Gah! Asteroid may hit in 2029

[Fritzo]

Eh, these things never pan out.

 

[Wag]

300:1 odds. Pretty low. I'd hide under the bed right now!

 

[Zysoclaplem]

It's the one we don't expect that will take us out.

 

[nycxandy]

SHOOT IT!

 

[Wag]

By 2029 Bruce Willis will be too old to send up there.

But if he does go I hope he brings machine guns to fight the Asteroid Aliens...

 

[Bootprint]

Could've been an intresting light show from this asteroid.

 

[Eli]

I'm sure we'll calculate and recalculate the data, so if by the year 2028 or so the odds have dropped to 10:1, i'll start worrying.

 

[dman]

Except they forgot to account for (fill in here) and now it's going to hit in 29days, er, hours...

Good thing we have that microwave beam in orbit to slow it down a bit and get earth warmed up again afterwards.

 

[Tylanner]

Originally posted by: dman
Except they forgot to account for ATOT Effect and now it's going to hit in 29days, er, hours...

Good thing we have that microwave beam in orbit to slow it down a bit and get earth warmed up again afterwards.

 

[rh71]

the pulse will hit in 2009, turning us into a third world country overnight. There will be no good reason to live anyway... let it come.

 

[Spacehead]

Object (and name) ... Date of encounter ... Distance (AU)
2001 WN5 ... 2028 June 26 ... 0.001670
1999 AN10 ... 2027 Aug. 7 ... 0.002655
2004 MN4 ... 2029 Apr. 13 ... 0.003259

the mean distance of the moon is 0.0026 AU

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[Analog]

close.

 

[PoPPeR]

oh noes

 

[squirrel dog]

By 2025 we should be able to turn on the earth based Death Ray and roast it into vapor .

 

[Eavan]

Originally posted by: rh71
the pulse will hit in 2009, turning us into a third world country overnight. There will be no good reason to live anyway... let it come.

Pulse??

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

damnit! why do we have to wait so long?

 

[Insane3D]

/perfect response...

OMG!!! OH NO! AIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! NOOOOOO!O!OO!O!!!!

 

[arcas]

Originally posted by: Wag
300:1 odds. Pretty low. I'd hide under the bed right now!

NASA JPL has increased the impact risk to a '4' on the Torino scale (1 in 62.5 chance of impact).

Link

 

[hrothgar22]

Ah hell, let it come. Put us all out of out misery.

On another note, Merry Christmas everyone!!

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Eh, these things never pan out.

Methinks the odds are at odds.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

The odds have been changed now to 45-1.

What will you be doing on friday the 13th 2029

link

 

[OverVolt]

lets hope it hits china to take care of the outsourcing problem.

 

[Bateluer]

Heck, we have 20 years to nuke it anyway. I'd be more worried about the ones we don't see.

 

[LordPhoenix]

Originally posted by: Bateluer
Heck, we have 20 years to nuke it anyway. I'd be more worried about the ones we don't see.

 

[Aves]

The odds have been updated again.

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2004mn4.html


Impact Probability: 1.8e-05

0.001800000% chance of Earth impact

or

1 in 56,000 chance

or

99.99820000% chance the asteroid will miss the Earth