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2006XG1, another Torino 1 NEO (for now)

nprev View Member Profile	Dec 26 2006, 10:17 PM Post #1
Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602	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 -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.

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nprev View Member Profile	Jan 2 2007, 12:57 AM Post #2
Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8791 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602	I think the jury's still out, but there's no significant risk; it'll probably come in as less risky than Apophis, if for no other reason than there's only one potential encounter. The latest update as of today has increased the probable miss distance to 0.72 Earth radii and the sigma LOV is decreasing, so the asteroid's orbit is becoming better known. EDIT: just to cap off this thread, it's now down to a Torino 0 with a miss distance of 0.93 Earth radii & a 1 in 15 million chance of impact...no surprise! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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