Every time that Apophis' orbit is recalculated, the probability of a strike on Easter Sunday, April 13, 2036 drops lower. In this February it was a 1 in 4 million probability In 2008, it was a one in 40,000 probability. With probabilities like that, a bet that it will NOT impact will likely be a winner. Your information is outdated by three years.
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Well, since you're talking about 99942 Apophis you should update your information as it is no a giant asteroid. In fact it's fairly tiny; only 270 m (886ft) long. That's not very big & certainly no "Giant" esp. when compared to the 2.5km (1.5mile) 2003 YT1 that's passing by today (05-05-2011).
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Well, ..., if you're speaking of asteroid 2003 YT1 then you should know that it's not headed towards earth but simply passing by Earth. It's closest point will be over 25 Million kilometers (>15.5 million miles) away which is a very safe distance. See the article below for a write up.
BTW, 1218 Near Earth Objects (NEA) and Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHA's) are tracked by NASA and they are announced daily by NASA on www.spaceweather.com. So, IMHO, it's important to inform the public of upcoming NEA's and PHA's yeah if one were to really strike there's nothing we could do about it any way but I, for one, prefer knowing than not knowing. So I support efforts by NASA to inform the public. whether or not we can do anything about it or not.
BTW, 1218 Near Earth Objects (NEA) and Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHA's) are tracked by NASA and they are announced daily by NASA on www.spaceweather.com. So, IMHO, it's important to inform the public of upcoming NEA's and PHA's yeah if one were to really strike there's nothing we could do about it any way but I, for one, prefer knowing than not knowing. So I support efforts by NASA to inform the public. whether or not we can do anything about it or not.
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By "just miss" are you talking about the one whose distance is predicted to be 85% of the way to the moon?
If it's several times as far as the farthest satellites, I don't call that "just missing".
If it's several times as far as the farthest satellites, I don't call that "just missing".
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Well the Earth is really tiny so i doubt it will hit us. even though the worst meteorite was the one that killed the dinosaurs and that happened a LONG time ago so theres a tiny chance that we will get hit.
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We know enough about the laws of physics to make gambling on such an absurdly predictable event a non-gamble.
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What's the point of betting it will?
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I get it...
Like betting you'll be dead by 100
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asking this question
Like betting you'll be dead by 100
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asking this question
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Oh god I hope so, I've had enough.