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November 28th, 2007, 10:20 PM
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OT: Apophis is going to kill us all
PROOF
Its a big huge rock that is going to hit the earth in 2036.
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November 28th, 2007, 10:26 PM
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Re: OT: Apophis is going to kill us all
Even if it hits, it'll hardly be a world-killer. Sure, if it hits the water, they'll be a lot of dead on the coast. Sure, if it hits a city, there's going to be some widespread death.
It's hardly a "kill us all" asteroid, though.
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November 28th, 2007, 11:11 PM
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Re: OT: Apophis is going to kill us all
The current odds of impact are 1 in 220000:
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/a99942.html
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Assume you have a 1kg squirrel
E=mc^2
E=1kg(3x10^8m/s)^2=9x10^16J
which, if I'm not mistaken, is equivilent to roughly a 50 megaton nuclear bomb.
Fear the squirrel.
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November 29th, 2007, 12:03 AM
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Re: OT: Apophis is going to kill us all
Alright ... its time for my favorite game ...  Using the web page at: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/
And inputing my favorite data: It impacts sedimentary rock, 50 mi away, it is made of porous rock, wikipedia's dimensions aren't false, etc. and the page's default assumptions, hit calculate and ... Meh, results are not very inspiring.
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November 29th, 2007, 12:15 AM
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Re: OT: Apophis is going to kill us all
Those odds are good enough for a major news media outlet though, Spoo!
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November 29th, 2007, 01:24 AM
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Re: OT: Apophis is going to kill us all
I should be fine assuming it hits someplace insignificant like Riverside CA.
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November 29th, 2007, 02:20 AM
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Re: OT: Apophis is going to kill us all
With my luck it will hit my house. (Right after I get it paid off.) :0
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November 29th, 2007, 10:41 AM
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Re: OT: Apophis is going to kill us all
Does our Homeowner's insurance cover impact events? I saw the movie Asteroid, the other day on sci fi channell, and an asteroid hit Texas. Didn't wipe out the earth but would have flattened my house pretty good.
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November 29th, 2007, 11:03 AM
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Re: OT: Apophis is going to kill us all
rstaats: I think you misunderstand the intent of insurance. Here's how it's supposed to work (from my experience, anyway).
1 - Customers give money to the insurance company.
2 - Insurance Company never gives any of it back to anyone, ever, under any circumstance whatsoever.
Hope that clears it up for you =-)
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November 29th, 2007, 01:26 PM
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Re: OT: Apophis is going to kill us all
I thought the title, "Apophis is going to kill us all ", meant that Goa'uld from Stargate  |
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