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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77699799 Mexico 09/23/2020 01:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not true Depends on speed. A grain of sand is an ELE if its moving at 200,000 mph That's figurative. In reality, the max potential that can be released is the total energy potential of all matter in an object. No grain of sand would ever get up to even a MOAB absent traveling a fair percentage of the speed of light, and at the speed of light it might release a megaton. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79387790 United States 09/23/2020 01:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My previous calculations of asteroid 2018 VP1 agree with NASA's assessment that there is a non-zero but still very small (less than a 1%) chance that this asteroid will hit earth this November. See my previous thread for details: Quoting: Astromut Thread: This Asteroid Could Hit Earth on November 2nd! This news report claims 2018 VP1 is actually 6 miles wide, instead of about 6 feet wide as indicated by the measurements made back in 2018: Let's see if it's true that it's actually 6 miles wide, and let's see if it's on course for an impact with earth! Asteroid-tards - ACTIVATE |
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User ID: 79408818 Germany 09/23/2020 01:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | IF it should hit earth, please promise not to make a prediction afterwards, it would be somewhat pointless to make a prediction after it hit. If it hits. "Fiery the Angels rose, & as they rose deep thunder roll'd Around their shores: indignant burning with the fires of Orc" - William Blake, America a Prophecy (...also misquoted in Blade Runner by Roy Batty) "Tempus est optimus iudex" - "Time is the best judge" "The very word "'secrecy'" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings." - John F. Kennedy, New York City, April 27, 1961 |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 79386658 United Kingdom 09/23/2020 02:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Been here before you were Astroshill and I have never known you to say there is a comet/asteroid that might hit. Thousands of threads through the years stating an asteroid is coming to which your response has always been “No there isn’t” What about this has peaked your interest and 6ft - 6 miles is hella difference why or how do they determine size? If it’s close enough to match a path that may collide with us in November then this must have been on a watch list. I assume since 2018? 6 miles wide is huge? That would be a world ender or am I far off the mark. My space knowledge is Mainstream NASA documents and you. Thanks Astro. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79386658 United Kingdom 09/23/2020 02:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So Astro, does the size of the asteroid affect it's trajectory? In other words if there were two asteroids, one 6' wide, the other 6 miles wide, is the 6 mile one more likely to strike earth cause it's mass is being pulled more? Quoting: Busterhymen my guy astro is using clickbait to get views. if it was 6 miles wide and there was any chance it would hit earth you would see it all over the news 24x7 from the day they found it. That’s right, they would want to cause mass panic and watch the country burn in the 8 weeks until it’s arrival, Think about it. They would not tell us shit. Even if we can see it they will deny it or spray chemicals to block out our view. TPTB would make sure they were safe and sound way before we get to die. We would know with about five days to go. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 77356218 France 09/23/2020 03:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No because there is no space with floating fairtale rocks. There are no meteorites or asteroids. There are no planets or solid stars. There is a firmament and the earth is flat. OPEN YER FREAKIN EYES MAN! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77843162 While the Firmament is totally legit... [imgur] [link to imgur.com (secure)] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78854264 United Kingdom 09/23/2020 05:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My previous calculations of asteroid 2018 VP1 agree with NASA's assessment that there is a non-zero but still very small (less than a 1%) chance that this asteroid will hit earth this November. ] Quoting: Astromut Neil Degrasse Tyson says it is 'refrigerator sized'. That would be one HELL of a big fridge!!! . Global fridge, as in, global winter |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 73184794 France 09/23/2020 06:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Holy cow! Quoting: Swamprat 79306740 The kindly Dr. Astroshill posted (near) Astro-doom! I am doom-founded. —— I viewed a YT Channel that confirms an Earth impact. Then the next day NASA changed the data. Hmmmm? A 6'-asteroid "impact" is a total non-event. It will break up and never even touch the Earth. |
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(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 09/23/2020 08:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Holy cow! Quoting: Swamprat 79306740 The kindly Dr. Astroshill posted (near) Astro-doom! I am doom-founded. —— I viewed a YT Channel that confirms an Earth impact. Then the next day NASA changed the data. Hmmmm? The data hasn't changed, but if you were using an orbit viewer that uses 2-body methods it will give a different answer depending on the epoch of the elements. In my first video I warned against using orbit viewers like that but most YouTube channels continue to do that anyway. The orbit viewer on the JPL website has a disclaimer right above it that warrants specifically not to use it for planetary encounter circumstances in big bold letters. People continue to ignore the disclaimer anyway. BPEarthwatch is one of the worst offenders, for example. |
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(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 09/23/2020 08:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So Astro, does the size of the asteroid affect it's trajectory? In other words if there were two asteroids, one 6' wide, the other 6 miles wide, is the 6 mile one more likely to strike earth cause it's mass is being pulled more? Quoting: Busterhymen No not really, just like dropping a hammer and a feather on the moon it doesn't matter how much mass it has, it will continue to fall at the same rate. A more dense asteroid will not be affected by non-gravitational forces as much (like solar radiation pressure), but these forces are negligible over short time frames anyway. |
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User ID: 41586635 United States 09/23/2020 10:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Love your thread Astromut. Facts are fun. Thanks for the update. Cheers. The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. Winston Churchill Daily Updates Thread: ASS IS IN THE WRINGER - Rolling Updates from 11/16/20 to present (Page 235) |
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User ID: 41586635 United States 09/23/2020 10:44 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Gawd... I love this meme! The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. Winston Churchill Daily Updates Thread: ASS IS IN THE WRINGER - Rolling Updates from 11/16/20 to present (Page 235) |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78340688 United States 09/23/2020 10:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My previous calculations of asteroid 2018 VP1 agree with NASA's assessment that there is a non-zero but still very small (less than a 1%) chance that this asteroid will hit earth this November. See my previous thread for details: Quoting: Astromut Thread: This Asteroid Could Hit Earth on November 2nd! This news report claims 2018 VP1 is actually 6 miles wide, instead of about 6 feet wide as indicated by the measurements made back in 2018: Let's see if it's true that it's actually 6 miles wide, and let's see if it's on course for an impact with earth! So... DOOM ON? DOOOOM EVERYONE! DOOM ON! This November is the end! |
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