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- burtonbe, on 10/12/2007, -4/+60Title is slightly misleading. From the article:
"In 2029," Tyson said, "on Friday the 13th in April, Apophis is a certainty to come closer to Earth than our communications satellites."
Not this year, but in 2029. Now we'll all really have a reason to be afraid of Friday the 13th. - drinkGreen, on 10/12/2007, -2/+41Of course it will affect the West coast. Every disaster movie I've seen affects either East Coast or West coast mainly. But Oklahoma? About regular...maybe some extra rain.
Check it out. Even on Independence Day, when they showed the big map of attacks. Even Aliens look at us and are like "Eh." - vertinox, on 10/12/2007, -2/+412029? Damn I'll be 50 by then. Well... I suppose not putting more money into that 401K paid off after all.
- elpayo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+36Hopefully we'll be able to use a directed rocket or small nuke to nudge it's orbit just enough to hit your house armbar.
- Cl1mh4224rd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28Orbit simulation for anyone who's interested: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=99942
- daeyeth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26"Egyptian god of death and darkness"? What a positive name for an astroid...Are they hoping it hits earth or sumthin?
- bugsy187, on 10/12/2007, -5/+30One thing's for sure. No matter where the meteor hits, armbar will still be an *****.
- idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -4/+27Not contribute? That's like taking out half the problem!
- bugsy187, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18"Apophis, if it hits, will not contribute to global warning," Tyson predicted. "It'll just wipe out the entire West Coast of North America."
- oOLiquidNightOo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17let me know when bruce willis gets worried, till then ..
- olddirtycr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17I think if they called it Pikachu it wouldnt scare as many people into making anti asteriod devices.
- kaje, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15THIS CANNOT BE GOOD:
http://static.flickr.com/57/203423512_2d492b34f2_o.jpg - dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Pfff, it was probably the Egyptians' stupid alien tribe that launched the damn thing at us. A-hole pharaohs.
- bbeahm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11You dont think the projections could be off just a hundred thousand miles by the year 2029? Pinpointing the exact location of an asteroid, to the day, 23 years from now probably isn't foolproof.
- Mihara, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Little more than entertainment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis - dongiaconia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7So why is this scientific breaking news story in an entertainment article? ...seems a rather odd place to find it. I wouldn't consider this fitting with "Daily News Entertainment"
- tarsier, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8if i were suicidal, i'd agree with you
- Setari, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@elpayo
Or we could just use Bruce Willis. - blamanj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5From the article: As of July 2006, the impact probability is estimated at 1 in 40,000.
Better than the odds of winning the CA lottery. - EntropyMan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Silly %2019s . Should be apostrophes. Sorry.
- askewed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Or is it perhaps, the way you were stupidly pimping it. A more subtle approach would have worked much better.
- orangeRam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The closest I could get it to Earth using that orbit simulator was 0.0329AU, which is approximately 3,058,246 miles, or nearly 7.5 times the apogee of the moon. I know this is a crude analysis, but either Tyson is using different data then is programmed into the simulator, or he's just trying to promote the new season of NOVA
- vikingcoder, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Because it's over a year and a half old news.
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news146.html
It's in the entertainment section because it came up in a popular science TV show. - eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5it'll be funny if the white house opposes moving the asteroid because it is the will of God and everybody dies
- natterca, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Screw them - just get Chuck Norris to give it a good roundhouse kick.
- evandler1122, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Since they can predict the exact day it will come more than 22 years from now, they probably did the math to figure out how much it would disinigrate.
- Zero82z, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Apophis is coming..."
Hmm, reminds me of Stargate... - quarsaw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Well I think we should use the time we have to do more studies and really try to be sure that it won't cause ANY global warming. Even a few degrees of warming could be disastrous.
- NerdyNinja, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Don't worry, when Vin Diesel does a pushup, he's not pushing himself up, he's actually pushing the world down. He'll just push us out of the way a little bit. Or Chuck Norris will just look at the astroid and it will reverse its momentum to avoid his roundhouse kick. Not that you can avoid Chuck Norris's roundhouse kick, naturally.
- nobodyshero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@"Apophis, if it hits, will not contribute to global warning," Tyson predicted. "It'll just wipe out the entire West Coast of North America."
...not to mention touching off Yellowstone. Joy. - Satanael, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It seems like the chances of it hitting increase each time it passes... so what about 2043? or 2050?
Sounds like it's bound to hit us sooner or later - WeeklyGeek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Screw Bruce Willis, where is Richard Dean Anderson?!
- Scottamus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"If it hits, the impact would equal the force of 100 nuclear bombs", said Tyson.
Nukes range from a few kilotons to 100 megatons. How is this supposed to be a good gauge of strength? What kind of useless FUD is he spouting. Science for retards. Duhhhh, It gonna be big boom! - Jugalator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Pinpointing the exact location of an asteroid, to the day, 23 years from now probably isn't foolproof."
No, that's why they haven't dismissed the chance entirely. It's currently at a 1:40,000 chance to hit, according to 700 observations, among others very precise ones from Arecibo. - klutzo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6"Apophis, if it hits, will not contribute to global warning," Tyson predicted. "It'll just wipe out the entire West Coast of North America." - Hmm.. I'll have beachfront property.
- glenneroo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2yay incite more fear so the gov can invest more billions in space weapon tech to destroy incoming asteroids (and non-cooperative neighbors)
- afeitarse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Good find! So now we really have to worry about 2036. :-p
- zoziw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Anyone else think the one that will eventually nail us is going to be something we spot at the last minute...or not at all?
- ohnnyj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This doesn't mean that there won't be other asteroids heading our way. In that time a lot of things can happen out there in space to send another object on a collision course with earth. And there may be other asteroids simply not detected yet but traveling at much greater velocities which will hit sooner.
- ChileanGoD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22029 real state add... HOUSE for sale... blablablabla.. Among other things, you will get to see one big shooting star real close.
- hackwrench, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3No, that's put a large container of popcorn in his house and reprogram a laser weapon to aim at it.
- jimfinn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Furthermore, with our exponential advancement of technology on earth PLUS the 23 years we have before it supposedly "wipes out" the west coast, I don't think we will have an issue intercepting 99942 Apophis in one fashion or another.
- Jugalator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2... and the latest impact risk summary (this page is Java free too):
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/a99942.html
It's a 1 on the Torino scale according to latest observations:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/torino_scale.html - LittleGirl12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1But if it landed where you live then you would probably die right after you saw it.
- Konrad9, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Anyone up for Luna Mk. II?
Mine that sucker, I'm sure it's got some really high good looking... ice. - jposh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Maybe Carter can use some iPod earbuds to nudge the asteroid...
- Geers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I just did a whole report on this for a class last semester. It is definitely a serious threat.
- FKnight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The only reason the asteroid hasn't hit us yet is because Jack Bauer is still alive.
- Equtious, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I hope that it hit were I'm living. So I can take god look at it.
- hackwrench, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The Torino scale is annoying in that it combines objects that we know little about with objects that we know are likely to be a threat.
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