[Primus]

..Can you picture them saying that it does and we all are going to do die!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=96&e=1&u=/space/20050207/sc_space/closestflybyoflargeasteroidtobenakedeyevisible

[Janos]

I am praying for an error in calculations

"No worries guys it won't hit us oh shi

[Primus]

Maybe it hits the moon instead...

[Taristin]

Bah! They're prepping for 2029 already?

[Fineus]

They must be quite confident in their predictions if it's really going to come that close...especially so many years away (on the human scale).

[Genryu]

"Hey ! What's this big light approaching ?"

[Jetmech Jr.]

Originally posted by Janos
I am praying for an error in calculations

"No worries guys it won't hit us oh shi

At most it would cause some major regional damage. Nothing global.

Assuming it even hit.

[castor]

"The asteroid is roughly estimated to be a little more than 1,000 feet (320 meters) wide."

Regional damage, huh? Well, I don't want it anywhere close my backyard thats for sure

[Rictor]

Luckily, repeated viewings of Deep Impact have me well prepared for just such an event. The plan, as far as I'm concerned, is to stand defiantly on a slight hill and taunt the tidal wave until the moment I am swept away horifically to my doom.

[Ford Prefect]

Luckily, repeated viewings of Deep Impact have me well prepared for just such an event. The plan, as far as I'm concerned, is to stand defiantly on a slight hill and taunt the tidal wave until the moment I am swept away horifically to my doom.

I, too, was inspired by Deep Impact, but my plan was to find a hot girl and use the end of the world as an excuse to screw her.

[Swamp_Thing]

If it hits water, the asian tsunami will look like baby ripples in a pool.

[kode]

stop screwing around with the forum time, admins.

and lucky me already lives in europe... ah, well, remind me in 24 years or so.

[Genryu]

*looks at Rictor and Ford' posts*
*search for a Rocky Horror Picture Show fan at Gamespy*

[Jetmech Jr.]

Originally posted by castor
"The asteroid is roughly estimated to be a little more than 1,000 feet (320 meters) wide."

Regional damage, huh? Well, I don't want it anywhere close my backyard thats for sure

A 1-mile diameter rock would be something to worry about (10 mile wide crater, for one, IIRC).

This one is less than 1/5 that size. Near coastal areas, yeah, there'd probably be some major flooding and/or massive tsunamis (possibly worldwide, but I highly doubt it), but in deep ocean, probably minor effects. Over land, damage would be a bit more extensive, but nothing truly catastrophic, and nothing permament, AFAIK.

[Jeryko]

http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/



Can have some fun with this...

[Jetmech Jr.]

Where's the info required?

[Jeryko]

You'll have to infer some of it, or do a little research on the roiud itself to be able to plug in all of the information.

EDIT:  http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2004mn4.html

[Andreas]

Originally posted by Jetmech Jr.


A 1-mile diameter rock would be something to worry about (10 mile wide crater, for one, IIRC).

A 320 meter rock would be something to worry about, should it hit Earth (take Tunguska for an example). What if it would hit a densely populated area?

And Jeryko, kick-ass site

[Jetmech Jr.]

Well, this is a very rough estimate using that site. I'm not entirely sure what some of those mean, but:

The Earth is not strongly disturbed by the impact and loses negligible mass.
The impact does not make a noticeable change in the Earth's rotation period or the tilt of its axis.
The impact does not shift the Earth's orbit noticeably.

...with a 3-4 mile wide Crater. Assuming it's composed of dense rock.

[Andreas]

It certainly won't annihilate the planet, and it would propably break up a little in the athmosphere on entry, but as I said, the casualties as well as the enviromental damage dealt could be severe should it "drop down" in any populated area.