SUPPOSEDLY, an asteroid is going to hit Earth in 2029

[Cybersix]

It's still something we should worry about. They've found dwarf-planet sized asteroids in the asteroid belt.

Asteroids in the asteroid belt generally stay in the asteroid belt.

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[Dezcaban]

Isn't that the belt that holds comets?

comets are much more rare

[Fredulus]

comets are much more rare

wtf? no there are plenty of comets in the kuiper belt..

Asteroids in the asteroid generally stay in the asteroid belt.

this is fair enough, most objects between mars and jupiter have pretty circular orbits. objects with highly elliptical orbits usually originate in the kuiper belt as far as i can tell.

[Dezcaban]

wtf? no there are plenty of comets in the kuiper belt..

p sure that asteroids are much more common than comets

[Elecro]

comets are much more rare

Halley's Comet takes 70 years to get close to Earth. Some comets take tens of thousands of years.

[Fredulus]

p sure that asteroids are much more common than comets

doesn't make comets rare

[Dezcaban]

doesn't make comets rare

since I was referencing his post about asteroids it should be explained I was talking about the relationship between asteroids and comets

[e-maxx]

Halley's Comet takes 70 years to get close to Earth. Some comets take tens of thousands of years.

that just means they have a huge orbit

[Fredulus]

since I was referencing his post about asteroids it should be explained I was talking about the relationship between asteroids and comets

yes, obviously you were. but that doesn't change the fact that comets aren't rare, even when compared to the amount of asteroids there are...

[WyWy5000]

No, it will most likely not. There is a very very very tiny super tiny microscopic chance that there will be a giant asteroid that will hit the earth and destroy the human empire.

[Jaxx]

Apophis is a "keyhole" asteroid. There's a minute chance that, in 2029, it will pass through the gravitational field properly to exit and re-enter the orbit again in 2036 and strike the Earth directly. Again, as said multiple times, this is an absurdly low chance, orders of magnitude less than getting killed in a car crash.

[danisaac5]

No, it will most likely not. There is a very very very tiny super tiny microscopic chance that there will be a giant asteroid that will hit the earth and destroy the human empire.

considering there is a 2.7% chance of that asteroid striking the earth in 2029, i would think that the gravitational force of the earth may throw the asteroid off its original course, completely missing us in its next pass (2032)

   
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[Jetlok]

that would set up a future impact on April 13

what a peculiar date

[WyWy5000]

considering there is a 2.7% chance of that asteroid striking the earth in 2029, i would think that the gravitational force of the earth may throw the asteroid off its original course, completely missing us in its next pass (2032)

Exactly, well I'm very glad that the percentage isn't any higher than that.
Even though people are saying this is stupid and it won't happen I'm just glad that we have the slightest chance of extinction.

[Dezcaban]

what if it was %100 going to hit earth in 3 weeks

what would you do