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    Default Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    I wonder if this is the "surprise" Asteroid spoken of in "Conversations with Nostradamus" - From "Russia Today:"
    "To avert a new apocalypse – this time set for February 2013 – scientists suggest confronting asteroid 2012 DA14 with either paint, or big guns. The tough part of either scheme is that time has long run out to build a spaceship for any operation.
    NASA confirms the 60-meter (197-feet) asteroid, spotted by Spanish stargazers in February, has a good chance of colliding with Earth in eleven months.
    The rock's closest approach to the planet is scheduled for February 15, 2013, when the distance between the planet and space wanderer will be under 27,000 km (16,700 miles). This is lower than the geosynchronous orbit kept by the Google Maps satellite.
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    With the asteroid zooming that low, it will be too late to do anything with it besides trying to predict its final destination and the consequences of impact.
    A spaceship is needed, experts agree. It could shoot the rock down or just crash into it, either breaking the asteroid into debris or throwing it off course.
    “We could paint it,” says NASA expert David Dunham.
    Paint would affect the asteroid’s ability to reflect sunlight, changing its temperature and altering its spin. The asteroid would stalk off its current course, but this could also make the boulder even more dangerous when it comes back in 2056, Aleksandr Devaytkin, the head of the observatory in Russia’s Pulkovo, told Izvestia.
    Spaceship impossible?
    Whatever the mission, building a spaceship to deal with 2012 DA14 will take two years – at least.
    The asteroid has proven a bitter discovery. It has been circling in orbit for three years already, crossing Earth’s path several times, says space analyst Sergey Naroenkov from the Russian Academy of Sciences. It seems that spotting danger from outer space is still the area where mere chance reigns, while asteroid defense systems exist only in drafts.
    Still, prospects of meeting 2012 DA14 are not all doom and gloom.
    “The asteroid may split into pieces entering the atmosphere. In this case, most part of it will never reach the planet’s surface,” remarks Dunham.
    But if the entire asteroid is to crash into the planet, the impact will be as hard as in the Tunguska blast, which in 1908 knocked down trees over a total area of 2,150 sq km (830 sq miles) in Siberia. This is almost the size of Luxembourg. In today’s case, the destination of the asteroid is yet to be determined."
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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    G'day All,

    For anyone interested in more data on this asteroid the NASA NEO site for it is '2012 DA14 Earth Impact Risk Summary' and here is its 'orbit diagram'.

    A good site for accessing impact damage is the Purdue University 'Impact Earth!' flash based program.
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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Wait for it, folks! It's not going to be a threat.... This is NASA saying this. Remember: Never A Straight Answer?
    Have we been able to trust anything they've said? So relax...

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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Mulder says. "I want to Paint"

    Nasa says: "We have a really big Asteroid, Mulder. Can you paint on the fly?"

    Mulder says: "What color NASA?"

    lol!

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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Approaching heavenly body of the month. LOL Here we go again.

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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Quote Posted by jorr lundstrom (here)
    Approaching heavenly body of the month. LOL Here we go again.
    Agreed. Is NASA in the underwear business or something?

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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    I see an asteroid and I want to paint it black
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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Space weather says: A sunspot almost four times as wide as Earth itself is rotating onto the solar disk.

    Earth-effects could become stronger as the sunspot turns toward our planet in the days ahead. NOAA forecasters estimate a 55% chance of additional M-class flares and a 5% chance of an X-flare during the next 24 hours.

    Not to change the subject, or anything, But, heads up

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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Well, if you look it up you get other data:

    http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2012da14.html

    The earliest date of impact is 2020-02-16.31 (I guess that means between feb. 16 and 31 in year 2020).
    The diameter is 44 meter ...

    Impact Probability: 2.2e-04 = 0.022% chance of Earth impact

    I wouldn't say trust JPL straight away but they can't publish total nonsense now can they ?

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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Another bogus distraction.

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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Quote I wouldn't say trust JPL straight away but they can't publish total nonsense now can they ?
    Is the Pope Catholic?

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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Oh no...Not again!!

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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Let me guess, when it's discovered that NOTHING happens on December 21 2012, and nothing happens BEFORE that...then they're going to try to use this as the next "dooms day date" for the "end of the world." People need to get over their obsession with death, and get on living.
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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Quote Posted by DreamsInDigital (here)
    Let me guess, when it's discovered that NOTHING happens on December 21 2012, and nothing happens BEFORE that...then they're going to try to use this as the next "dooms day date" for the "end of the world." People need to get over their obsession with death, and get on living.
    Extreme sensationalization to desensitize us to what is already happening (IMO).
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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Quote Posted by Operator (here)
    Well, if you look it up you get other data:

    http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2012da14.html

    The earliest date of impact is 2020-02-16.31 (I guess that means between feb. 16 and 31 in year 2020).
    The diameter is 44 meter ...

    Impact Probability: 2.2e-04 = 0.022% chance of Earth impact

    I wouldn't say trust JPL straight away but they can't publish total nonsense now can they ?
    Those are not very good odds, relatively speaking. Roughly 1 in 4700 is the chance of it colliding with earth. Its fascinating how they are discovered tho.
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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Carolyn Roslin states that Werner Van Braun said these kind of "space threats" would preceed the justification of weaponizing space and that's when the alien threat agenda will be played out to finally consolidate the Earth into a one world system. So far, it seems as though Carolyn's testimony has a lot of veracity.

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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Quote Posted by Kano (here)
    Carolyn Roslin states that Werner Van Braun said these kind of "space threats" would preceed the justification of weaponizing space and that's when the alien threat agenda will be played out to finally consolidate the Earth into a one world system. So far, it seems as though Carolyn's testimony has a lot of veracity.

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    Why is 'space threats' in quotes? Asteroids and the like are genuine threats. However other man-made shenanigans are another story.
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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

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    Quote Posted by Kano (here)
    Carolyn Roslin states that Werner Van Braun said these kind of "space threats" would preceed the justification of weaponizing space and that's when the alien threat agenda will be played out to finally consolidate the Earth into a one world system. So far, it seems as though Carolyn's testimony has a lot of veracity.

    Cheers,
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    Why is 'space threats' in quotes? Asteroids and the like are genuine threats. However other man-made shenanigans are another story.
    It is in quotes because of the hype as to the threat surrounding YU 55, Elenin, and many other space projectiles that had a "good chance" of hitting the Earth. Their purpose is to induce the "pucker factor" amongst the general populace. However, they have never amounted to anything more than words.

    It is in quotes because given the context of the point I was making, the "threats" are just a part of the Hegelian dialectic and not an actual threat.

    It is in quotes because NASA said it.

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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    Fair enough.
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    Default Re: Asteroid just spotted in Feb 2012 has "good chance" of hitting Earth in Feb 2013!

    The aliens are coming back on 12-21 so nobody will be here when this rock swings by anyway...

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