"Asteroid Apophis Could Still Hit Earth in 2068," Topic
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| Tango01 | 27 Oct 2020 9:39 p.m. PST |
New Measurements Suggest "Only a small handful of objects are known to pose a serious threat to Earth, and the gigantic asteroid Apophis is one of them. Scientists are now re-evaluating its potential to strike our planet in 48 years, owing to improved observations of the problematic asteroid. Observations made earlier this year from the Subaru Telescope in Hawai'i are providing astronomers with a better sense of how the Yarkovsky effect is influencing the orbital path of asteroid 99942 Apophis. This effect is like a built-in propulsion system for asteroids, in which trace amounts of leaking radiation can alter an object's momentum in space, causing it to drift ever-so-slightly from the path otherwise chosen by gravity…"
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| Brian Smaller | 27 Oct 2020 11:00 p.m. PST |
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 Tacitus  | 28 Oct 2020 1:06 a.m. PST |
2068 sounds like forever from now, like a made up far in the future sci-fi date. It's closer to us than the first Moon landing… |
 etotheipi  | 28 Oct 2020 5:33 a.m. PST |
I will only be 98, so, … sounds like a problem for future me. |
| Raynman | 28 Oct 2020 6:22 a.m. PST |
I'll be 113, my daughter will be 87, and my grandson will be 52. that stinks! |
| whitejamest | 28 Oct 2020 8:28 a.m. PST |
We're going to need to start working on a technique for cryogenically preserving Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck now. It could take a couple years to work out the kinks. |
 Legion 4  | 28 Oct 2020 9:19 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 28 Oct 2020 11:45 a.m. PST |
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| von Schwartz | 28 Oct 2020 11:50 a.m. PST |
Sorry but I have an issue with ANYTHING that was found using a Subaru! |
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worries about not losing his rules stuff.
