We are all going to die...
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:55 pm
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We still can't see the planet past Pluto. For all of our astrological prowess, we're still not as good as we think we are.BigDave wrote:Wouldn't we find out years in advance if an asteroid was going to get anywhere near Earth?
Even the one on February 4 isn't really coming anywhere near us - there's some expansive definition of a "threatening" asteroid ... it will be 10 times further away from the Earth than the Moon is. That's considered a "threatening" asteroid.
Yeah, but asteroids aren't traveling at warp speed. It's not going to suddenly come upon us.awesome guy wrote:We still can't see the planet past Pluto. For all of our astrological prowess, we're still not as good as we think we are.BigDave wrote:Wouldn't we find out years in advance if an asteroid was going to get anywhere near Earth?
Even the one on February 4 isn't really coming anywhere near us - there's some expansive definition of a "threatening" asteroid ... it will be 10 times further away from the Earth than the Moon is. That's considered a "threatening" asteroid.
Detection isn't guaranteed regardless.BigDave wrote:Yeah, but asteroids aren't traveling at warp speed. It's not going to suddenly come upon us.awesome guy wrote:We still can't see the planet past Pluto. For all of our astrological prowess, we're still not as good as we think we are.BigDave wrote:Wouldn't we find out years in advance if an asteroid was going to get anywhere near Earth?
Even the one on February 4 isn't really coming anywhere near us - there's some expansive definition of a "threatening" asteroid ... it will be 10 times further away from the Earth than the Moon is. That's considered a "threatening" asteroid.
Bruce Willis would disagree, we better get his butt on the hot line!!!!BigDave wrote:Yeah, but asteroids aren't traveling at warp speed. It's not going to suddenly come upon us.awesome guy wrote:We still can't see the planet past Pluto. For all of our astrological prowess, we're still not as good as we think we are.BigDave wrote:Wouldn't we find out years in advance if an asteroid was going to get anywhere near Earth?
Even the one on February 4 isn't really coming anywhere near us - there's some expansive definition of a "threatening" asteroid ... it will be 10 times further away from the Earth than the Moon is. That's considered a "threatening" asteroid.