Earth might be disroyed in 2019?

Question

News has come out here is an asteriod called 2002-NT7 which is 1.5 miles (2km) in diameter, travelling at 28km per second. The Asteriod may hit Earth sometime on the 1st February 2019. 2002-NT7 was discovered sometime in july 2002

Go on to a Search engine and put in 2002-N7

thing is if this commet hits Earth it is set out to cause some serouis damage to us.

Answer 1

Just glancing at it, that encounter of 2002-NT7 with Earth doesn't look particularly close. I see a closest approach distance of 0.4016 AU (or 60 million kilometers) on 12 January 2019. Expect to see it at about 14 hours right ascension and -3 degrees declination, roughly between Arcturus and Spica.

Answer 2

This poses little threat.

And if you check Wikipedia you will note that as of August 1st 2002, this object was removed from the list of objects which pose a threat for the next 100 years.

So is seems the Earth will not be disroyed on 1st February 2019, I'm afraid you will still have to go to school or work on that day.

Answer 3

actually your date is wrong it is friday the 13th 2029 which the asteroid 2004 mn4 and it is not hard to predict the earths whereabouts in the future as some people have stated if it was we couldnt lauch the space shuttles and so forth accuratly as they do now here is a tidbit of the info on this subject

May 13, 2005: Friday the 13th is supposed to be an unlucky day, the sort of day you trip on your shoe laces or lose your wallet or get bad news.

But maybe it's not so bad. Consider this: On April 13th--Friday the 13th--2029, millions of people are going to go outside, look up and marvel at their good luck. A point of light will be gliding across the sky, faster than many satellites, brighter than most stars.

What's so lucky about that? It's asteroid 2004 MN4 ... not hitting Earth.

For a while astronomers thought it might. On Christmas Eve 2004, Paul Chodas, Steve Chesley and Don Yeomans at NASA's Near Earth Object Program office calculated a 1-in-60 chance that 2004 MN4 would collide with Earth. Impact date: April 13, 2029.




after further review i see which one yall are talking about but check out this info as well it is all scary

Answer 4

You mean they've actually seen one heading in our direction? And told us BEFORE? Not like all those "near misses" that they only mention AFTER they've whispered past our heads?

I am awed by how much the science community can see and figure and guess. I am amazed when several chalkboard's worth of formula come to prove that a particular gravitational field at the back of beyond has a given effect on a wave lapping up the side of a ship, but then they go and discover whole planets on our back doorstep and are surprised.

Go live life as if you might not wake up tomorrow. Cherish your loved ones, leave a good impression on those around you with all you do in this life and that way IF something goes wrong like an aeroplane falling out of the sky or a large asteroid hitting us after so many missing us, someone will miss you, even if it is only for a nothingth of a second before they become fertilizer for this planet's next iteration without mankind.

Answer 5

It is considered a comet as of now. As it gets closer it will lose its outer ICY shell and later become an asteroid. However, Its projected path will come between the Moon and Earth, but will NOT hit earth. Its size and speed will carry it out of earths gravitational field. it will not hit earth...i repeat not hit earth. But it is very scary to think if it did! something like that whew.... it could cause MAJOR destruction, a tsunami a mile high traveling 500mph, a nuclear heat wave felt for hundreds of miles in diameter, a shock wave that would cause a global earthquake, and a nuclear winter. Not something you would want to hit anytime soon....but great info, nice to see someone do their homework!

Plus things that are in orbit are easy to calculate based on their distance, velocity, trajectory, spectra lines, and earths revolution, you can compute if its going to be a hit or miss in a super computer....the computer and all earth scientists dismiss this as false, and the asteroid will miss by 1.9 million miles, which in scientific tearms is close ;)

Answer 6

Boy, you get your news kind of late, don't you. This object has not been considered a risk for a long time -- since late July 2002. It was removed from the risk list in August, 2002.

Answer 7

This is old news. Preliminary calculations in 2002 indicated that it might hit on Feb 1 2019, but later, more accurate calculations showed that it won't.

Answer 8

This asteriod is quite small and will be even smaller when it hits the atmosphere and burns, the worst that will happen is some people will be evacuated to somewhere esls because of a rick of a tsunami or small damage, but that's if it even does hit earth!!!

Answer 9

I doubt it very much. It would be virtually impossible to make a prediction like that about the trajectory of the asteroid (if it is one), the position of the earth and various other relevant factors 12 years in advance.

Answer 10

In my opinion it could happen but it is highly unlikely (Not saying it won't happen). Predictions like that are hard to make and that far away, it is highly unlikely that it will happen. Don't be to worried though. It also depends on the size of the asteroid and by then we should have some kind of defense mechanism.