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Puck
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 Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:31 pm Asteroid Earth impact in 2029 ruled out |
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Asteroid Earth impact in 2029 ruled out
PASADENA, California (AP) -- Additional observations have ruled out the chance that a recently discovered asteroid, believed to be about 1,300 feet long, could hit Earth in 2029, NASA scientists said.
Last week, asteroid 2004 MN4 had been given a small chance of impacting Earth, based on observations in June and again this month. Astronomers then began independent efforts to find earlier observations of the asteroid.
The Spacewatch Observatory near Tucson, Ariz., found faint pictures of the asteroid in archival images dating to March 15, the Near Earth Object Program Office, located at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said in a statement on its Web site this week.
The pictures from March allowed scientists to refine the asteroid's projected trajectory, and "an Earth impact on 13 April 2029 can now be ruled out," the program office said.
Scientists also ruled out an impact with the moon.
Spacewatch is associated with the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Observatory.
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Republican_Man
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| Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:55 pm |
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Well this is good news.
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Ziona
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| Thu Dec 30, 2004 12:14 am |
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Yea really... what a relief... we won't be smashed to smitherines.
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Defiant
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| Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:11 am |
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DAMN! I was looking forward to that.
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IntrepidIsMe
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| Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:07 am |
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I didn't even know it was supposed to happen...
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Defiant
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| Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:41 am |
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IS YOUR HOUSE TSUNAMI PROOF?
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lionhead
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| Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:10 am |
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How big was this tihng?
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Five - seveN
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| Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:16 am |
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| Quote: | | Additional observations have ruled out the chance that a recently discovered asteroid, believed to be about 1,300 feet long, could hit Earth in 2029, NASA scientists said. |
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Hitchhiker
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| Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:53 am |
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Drat, I had the whole end of the world party thing all planned . . . nice little bunker . . . 
Well, I guess it's back to waiting for the Vogons.
::gets out his towel::
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lionhead
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| Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:48 am |
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| Five - seveN wrote: | | Quote: | | Additional observations have ruled out the chance that a recently discovered asteroid, believed to be about 1,300 feet long, could hit Earth in 2029, NASA scientists said. |
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heh, right. sorry. But how long is that in meters?
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Hitchhiker
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| Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:50 am |
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About 396.24 metres.
Even a small asteroid, however, can have a devestating effect, depending on where it hits, how much dust it throws up into the atmosphere, et cetera.
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lionhead
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| Fri Dec 31, 2004 12:42 pm |
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396.24 meters is not small. Thats huge, if it would hit water nobody at the coast is safe, its pointless too run from it once i has hit. once it hits the bottom it will blow away water and boil the water, killing all the Plants and animals in the ocean it hits. Then a small wave would hit land first, then the beaches and rifes will flush dry like all the water dissapears. After a couple of minutes a huge wave will take the place of the dry beaches and crush into the land so hard and fast the tidle waves that hit asia on December 26th will get scared of it. And it could get much worse: If it hits land the blast would probably shake the entire planets surface. Lets be glad it will not hit.
Hm, i like tlaking about the end of the world i guess   
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LightningBoy
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When we get hit, we probably won't know it...
...and we probably won't get hit.
Don't Worry. 
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