Debate Asteroid to hit earth in 2036

[Nitz]

Scientists seek ways to ward off killer asteroids

WASHINGTON — A blue-ribbon panel of scientists is trying to determine the best way to detect and ward off any wandering space rocks that might be on a collision course with Earth.

``We're looking for the killer asteroid,'' James Heasley , of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy , last week told the committee that the National Academy of Sciences created at Congress' request.

Congress asked the academy to conduct the study after astronomers were unable to eliminate an extremely slight chance that an asteroid called Apophis will slam into Earth with devastating effect in 2036.

Apophis was discovered in 2004 about 17 million miles from Earth on a course that would overlap our planet's orbit in 2029 and return seven years later. Observers said that the asteroid — a massive boulder left over from the birth of the solar system — is about 1,000 feet wide and weighs at least 50 million tons.

After further observations, astronomers reported that the asteroid would skim by Earth harmlessly in 2029, but it has a one in 44,000 probability of slamming into our planet on Easter Sunday , April 13, 2036 .

Small changes in Apophis' path that could make the difference between a hit or a miss are possible, according to Jon Giorgini , a planetary analyst in NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

I don't believe it... but feel free to shed your thoughts :wacko

 

[E.V.]

It says the chances of it hitting us are very small. Odds are it won't.

 

[Daesy]

Just a bunch of old guys with nothing better to do than inspect and scare the masses.

 

[Sergeant Dreamer]

Just a bunch of old guys with nothing better to do than inspect and scare the masses.

I agree.
The thing is if the asteroid were going to hit us, it wouldn't end all existence like the dinosaurs.

 

[Hyuuga Neji]

WOOT!!! YA LET'S GO ASTEROID!!! *waves mini flag*

how ironic would it be that the asteroid hits the day we celebrate jesus' coming back from the dead?

lol
Send megaman to stop it!! lol
i think we have bigger worries cause if the Mayans were right then everything will be over by 2012
that... or we really need some 6 grade net battler to send his Net Navi to space to defeat Duo lol just in case