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Asteroid on track for possible Mars hit, 1 in 75 chance on January 30th |
 Dec 21 2007, 12:59 AM
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rogelio Asteroid on track for possible Mars hit Dec 21 2007, 12:59 AM
CAP-Team What are the chances of the asteroid being "b... Dec 30 2007, 08:50 PM
slinted QUOTE (CAP-Team @ Dec 30 2007, 12:50... Dec 31 2007, 03:19 AM tasp Maybe we get an atmospheric graze like the Jackson... Dec 31 2007, 03:41 AM Doc Does any one have a clue how much of a boom can th... Dec 31 2007, 11:12 AM helvick Doc - a good place to go to get an idea of how big... Dec 31 2007, 12:07 PM gndonald QUOTE (helvick @ Dec 31 2007, 09:07 PM) D... Dec 31 2007, 02:11 PM Doc QUOTE (gndonald @ Dec 31 2007, 05:11 PM) ... Dec 31 2007, 06:45 PM Shaka QUOTE (gndonald @ Dec 31 2007, 04:11 AM) ... Dec 31 2007, 09:07 PM gndonald QUOTE (Shaka @ Jan 1 2008, 06:07 AM) gn,
... Jan 1 2008, 05:04 AM helvick QUOTE (gndonald @ Jan 1 2008, 05:04 AM) A... Jan 1 2008, 11:12 AM Moon Saloon . Jan 1 2008, 05:59 PM MarsIsImportant QUOTE (Moon Saloon @ Jan 1 2008, 11:59 AM... Jan 1 2008, 06:22 PM SFJCody How great would this be if it did hit? It would be... Jan 1 2008, 06:56 PM Mark Adler QUOTE (MarsIsImportant @ Jan 1 2008, 10:2... Jan 7 2008, 11:12 PM Holder of the Two Leashes A few new observations of the asteroid have finall... Jan 1 2008, 09:05 PM MarsIsImportant The tracking error and the orbital trajectory are ... Jan 2 2008, 03:30 AM Greg Hullender Law of Large Numbers says the uncertainity should ... Jan 2 2008, 04:23 PM Holder of the Two Leashes First a correction. I stated in my previous post ... Jan 2 2008, 04:58 PM Burmese To what extent, if any, are the calculations takin... Jan 2 2008, 06:01 PM Holder of the Two Leashes Yes, martian gravity is being taken into account. ... Jan 2 2008, 06:17 PM SteveM Here's a new Horizon ephemeris for the pass of... Jan 2 2008, 11:08 PM Bobby I have a question also regarding the possible hit ... Jan 3 2008, 01:31 AM nprev I doubt very much that even IF it hits (shoulda us... Jan 3 2008, 02:40 AM Holder of the Two Leashes Latest report...
Less of a chance Jan 3 2008, 04:00 PM elakdawalla Here's the source from which Marsdaily copied ... Jan 3 2008, 06:24 PM Stu They don't care! If they cared, any of the... Jan 4 2008, 05:23 PM bugs_ QUOTE (Stu @ Jan 4 2008, 05:23 PM) will o... Jan 4 2008, 11:04 PM Jeff7 Stu - with your (likely accurate) description of t... Jan 4 2008, 07:02 PM Greg Hullender Stu, this is from the Pan-STARRS site: http://pan-... Jan 4 2008, 11:28 PM Lucas PANSTARRS-1 is in operation now in Haleakala. But ... Jan 5 2008, 01:52 AM Doc Been doing some calculations on the effects of a p... Jan 8 2008, 10:14 AM Holder of the Two Leashes Couple more observations reported now by Calar Alt... Jan 8 2008, 04:30 PM slinted From the NEO office, based on the 2 newest observa... Jan 8 2008, 11:08 PM Holder of the Two Leashes Well, a whole bunch of observations came in yester... Jan 9 2008, 03:44 PM nprev QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Jan 9 2008... Jan 9 2008, 03:59 PM Holder of the Two Leashes OK, I'll spell it out.
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(D... Jan 9 2008, 04:02 PM ElkGroveDan It's going to hit Mississippi? Jan 9 2008, 04:21 PM Doc QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Jan 9 2008... Jan 10 2008, 10:34 AM Holder of the Two Leashes Maybe, or it might hit Oklahoma (hence the ducking... Jan 9 2008, 04:36 PM Holder of the Two Leashes Here is the latest from JPL
1 in 10,000 Jan 10 2008, 03:12 PM ugordan QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Jan 10 200... Jan 10 2008, 03:26 PM nprev Ah...better luck next time, still lots of rocks ou... Jan 10 2008, 03:40 PM Canopus Very disappointing. I was looking forward to an i... Jan 10 2008, 06:09 PM ElkGroveDan According to the article on Space.com the range of... Jan 10 2008, 07:30 PM nprev <pontification mode> I'd say the odds ar... Jan 11 2008, 01:42 AM JRehling QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 10 2008, 05:42 PM) ... Jan 11 2008, 05:04 AM ElkGroveDan Agreed about the long odds, but obviously they hav... Jan 11 2008, 02:27 AM slinted QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jan 10 2008, 06:27 P... Jan 12 2008, 08:20 AM tedstryk For stars, which trail much slower than a moving a... Jan 14 2008, 12:31 AM dvandorn OK, John -- now you've done it. Your comment ... Jan 11 2008, 06:04 AM SteveM Here's one more JPL Horizons ephemeris for 200... Jan 11 2008, 03:31 PM djellison QUOTE (SteveM @ Jan 11 2008, 03:31 PM) Do... Jan 11 2008, 03:42 PM ustrax How come did I miss that Sol 682 Early Morning Moo... Jan 11 2008, 04:07 PM ugordan QUOTE (ustrax @ Jan 11 2008, 05:07 PM) ..... Jan 11 2008, 04:26 PM SteveM QUOTE (djellison @ Jan 11 2008, 10:42 AM)... Jan 11 2008, 04:25 PM PhilCo126 Well, now NASA has put the odds 1 to 10000, some w... Jan 11 2008, 06:30 PM PhilCo126 Hopefully we'll be able to spot the 29th Janua... Jan 24 2008, 06:56 PM tedstryk Hubble will be covering the 2007 WD5/Mars close ap... Jan 26 2008, 02:09 AM SteveM QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jan 25 2008, 09:09 PM) ... Feb 28 2008, 08:30 PM climber QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Jan 24 2008, 07:56 PM)... Jan 26 2008, 08:07 AM rogelio It's "official", it missed Mars by 6... Jan 30 2008, 09:41 PM ugordan QUOTE (rogelio @ Jan 30 2008, 10:41 PM) I... Jan 30 2008, 10:11 PM helvick I suppose whether it is "barely" or not ... Jan 31 2008, 01:05 AM nprev Here's a very near miss...(lot smaller rock, t... Jan 31 2008, 04:00 AM edstrick "Here's a very near miss..."
<si... Jan 31 2008, 07:07 AM nprev I was there, too, and outside up in Butte; heard t... Jan 31 2008, 02:11 PM ugordan QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 31 2008, 03:11 PM) hea... Jan 31 2008, 02:22 PM tasp nprev:
thanx so very much for providing the ... Jan 31 2008, 03:39 PM remcook ugordon - I think the shock wave that reaches you ... Jan 31 2008, 05:15 PM tedstryk Whatever the explanation is, this is an area in wh... Jan 31 2008, 08:25 PM ugordan QUOTE (tedstryk @ Jan 31 2008, 09:25 PM) ... Jan 31 2008, 08:31 PM djellison Ahh - I see the question. It's not a sound fr... Jan 31 2008, 09:09 PM ugordan The problem with that is the "shockwave... Jan 31 2008, 09:19 PM helvick Your explanation makes perfect sense to me - if so... Jan 31 2008, 11:00 PM nprev The 10 Aug 1972 object was apparently 5-10 m acros... Feb 1 2008, 02:10 AM mchan 14.7 km/s would be something like a "rods fro... Feb 1 2008, 07:13 AM nprev QUOTE (mchan @ Jan 31 2008, 11:13 PM) Sti... Feb 1 2008, 01:48 PM remcook My point was that the shock you hear was made when... Feb 1 2008, 05:50 PM SteveM QUOTE (remcook @ Feb 1 2008, 12:50 PM) My... Feb 1 2008, 11:56 PM helvick Pedantic time again - the numbers don't make s... Feb 2 2008, 11:49 AM tedstryk I know a Swedish team once succeeded in recording ... Feb 2 2008, 02:01 PM nprev FWIW, the sound was the only reason that I saw it ... Feb 2 2008, 06:55 PM remcook steve-you're right of course. other things mus... Feb 3 2008, 11:22 AM helvick The Shuttle boom being audible while it's visi... Feb 3 2008, 12:02 PM remcook ah,..sorry about that.me being thick again Feb 3 2008, 12:13 PM  |
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