unlucky friday 13 on 2029

[Richard]

I found this article, seems pretty interesting. There is a small chance doom will come on 2036. :yawn:

"Friday the 13th of April 2029 could be a very unlucky day for planet Earth. At 4:36 am Greenwich Mean Time, a 25-million-ton, 820-ft.-wide asteroid called 99942 Apophis will slice across the orbit of the moon and barrel toward Earth at more than 28,000 mph. The huge pockmarked rock, two-thirds the size of Devils Tower in Wyoming, will pack the energy of 65,000 Hiroshima bombs -- enough to wipe out a small country or kick up an 800-ft. tsunami"

"Maybe. Scientists calculate that if Apophis passes at a distance of exactly 18,893 miles, it will go through a "gravitational keyhole." This small region in space -- only about a half mile wide, or twice the diameter of the asteroid itself -- is where Earth's gravity would perturb Apophis in just the wrong way, causing it to enter an orbit seven-sixths as long as Earth's. In other words, the planet will be squarely in the crosshairs for a potentially catastrophic asteroid impact precisely seven years later, on April 13, 2036"

http://men.msn.com/articlepm.aspx?cp-documentid=1628365&GT1=8991
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis

[Punisher]

very interesting....i bet it will come since everything wrong seems to happen

[wkw427]

Dang we are screwed =\

I hope it hits Antartica. Nothing down there anyway

[Richard]

Well let say 65,000 Hiroshima bombs hit Antartica. Ice melts completly, Ocean lvl goes up in a matter of minutes drowning entire cities killing millions, + Tsunamis every where. Extreme Climate change in 1 or 2 days. 2-3 weeks An Ice age hits us Devasting even more.
So are you sure you want it to hit There?:wink:

Anyways the % of this happing are small, but could happen:bash: :sick:

[Angryminer]

Interestingly the german version of that article links to newer official data (here (http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/a99942.html)) which estimates impact propability as 0.0022% which puts it into Torino Impact Hazard class 0, which means "no hazard". Or in other words: As propable as a random object hitting earth. Now you can put that into relation. How often does a random object hit earth and destroys something? Not that often...

Angryminer

[wkw427]

So are you sure you want it to hit There?

Better then hitting your home, no? And you do not live near the sea, so it should be no worry..

Then let it hit somewhere in South America, or the Hymilayas. If it hits Mount Everest, nothing much will happen. It is too high up.. :)

[catt]

I will no go into scientific details of an impact (unless requested).

I just want to mention one thing: Funny, how so many people panic over a less than probable impact when they are right now, at this very moment doing the best to destroy the "ecosystem earth" as it is through global warming. We don't really need an impact to wipe out mankind. We are much better at that than, really, anything else.

[Richard]

Like I said, % of this happening are small, and if you read the wiki article it says that new research shows that that it is very unlikely.

Like Catt said, we are more likely to destroy ourselfs than from something like this happening. Antarctica is quickly melting away

[catt]

Still, thanks for posting it, I had not read about it before.

[Punisher]

well,i like near the coast so im screwed,i hope it misses us or hits canada,no offense but they dont do much up there

[catt]

well,i like near the coast so im screwed,i hope it misses us or hits canada,no offense but they dont do much up there

No offense, but you obviously neither know very much about meteorites NOR Canada...