Asteroid collision threat for Earth on 2019. As seen in Armageddon movie!
2007-11-06 16:37:06 · 10 answers · asked by la la la 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
check this out!
http://www.blogiseverything.com/general/feb-1-2019-the-world-is-scheduled-to-end/
2007-11-06 17:02:51 · update #1
The article refers to (89959) 2002 NT7. This is a large object (absolute magnitude, H = 16.3, around 2 km in diameter) and its orbit can come very close to that of the Earth (Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance MOID = 0.00074 AU or about 100,000 km.) However it won't even come within 0.2 AU (30 million km) of the Earth at any time within the next 200 years. The object was removed from the list of potential impactors on August 1, 2002, only a few weeks after its discovery. We now know that on February 1, 2019 it will be around 69 million km from the Earth.
2007-11-06 21:52:18 · answer #1 · answered by Peter T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very possible. There are many thousands of Earth's orbit crossing bodies. So many have not been found and there is always the possibility of a collision, it happens each day with small objects. Comets come that are not known, many times. The one that is visible now was not known. Then there was the Hale Bop comet. I feel that we are vulnerable for it because we only have a hand full of people looking for them. Even if they find one that will collide with Earth there is nothing we can do about it. Technology is not in place for the possible disaster. We are too busy spending resources on a war that will be for nothing if this occurs. I hope the public will awaken to the threat in time to do something about the "head in the sand" mentality that is prevalent today. If the Earth has lost 99% of the life forms and we have no accepted explanation, we should really err on the side of caution and do something about it before it happens. Why do we think of the money we have is the only thing that matters? It is there, and there could be enough technology in place to do something ahead of time before we have to scramble to save our planet from a disaster that could end life, as it has many times before. The dinosaurs were not able to do anything; Are we smarter than those creatures? Sometimes I wonder.
2007-11-06 17:05:10 · answer #2 · answered by boworl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NASA has NOT predicted that. There will be no such collision any time as far out as we can predict, which is over 100 years.
There is always a small chance that a previously unknown asteroid or comet could show up unexpectedly, but it would not be predicted to hit in 2019 if it is unknown now, would it?
2007-11-06 16:43:53 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not quite like the movie Armageddon. There is only one asteroid that is as big as the one in the movie and it is Ceres ("It´s the size of Texas mr president"). Ceres pose no threat to earth what so ever. Asteroid Apophis might be the one you are thinking of and it is only a few hundred meters in diameter. Not a global killer at all. And it will be a greater threat in 2033. We can take that sucker down. And we won´t even need Bruce Willis to do it.
2007-11-06 16:45:54 · answer #4 · answered by DrAnders_pHd 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Can you just clarify this for me?
1. You read this on that website only.
2. You instantly believed it to be true.
2007-11-06 19:31:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Provide a N.A.S.A. link to this so called prediction.
2007-11-06 16:45:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Protecting_Earth_Against_Asteroids_999.html
2007-11-06 19:08:27 · answer #7 · answered by Johnny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe in NASA prediction. Its all in hands of GOD ok man?
2007-11-06 16:45:31 · answer #8 · answered by Sumi 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Can you spell "bull"?
2007-11-06 17:26:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fire Starter!!!
2007-11-06 16:45:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋