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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:50 PM Original message |
An asteroid the size of a 10-story building flies closely past Earth |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. nice. |
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Robeysays (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. not that big... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Big enough to destroy a large city. n/t |
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Robeysays (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. wouldn't even know it hit them. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yeah, but the odds are kinda slim. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I think hitting the water would be very, very bad too. n/t |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. What kind of tsunami would that make if it hit the ocean? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Umm...none. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Mercy, 44.740 miles is still too close for comfort for a Tunguska-sized object, |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I rather call it a RushBo-sized object instead. {nt} |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. we've had even closer near-misses in the past... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. That has to cause a substantial disruption of the asteroid's orbit |
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Robeysays (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. NO! in |
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theblasmo (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Sorry... |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. wow ! |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. "There is no safety in the Cosmos" - Alan Watts |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. This is the kind of thing I'm glad I don't know about beforehand. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. I heard that it was brought down by a controlled demolition |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. It's inevitable. We're due to be hit by something this big sooner or later |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yeah, he spoke at CPAC this past weekend |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Good one! |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
22. You know, the diameter of Earth is only about 8000 miles |
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