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2006XG1, another Torino 1 NEO (for now)
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post Dec 26 2006, 10:17 PM
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Here's a Christmas present for us all...a 0.7 km NEO may make a 4200 km altitude Earth flyby on Halloween, 2041: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2006xg1.html


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- nprev   2006XG1   Dec 26 2006, 10:17 PM
- - volcanopele   hmm, I tried simulating this in Celestia, but even...   Dec 26 2006, 11:33 PM
|- - dilo   NeoDys gives only a close approach for another dat...   Dec 26 2006, 11:58 PM
- - nprev   Yeah, I'm sure that will be the case. I notice...   Dec 27 2006, 01:54 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (nprev @ Dec 27 2006, 01:54 AM) 190...   Dec 27 2006, 08:59 AM
||- - RJG   QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Dec 27 2006, 08:59 AM) ...   Dec 27 2006, 06:50 PM
||- - tuvas   QUOTE (RJG @ Dec 27 2006, 11:50 AM) Can s...   Dec 27 2006, 06:57 PM
||- - RJG   Thanks Tuvas -sounds like lots of good reasons. Th...   Dec 27 2006, 07:09 PM
|- - tty   QUOTE (nprev @ Dec 27 2006, 02:54 AM) And...   Dec 27 2006, 06:23 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (tty @ Dec 27 2006, 10:23 AM) I agr...   Dec 27 2006, 07:22 PM
|- - JRehling   I wonder if a good long-term defense would be to t...   Dec 27 2006, 08:18 PM
|- - nprev   Interesting idea, JR, though I think trying for lu...   Dec 27 2006, 08:31 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (JRehling @ Dec 27 2006, 09:18 PM) ...   Dec 27 2006, 09:22 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 27 2006, 09:22 PM) A...   Dec 27 2006, 09:32 PM
- - tuvas   There is a very good reason why both ideas (Crashi...   Dec 27 2006, 09:10 PM
- - tty   You definitely do NOT want to use any violent tech...   Dec 28 2006, 12:37 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (tty @ Dec 28 2006, 01:37 AM) That,...   Dec 28 2006, 12:57 AM
|- - tty   QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 28 2006, 01:57 AM) B...   Dec 28 2006, 02:02 PM
|- - tuvas   QUOTE (tty @ Dec 28 2006, 07:02 AM) It is...   Dec 28 2006, 11:12 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (tuvas @ Dec 28 2006, 03:12 PM) As ...   Dec 28 2006, 11:28 PM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (tuvas @ Dec 29 2006, 12:12 AM) It ...   Dec 29 2006, 11:53 AM
|- - tuvas   QUOTE (ugordan @ Dec 29 2006, 04:53 AM) W...   Dec 29 2006, 02:00 PM
|- - ugordan   If you're referring to the Mach stem where the...   Dec 29 2006, 02:59 PM
- - nprev   Actually, I meant putting threatening bodies in ac...   Dec 28 2006, 04:14 AM
|- - dilo   Agree with you, nprev. Also considering that, in o...   Dec 28 2006, 06:26 AM
- - nprev   Thanks, Dilo. I think it's prudent to save the...   Dec 28 2006, 09:35 AM
- - nprev   Personally, I think it'll be a long, long time...   Dec 28 2006, 11:05 PM
- - Nyx   This is my first post, so welcome everybody!...   Jan 1 2007, 11:59 PM
- - nprev   I think the jury's still out, but there's ...   Jan 2 2007, 12:57 AM

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