Giant asteroid possibly on collision course with Earth

[COSMO]

The end?


       If astronomers are right, all life on this planet could be extinguished in less than 30 years from now. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have detected a large object the size of Manhattan possibly on a collision course with Earth. Using their Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), the 10-mile wide object was found approximately 51 million miles from Earth. Scientists believe that during a close encounter with Mars, the asteroid was nudged slightly off its usual orbit and may currently be on a high speed collision course with our fragile planet.

          The asteroid is calculated to have a potentially lethal encounter with the Earth on March 35, 2041. Astronomers have placed the odds of an impact at 1 in 2.04, which is by far the most unprecedented risk ever faced to humanity, let alone from asteroids. Such an impact could potentially end civilization as we know it.







10 miles wide.  Can anything be done?  That's 27 years to do something.

Cosmo

[ArMaP]

10 miles wide.  Can anything be done?  That's 27 years to do something.

27 years or more, as March 35 may not yet exist 27 years from now.

[The Seeker]

I was wondering about that; March 35th?  Who changed the calender? Damn, I been missing out on four days in March...


seeker

[Fruitbat]

At last.
A chance for the military to do something useful and beneficial, AND get to drop the biggest bomb(s) ever...

I'm off to find some young people to share some shadenfreude... :c)

FB.

[The Seeker]

Now this is weird; I just tried to search on Yahoo for asteriod info and no matter what I tried it came back that the server closed the connection-WTF? Wouldn't even let me open Google...

thoughts?


seeker

[COSMO]

I thought that 35 was probably a typo and meant 3-5, but on "another forum" they are saying it is a hoax.   I will not be around in 27 years, but do hope it is a hoax. 

Cosmo

[ArMaP]

Now this is weird; I just tried to search on Yahoo for asteriod info and no matter what I tried it came back that the server closed the connection-WTF? Wouldn't even let me open Google...

thoughts?

I have noticed some problems with some sites in the last two weeks.

[ArMaP]

I thought that 35 was probably a typo and meant 3-5, but on "another forum" they are saying it is a hoax.   I will not be around in 27 years, but do hope it is a hoax.

It's probably a hoax.

If you look at the "article" (not really an article, as it's on one of those media-related sites where any member can post any thing, real or not) you will see that there aren't any names, either for the asteroid (all have names) or for the astronomers or scientists that the article talks about, and I don't think anyone would give such high odds of impact for something that is supposed to happen 27 years from now, as any other "nudge" from a planet or other asteroid could change it's orbit.

[The Seeker]

cosmo, if i make it 27 more years i will be 83, so, who knows?

@armap, i agree, no name or any intel on this rock at all...

makes me think of carol rosin and von brauns' list of false flags...


seeker

[The Seeker]

I have noticed some problems with some sites in the last two weeks.

Ok I just fired up the backup laptop and did a search on Yahoo and it loaded; tried again on this machine and same error message, server closed the connection; considering I use an aircard from sprint and both machines are connected to it via wifi this really makes me wonder...


seeker

eta:switched machines and running a full system scan on the toshiba...perhaps that will help...

[sky otter]

well it does say not vetted by cnn

but i have new criteria for judging if this stuff is going to happen or not

if nasa says it will happen you can figure it won't
any one else i'll give a 50 - 50 shot at true..


but by the date mentioned i won't care either way   

[COSMO]

CNN Removes Story About Giant Asteroid Colliding With Earth

A recent CNN report stating that a "giant asteroid" capable of destroying all life on Earth after a collision in 30 years has been taken down from the network's website after NASA informed the outlet the story was "false."

Before the post was removed it went viral with more than 200,000 views and said "the asteroid is calculated to have a potentially lethal encounter with the earth on March 35, 2041."

In the story's place is an official statement from CNN retracting the report.

"NASA has confirmed via email that this story is false," the statement said. "A spokewoman for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory says that the largest object detected by NEOWISE [Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer] measures 3 km in diameter and poses no risk to Earth. The iReport has been removed."


Well, that is good news!  lol

But what if that story was true?  What could be done about it? 

10 miles wide.  Would atomic weapons be sufficient to neutralize it? 

Cosmo

[rdunk]

CNN Removes Story About Giant Asteroid Colliding With Earth

A recent CNN report stating that a "giant asteroid" capable of destroying all life on Earth after a collision in 30 years has been taken down from the network's website after NASA informed the outlet the story was "false."

Before the post was removed it went viral with more than 200,000 views and said "the asteroid is calculated to have a potentially lethal encounter with the earth on March 35, 2041."

In the story's place is an official statement from CNN retracting the report.

"NASA has confirmed via email that this story is false," the statement said. "A spokewoman for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory says that the largest object detected by NEOWISE [Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer] measures 3 km in diameter and poses no risk to Earth. The iReport has been removed."


Well, that is good news!  lol

But what if that story was true?  What could be done about it? 

10 miles wide.  Would atomic weapons be sufficient to neutralize it? 

Cosmo

I wonder it trying to destroy it is actually the best way to deal with such?? The article said "10 miles wide", so if we assume 10 miles high and 10 miles deep, that would yield us 1000 cubic miles asteroid - or however large, just to emphasize that the volume size is the "critical mass" to be dealt with. Breaking such a thing up into some number of pieces could still result in many smaller but still dangerous "asteroids".

Could some level of charge/force be applied to an asteroid that would move it directionally enough to take it out of Earth's harms way, without splitting it to pieces. If we can just "figger out" how to effectively create gravitational forces, and apply them, we could use such to simply push an asteroid into another direction! But then, I suppose a "tractor beam" could do the trick too!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/01/27/scientists-build-a-working-tractor-beam/

[COSMO]

Even better than a tractor beam!



A Podkletnov gravity gun with an impulse that travels at 64c...   

Cosmo

[WarToad]

It's probably a hoax.

It is.

CNN PRODUCER NOTE NASA has confirmed via email that this story is false. A spokewoman for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory says that the largest object detected by NEOWISE measures 3 km in diameter and poses no risk to Earth. The iReport has been removed.
- davidw, CNN iReport producer

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