Every asteroid that will ever strike Earth is already out there and already on course to strike Earth. Every future asteroid impact event is already an event in progress.
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Posted by
CygnusX1 on 09/18 at 02:25 PM
Sentry is a highly automated collision monitoring system that continually scans the most current asteroid catalog for possibilities of future impact with Earth over the next 100 years. Whenever a potential impact is detected it will be analyzed and the results immediately published here…
More here > http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/
Planetary Defense Conference, April 2009
An International Planetary Defense Conference was held in Granada, Spain, on April 27-30, 2009. Following is a summary of some highlights from this meeting.
More here > http://impact.arc.nasa.gov/news_detail.cfm?ID=181
World ‘must tackle space threat’
They say the next major threatening event could occur in less than 20 years. Asteroid Apophis is due to pass close to the Earth and analyses suggest a one in 45,000 chance of a collision.
More here > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7760659.stm
Asteroid Alert!
Astronomers ponder how to divert or destroy a planet killer
On 3 November 2008, at about 10.30pm, a solitary asteroid whistled past the Earth, missing us by just 45,000km, about an eighth of the distance to the Moon. That’s a hair’s breadth in astronomical terms. It was only detected hours before its closest approach. And a month prior to that, another space rock actually hit the planet, exploding high in the skies over Sudan with just a day’s warning. More here > http://www.bbcfocusmagazine.com/feature/space/6-ways-stop-asteroid
ps. Dale, are you aware your head seems to be missing in your profile picture? (just thought I’d mention it?)
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Posted by
E.P. Grondine on 09/21 at 08:19 PM
I think that your deflection numbers are nowhere near right.
Posted by
Abraham on 09/22 at 01:17 AM
‘‘Periodic means to occur at regular intervals.”
From the FreeDictionary: Note especially #3)
pe·ri·od·ic (pîr-dk)
adj.
1. Having or marked by repeated cycles.
2. Happening or appearing at regular intervals.
3. Recurring or reappearing from time to time; intermittent.
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