. Meteor technology has come a long way with the introduction of the FBI penetration standards.
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Y'all comparing the size of past impacts aren't considering the angle of attack or direction up-earth's orbit or down-earth's-orbit they came from. 
Also meteors in the past used out dated technology. Meteor technology has come a long way with the introduction of the FBI penetration standards.
This.

The meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs used a larger caliber to compensate for its lower speed and relatively primitive design.

A modern ballistic meteor,  made from modern materials and moving at a higher velocity, can be expected to perform similarly.

See Walker Dragoon vs. .357 Magnum.
Link Posted: 8/20/2017 1:26:45 PM EDT
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The old meteors were better because they were high velocity porta johns and low weight and spun real fast so when they hit the earth they would penetrate in one place, tumble around, and then come out some other place and really screw things up.  The new meteors are heavier but not as fast and they just pencil into the earth and make nice neat holes.
Link Posted: 8/20/2017 1:34:53 PM EDT
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There actually is a scale to measure the threat level of asteroid impacts.

The Torino Scale

The highest level ever assessed was a 4, which was later downgraded.

There are currently no known objects with positive Torino Scale scores
Link Posted: 8/20/2017 1:36:36 PM EDT
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This.

The meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs used a larger caliber to compensate for its lower speed and relatively primitive design.

A modern ballistic meteor,  made from modern materials and moving at a higher velocity, can be expected to perform similarly.

See Walker Dragoon vs. .357 Magnum.
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Y'all comparing the size of past impacts aren't considering the angle of attack or direction up-earth's orbit or down-earth's-orbit they came from. 
Also meteors in the past used out dated technology. Meteor technology has come a long way with the introduction of the FBI penetration standards.
This.

The meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs used a larger caliber to compensate for its lower speed and relatively primitive design.

A modern ballistic meteor,  made from modern materials and moving at a higher velocity, can be expected to perform similarly.

See Walker Dragoon vs. .357 Magnum.
Hahaha. I hope NASA has accounted for this without screwing up the SI to metric conversion
Link Posted: 8/20/2017 4:11:32 PM EDT
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So what round for meteor?
Link Posted: 8/20/2017 4:22:37 PM EDT
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So what round for meteor?
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Link Posted: 8/20/2017 5:15:28 PM EDT
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IIRC they estimate that an asteroid the size of a porta-john wiped out the dinosaurs. No telling what a house-sized object would do 
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That one was the size of mount Everest.
Link Posted: 8/20/2017 6:48:03 PM EDT
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Dies iræ, dies illa
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"That day of wrath, that dreadful day....."
Link Posted: 8/21/2017 11:25:25 AM EDT
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I read somewhere it doesn't matter.  It was also in "Lucifers Hammer"
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So, a .50 cal will make the same size hole in armor plate whether it's fired straight on and level...or it's fired from 80* to the side of the armor plate? 

There comes a point that size and direction of a cosmic collision would become a moot point, but I'm guessing short of breaking the planet apart...it would indeed matter. 
Link Posted: 8/21/2017 11:51:43 AM EDT
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That was very much a long shot to begin with and it is not expected to hit earth at any point.
Link Posted: 8/21/2017 12:59:55 PM EDT
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WAIT!!!

What happened to the dinosaurs? I thought they were hiding out in Africa!
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They were, before they all joined Jim Jone's "People's Temple" .....
Link Posted: 8/21/2017 1:01:19 PM EDT
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IIRC they estimate that an asteroid the size of a porta-john wiped out the dinosaurs. No telling what a house-sized object would do 
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Wat?
Link Posted: 8/26/2017 8:39:05 AM EDT
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No.  The crater in Arizona isn't even a mile wide and was made by something 160 feet across.  The crater that wiped out the dinosaurs is 108 to 186 miles across. 
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I have made numerous studies of this topic. I have never read any source that indicates the meteorite was larger than 7 miles in diameter.

Source?
Link Posted: 8/26/2017 9:22:31 AM EDT
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What does planet Earth have on Hillary?
Link Posted: 8/26/2017 9:30:38 AM EDT
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Wish I knew how to surf.
Link Posted: 8/26/2017 9:31:52 AM EDT
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If we survived the eclipse, we can survive this too.
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