We have 93 years left till the next End of the World

[One-23 Profile]

killer asteroid to hit Earth in 2106 ( If we make it that long )



Less than a month ago NASA announced that the Earth is in fact safe from the infamous asteroid, Apophis, which was expected to collide with our planet in 2036.

It is now reported that the chances of impact are lower than one in a million. Despite that good news, it turns out that any celebrations might be a little premature. Two weeks ago Russian astronomers Andrey Oreshko and Timur Kryachko discovered yet another asteroid, with the catchy name of 2012 YQ1, which will, in all likelihood, crash into Earth, but not until 2106.

With the collision date quite so far ahead it seems that few of us will still be here to witness the apocalyptic event. However, as life expectancy is steadily increasing with the latest developments in medicine and biochemistry, it is quite probable that many of the Y2K generation will live to see the massive asteroid hitting the Earth with their own eyes.

It was yet another all-nighter for two Russian astronomers, Andrey Oreshko and Timur Kryachko, when their red eyes saw a previously unrecorded asteroid revealed by the lens of their remote-controlled telescope 'Elena', located in the Chilean Atacama desert. Having already found more than a dozen previously unknown asteroids, the astronomers were not particularly excited about their latest discovery.

However, their ambivalence quickly gave way to anxiety when the two men studied the size and trajectory of the new-found 2012 YQ1; with a diameter of 230 meters and an orbital period of 1040 days, it soon became clear that the asteroid was highly likely to strike planet Earth.

Read More http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/We_ha ... 6_999.html

[Dagnamski Profile Website]

Shit, I will be banned from here by then

[I2haveseen Profile]

Shit, I will be banned from here by then

lol



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Wasn't/isn't 1950 DA the No1 threat again), now that Aapophis has been removed from the Sentry risk table (bout a month ago I reckon)? Looking for details now

[I2haveseen Profile]

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/removed.html


1950DA has a between 0 and 0.33% of 2880 impact.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2829075%29_1950_DA

[Phoenix rising Profile]

What did the former boss of lockhead Skunkworks say, 'Hell 50 years ago we had the technology to take ET back to the stars'

I suspect in 90 years we'd me able to tow the moon to a mars orbit

[E6722maj Profile]

cool. i'll be 140 so i won't give a shit

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