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- wolfofwar, on 01/24/2008, -0/+29As we speak NASA has put Aerosmith on standby in the event that we may possibly need to alter the asteroids trajectory through use of nuclear munitions.
- plague, on 01/24/2008, -1/+28"For the January 29th encounter, near Earth asteroid 2007 TU24 has no chance of hitting, or affecting, Earth."
How does this correct badastronomy.com? He said the same thing. - disabled4diggin, on 01/24/2008, -1/+17"For a brief time the asteroid will be observable in dark and clear skies with amateur telescopes of 3 inch apertures or larger."
In other words, you won't be able to see it. - EBFoxbat, on 01/24/2008, -1/+11Hubble cannot focus that close. Neither for the asteroid nor your mom. Eventually the asteroid will be far enough away to focus on, however it's of very little visual interest.
- mstump, on 01/24/2008, -0/+9maybe this one will pick us up. i'll be laying in bed with my jumpsuit and sneakers on just in case.
- xlneoMAXlx, on 01/24/2008, -1/+9'YOU'RE'
- mstump, on 01/24/2008, -0/+8Launching Aerosmith into space is always a good idea, asteroid or no asteroid.
- EBFoxbat, on 01/24/2008, -0/+6So he's correcting a video while referencing a badastronomy correction and not correcting the correction? Correct?
- Orion682, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5Wow, that description is completely inaccurate. Jesus, even the video he was referring to in BA said it'd be 1.4 lunar distances away. The only thing he said in BA was that that's not cause for concern. How the hell does this correct anything? Buried for inaccurate description.
- perogi21, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5Tell me when there's an asteroid close to hitting us on the 12th of December 2012 and then I'll start to worry.
- SuperGeekCB, on 01/24/2008, -1/+5Great, you all killed the NASA site. :/
- EBFoxbat, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4And if you happen have a 3"+ telescope, it'll look like a dull star.
- capiCrimm, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3what is *****? Google pulls up nothing
- lewscroo, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3I think its a correction to an earlier bad astronomy update where he was critical of a video trying to scare people about how close it was coming, and not a correction to his correction
- supermanred, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3Roger, roger.
- lucutus, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3I will.
- HBNDonut, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3Riiiiiiiiiight....
- noahhoward, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3No, it's too close for Hubble.
- vroom101, on 01/24/2008, -2/+4Can Hubble S.T. see this asteriod?
- Rethcir, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3I hope it enters our atmosphere and hits Ron Paul and all his fans.
- spacebot, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Tonight I'm gonna party like it's 1999!
- ChewyBass, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3You cannot correct something that was not incorrect to begin with. More FUD from the tin foils.
- HBNDonut, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Toilet water will spin in the opposite direction?
- dvandewalle, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2amazing how an object heading for us seems to get closer every day no?
- canUdi9it, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2I have a 15mw green laser pointer. Will that help?
- inactive, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2clint eastwood or bruce willis better be flying that baby
- mortaneous, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2How many times do the scientists need to remind you that there's no chance of this hitting Earth before you stop acting like chicken little?
- sgtbutterscotch, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1How is it that everyone who wants to reply that first idiot fail miserably?
- nospinhere, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1+?|:
- maitahtmai, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1We're not "Due" for anything what you describe is a Gambler's fallacy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler's_fallacy - RainDrizzleFog, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Wow, the tourette's guy's not dead...
- xeyne, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1...and the world will vote for Harrison Ford to lead the mission :P
- Akraz, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1rofl
- LazyLiberal, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I remember a show on the Science Channel that said ever 300,000 years our solar system passes through a rocky area of the milky Way galaxy and we are over due for a strike. And we are roughly 600,000 year into it.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0 ... - 3leggedHorse, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1buried already on front page.
- plasticjack, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1...one should also note that the asteroid was removed from NASA's list of Current Impact Risks. Ruling out any possibility of a collision for at least 100 years.
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/ - diggdean, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1no, it wouldn't kill all life; living would be uncomfortable for a while.
- orangefly, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1is there enough room for liv....???....
- Sharky35, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1So your "several friends" are successful and you are their loser friend who gets to hang out with them so they can get a tax deduction for charity work?
LOL Maybe your "several friends" think you're and idiot and tell you crap like the above comments so you will demonstrate this stupidity. - diggzaphod, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I don't want to spoil the surpirse but that is the day I am going to have a world changing poop. I have to appologize in advance for shift in the poles, but you know what chili can do. :P
- supermanred, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2Reddit can lick my balls, and so can you dickface.
- diggzaphod, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1do you have any idea how big an AU is? it has been confirmed to pass 1.4 lunar distances away, we are perfectly safe. NASA has better things to do than sit and watch a rock fly by. Now take off the tin foil hat and go clean your room. your mom says dinner is almost ready.
- inactive, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1That's almost close enough for a cop to give it a speeding ticket. Let's keep that tax revenue coming in. :-)
- Mortikhi, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Lets just hope all of them used either standard or metric in their calculations
- dvandewalle, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1how will the polar shifts affect your tin foil hat?
- diggdean, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I'd like to know where TU24 will go after it passes by. SL9 hit Jupiter only after it flew by Jupiter once before.
- norbiu, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Why don't you do us a favor and go blend yourself.
- agarc, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1"2007 TU24 will be the closest currently known approach by a potentially hazardous asteroid of this size or larger until 2027."
So, should we be concerned about the event in 2027? - RevEng, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1It will increase the pull of the Earth's magnetic field, pulling his tin foil hat firmly to the ground and crushing his empty head beneath it.
- diggdean, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1as the data comes in about the 2027 event, then we can find out how close that'll be. But we should also look for other objects we don't yet know.
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