Take 5 min. brake and check braking news - TU24 asteroid

[nascar]

http://www.tu24.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=84

By NASA - 50/50% chance to hit earth.

[Johnnybags]

is ground zero for it, I hope so.

[Soccrmastr]

what does this have to do with anything about Ron Paul grassroots....

[nascar]

50% to Hit earth on January 29, 2008

[rooteroa]

is ground zero for it, I hope so.

Wow, what a terrible comment.

[hueylong]

This guy does nothing but trash posts.

[MattMinnesota]

It is NOT 50% chance of hitting, in fact there is almost a 0% chance. The link you supplied doesn't even reflect your statement. It talks about something entirely different.

[nascar]

I now You gays are stooped. have nothing to do with RP.
Read, and check info before posting.

[Redcard]

Uh.. Nasa doesn't have this a 50/50 chance of hitting earth.

In fact, the NEO has removed TU24 from ANY risk of hitting earth.

Not even on the statistics page. Before, when it was on there, it was .000000008% chance.

[Jobarra]

I now You gays are stooped. have nothing to do with RP.
Read, and check info before posting.
Exactly, everyone said it has nothing to do with RP grassroots, which it doesn't. What are you not comprehending?

[asgardshill]

If I wanted to indulge in Chicken Littlesque fantasy about Dogs and Cats Living Together, I would be much more worried about the Yellowstone Supercaldera going boom (http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread18014/pg1) than this little BB shot, which has NO chance of hitting Earth.

[Give me liberty]

But this asteroid could cause and make earthquakes and fires.
hmm

[Redcard]

But this asteroid could cause and make earthquakes and fires.
hmm

It's NOT happening.
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/removed.html

It's not been a risk since 12-14.

[nascar]

Desinformation

[Redcard]

Desinformation

Of course it is.

That's handy, isn't it? I mean, you just claim it's "desinformation" when it's been like this for MONTHS now, when it never raised itself above "1" on the Torino scale, ever, and when you've got "inside information" from your buddy's sister's uncle's best friend's pal who works with someone who knows someone who dated someone who works at Nasa, right?

Of course.

Look, I've watched you damn doomsday cultists do this for the past 30 years, and scientists say "Nah, nothing" for thirty years. They've been right 30 years. You've been wrong 30 years.

[RedLightning]

50% to Hit earth on January 29, 2008

lol, one of my classes starts that day, if we get hit I guess I'll get out of having to go.

[Madcat455]

Go here.... http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

check the second box down, and Click on the Blue (2007 TU24)....

Pretty cool applet on that link that lets you advance days, and it outlines the orbits...

It comes real close on the 29th. Funny thing is that there was one that came closer on Jan 13 (2008 AF3) in the first box.... yet we're still here:rolleyes:

[Redcard]

*grins and nods* Precisely. AF3 was far closer, but the nutbags seem all hardon over TU24 .

They do this every time a new NEO comes out that has a close approach . Most these people don't understand that these "close approaches" are still pretty far out. Heck, most don't understand that the MOON is pretty far out.

Little science experiment to show you how far out the moon is. Take a globe.. (or a baseball). That is the earth.

Now, wrap a piece of string around the equator nine and a half times. Stretch it out. It helps if you have another person. That's how far away from earth the moon is.

Now.. take that same piece of string.. and wrap it around the earth 13 times. That's how close this Asteroid that is 3 cubic meters to 30000 cubic meters is going to come to us.

[Elliott]

http://www.tu24.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=84

By NASA - 50/50% chance to hit earth.

It might be for the best.

[mokkan88]

Actually, it's still a minor risk. They took it off the risk list before they'd ever completed calculations. From what I've just read from other sources, they think it may be within the moon's orbit of earth. The major threat is not an impact, but a massive plasma discharge that would alter the earth's magnetosphere and essentially result in a whole lot of "uh oh..."

"Uh oh" being an increased likelihood of natural disasters, especially earthquakes of great magnitude as well as unusual weather before the meteor reaches the earth. The magnetosphere reaches about 65,000 km from earth.

So it is a threat, just not a threat of direct-impact.

[Redcard]

Actually, it's still a minor risk. They took it off the risk list before they'd ever completed calculations. From what I've just read from other sources, they think it may be within the moon's orbit of earth. The major threat is not an impact, but a massive plasma discharge that would alter the earth's magnetosphere and essentially result in a whole lot of "uh oh..."

"Uh oh" being an increased likelihood of natural disasters, especially earthquakes of great magnitude as well as unusual weather before the meteor reaches the earth. The magnetosphere reaches about 65,000 km from earth.

So it is a threat, just not a threat of direct-impact.

Uh, they've been doing calculations on this from when they first observed it in October of last year through November. It was removed after it was calculated to be not a risk.

That's a problem you have when you have low numbers of calculations.. the orbit paths can get very weird. Once they got enough to specialize the path, they determined it's not close enough to warrant staying on the list.

[Madcat455]

HEY.... It's happening on the FL primaries!!!! Maybe this is a scare tactic devised by Ghouliany to try to get his opponents voters to stay indoors and not vote... and his supporters (who are all in on the secret) will be the only ones voting... Hmmm... Conspiracy.... My tin foil hat will protect me from the Evil rays of the Ghouls TU24 primary weapon. :D:D

[nascar]

http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/goldstone_asteroid_schedule.html

Goldstone Asteroid Schedule

Upcoming Goldstone Observations

Last update: 2008 January 15
http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/goldstone_asteroid_schedule.html

Needs
Needs Physical
Target Astrometry? Observations?
2008 Jan 23 2007 TU24 Yes Yes Scheduled. Extremely strong target. Also scheduled at Arecibo.
2008 Feb (4450) Pan No Yes Also scheduled at Arecibo. Very strong target.
2008 Feb (153591) 2001 SN263 Yes Yes Also scheduled at Arecibo.
2008 Feb 2002 TD66 Yes Yes Also scheduled at Arecibo.
2008 Apr 2005 NB7 Yes Yes Also requested at Arecibo.
2008 Jul (90403) 2003 YE45 No Yes Also requested at Arecibo. Very strong target.
2008 Jul 2005 RC34 Yes Yes Astrometry needed in June-July, 2008. Also requested at Arecibo.
2008 Aug (35107) 1991 VH No Yes BINARY. Also requested at Arecibo.
2008 Sep 2000 DP107 Yes Yes BINARY. Also requested at Arecibo.

[Psych0t]

Aliens stole my tin foil hat to power their space ships!! AHHHHH

[Redcard]

You realize, Nascar, that "Extremely strong target" in astronomy terms has always meant that it'll be easy to view, right?

[nascar]

Very possible, I'm just checking where is going. Just in case.