Curse

Polloloco3 · Oct 12, 2005, 07:46 PM // 19:46

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Originally Posted by Naprius

yea? you read one of his earlier post about aliens and ppl living inside the earth? he needs his head examined thats what.

Nope missed that one

Naprius · Oct 12, 2005, 07:48 PM // 19:48

he's a loonie i tell you.

Divinitys Creature · Oct 12, 2005, 07:51 PM // 19:51

Can we blame AOL for this? All those CD's had enough gravity to bring this asteroid dangerously close? LOL

Naprius · Oct 12, 2005, 07:56 PM // 19:56

maybe we can use it to melt the asteroid down by glueing all them cd's together and redirecting sunrays

Polloloco3 · Oct 12, 2005, 08:00 PM // 20:00

Thats just crazy enough it might work! But knowing AOL something is bound to go wrong with no one able to fix it =)

Naprius · Oct 12, 2005, 08:03 PM // 20:03

how about we take the AOL building (do they have one?)
and shoot it at the asteroid

smurfhunter · Oct 12, 2005, 08:03 PM // 20:03

...this is not a serious post...

i had a better idea tho, if you let aol take over the world (temporarily), the asteroid might think twice before hitting us

TheEPIC · Oct 12, 2005, 08:07 PM // 20:07

Smurf, are you saying that the asteroid would take pity on us because AOL would rule the world?

Naprius · Oct 12, 2005, 08:10 PM // 20:10

we could scare it by shooting michael jackson after it

Polloloco3 · Oct 12, 2005, 08:15 PM // 20:15

Unless meteors had a male gender I do not think even Michael could handle it. Wait didnt he stop a meteor in that late 80s early 90s movie "Moonwalker"?

Naprius · Oct 12, 2005, 08:19 PM // 20:19

you dont have to be male to be scared by jackson. he has an overall scaryness

TheEPIC · Oct 12, 2005, 08:20 PM // 20:20

I think we should shoot Jackson into space regardless of the chance of him not scaring the meteor.

Polloloco3 · Oct 12, 2005, 08:26 PM // 20:26

LMAO at both of those!

Naprius · Oct 12, 2005, 08:28 PM // 20:28

we could strap him to a nuke, just in case.

Polloloco3 · Oct 12, 2005, 08:33 PM // 20:33

Better safe than sorry I would say. Hell even at that point if that didnt stop the meteor I would at least hope it got Michael!

smurfhunter · Oct 12, 2005, 08:34 PM // 20:34

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Originally Posted by TheEPIC

Smurf, are you saying that the asteroid would take pity on us because AOL would rule the world?

uh yea i guess

dont sweat tho, its only temporary

wsmcasey · Oct 12, 2005, 08:42 PM // 20:42

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Originally Posted by Naprius

we could strap him to a nuke, just in case.

If you painted the nuke to look like a large penis, then you wouldn't have to strap him to the nuke, I'm sure he would cum willingly.

Link Ironhammer · Oct 12, 2005, 09:34 PM // 21:34

99942 Apophis (previously better known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) is a Near-Earth asteroid that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 because initial observations indicated a relatively large probability that it would strike the Earth in 2029. However, additional observations provided improved predictions that eliminated the possibility of an impact on Earth or the Moon in 2029. A future impact on April 13, 2036, is still possible, keeping the asteroid at level 1 on the Torino impact hazard scale as of September 2005, with an estimated impact-probability of 1 in 5,560.

Apophis is expected to come close enough that on April 13, 2029 (Friday the 13th) it will become as bright as magnitude 3.3 (easily visible to the naked eye). This close approach will be visible from Europe, Africa, and western Asia. Throughout recorded history, no other closely approaching objects of this size have been visible to the naked eye. As a result of its close passage, it will move from the Aten (see below) to the Apollo class.

Apophis remains at level one on the Torino scale because of a very low but non-zero probability of impact in 2036. However, the approach in 2029 will substantially alter the object's orbit, making predictions uncertain without more data. "If we get radar ranging in 2013 [the next good opportunity], we should be able to predict the location of 2004 MN4 out to at least 2070." said Jon Giorgini of JPL [1].

In July 2005, former Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart, as chairman of the B612 Foundation, formally asked NASA to investigate the possibility that the asteroid's post-2029 orbit could be in orbital resonance with the Earth, which would increase the probability of future impacts. For this to happen, Apophis would have to pass precisely through a certain very narrow region of space during the 2029 close approach, a "gravitational keyhole" no more than about 600 metres across. Schweickart asked for an investigation of the necessity of placing a transponder on the asteroid for more accurate tracking of how its orbit is affected by the Yarkovsky effect. [2]

SOT · Oct 13, 2005, 12:04 AM // 00:04

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Originally Posted by Link Ironhammer

I read this somewhere in a magazine does anyone know if its true???

Actually you are talking about the same thing I watched on the Science channel the other night. No it is not going to miss. They have a large screen up at NASA showing it tumbling and rolling along. The date is the impact date. There is no miss to it.

Most of us wont be here then, if all else goes as it should, but I hope many are.