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- nahsrocketeer75, on 07/14/2008, -0/+22Good-sized? I hate it when LiveScience starts throwing around all that technical mumbo-jumbo.
- wonderchemist, on 07/14/2008, -0/+191. This is a radar image.
2. A picture using the Hubble would have been worse. Hubble's resolution is .043 arc seconds (at 500 nm). For an object 1.4 million miles away, this works out to a resolution of about 1/4 miles. According to the article the parent body is only 0.373 miles wide. Which means the Hubble isn't going give much detail. - inactive, on 07/14/2008, -1/+18Hold on a frakkin minute. We can take deep space crystal clear images with the Hubble, yet the best photo we get of these "objects" is a low-res blurry? Why's that?
- InvisibleInk, on 07/15/2008, -0/+9Apophis will pass the Earth at a distance of less than that of a flight from San Francisco to Sydney in 2036.
- inactive, on 07/14/2008, -0/+8That makes sense, thank you. Couldn't they take a better photo with an Earth-based telescope though?
- phosphite, on 07/15/2008, -0/+7We're doomed! DOOOOMED!
Oh wait, this was yesterday. - 8300dvo, on 07/15/2008, -1/+7july the 14th? 1.4 million??..... coincidence? i think not!!!!!11 its the governemt!!11one
... - darthjure, on 07/15/2008, -1/+6We may not be ready for this, but at least I got a rebate check this year from the government.
- Kisama, on 07/15/2008, -0/+5Call up Bruce Willis, we've got a job to do.
- Laminarcissus, on 07/15/2008, -1/+6And it will offer a selection of delightful wines from Western Australia, and show "Norbert" and "Talladega Nights" during meals.
- GlassAgate, on 07/15/2008, -0/+4Isn't that the one that could hit Earth, and if it does,
wipe out a lot, if not all, life on it? - inactive, on 07/14/2008, -0/+4Stupor size me!
- SuperCujo, on 07/15/2008, -2/+6Nah, the possible sites of impact go from West Africa, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, off the California coast, all the way to Russia.
Australia won't be in any trouble so no great loss really. :) - inactive, on 07/15/2008, -0/+4fap fap fap
- Laminarcissus, on 07/15/2008, -1/+4"That's nearly six times as far from us as the moon"
Funny, I would have chosen to phrase that as "That's *only* six times as far from us as the moon. - GlassAgate, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3So, it would be correct to say "We weren't doomed", right?
- TwwIX, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3*cue Aerosmith
- jgzman, on 07/15/2008, -0/+3Not really. Think about the sizes and distances involved. 1/3 of a mile wide at over six times the distance of the moon. The moon itself is some 2,000 miles in diameter.
At closest approach, possibly the Hubble will be able to get images, but I think not. And unless I missed a trick somewhere, the Hubble is still the best light-telescope readily available. - seobro, on 07/16/2008, -0/+2It's WALL-E and eve.
- mindracer, on 07/15/2008, -1/+3Couldn't he just use the stargate?
- musntSurfatWork, on 07/15/2008, -0/+2Just wait for tomorrow.
- WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Completely homosexual, it's quite clear now. Thanks for pointing it out.
- uberfu, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1OMG! That's ***** close - everybody run for cover_
- uberfu, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1funny how this shot to the front a day after it happened - good timing_
- Laminarcissus, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1If I could actually get that right from memory I would shoot myself.
- spin164, on 07/16/2008, -0/+0*waits for doomsday guys to show up and start claiming the world will end in 2036.
Let's solve this problem by praying! =D
/sarcasm - umbrellainabin, on 07/15/2008, -1/+1space fetus
- WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/15/2008, -2/+1I think you mean Norbit, but who cares
- simg, on 07/15/2008, -3/+1really ?? that sounds too close to be accurately calculated this far ahead ...??
- bincoder, on 07/15/2008, -8/+1gay
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