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- daRoach, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Of course the astronomers would say there is no danger of impact, while hoarding supplies for themselves in their underground bunkers.
- Florian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Visible if you know exactly where to look with at least a 6" telescope. Here is a good page with info and finder charts...
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/asteroids/article_1751_1.asp - tonyspencer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They're not sure the Bruce Willis approach will work, but there are plans to test it:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3700754.stm
But it's the closest it will come for 500 years, so the danger is more from one of the other 795 known near objects, or others we haven't discovered yet... - tonyspencer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually astronomers prefer to be high up, not underground, so that they are above man made pollution, both smog and light pollution...
- karamba_kid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Scientists plan to use a giant radar beacon at the Goldstone Observatory in the Mojave Desert to bounce signals off the asteroid as it flies by. The return signal should help scientists determine the asteroid's shape and its future course through space."
I don't think this asteroid is something that we should bother pissing off - mattrmcg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Where's Bruce Willis when you need em?
- LittleGirl12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think if they say we shouldn't worry about it making impact then we shouldn't.
- daemonix, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1Nothing to see here, move along....
- shrewduser, on 10/12/2007, -9/+1those greedy self serving bastards! they don't want to inlfate canned food pricing so they can buy it all on the cheap and make a huge profit after the apocolypse!!!
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