Are we all gonna die

[waffendennis 0]

Just read it

Not cool

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ASTEROID 2003 QQ47 will be closely monitored over the next two months. The date currently judged to have the highest potential for a collision is March 21, 2014, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory put the cumulative risk of an impact in the next century at 1 in 909,000 as of Tuesday.

That’s in the same ballpark as the “background risk†for a catastrophic cosmic impact in any given year. Because this asteroid has been observed only since Aug. 24, the margin of error is relatively large. As more observations come in from astronomers around the world, the uncertainty about 2003 QQ47’s orbit will be narrowed down. If this case follows the pattern of all other asteroid alerts, the risk should be eliminated once enough observations are made.

The British government’s Near Earth Object Information Center issued the alert Tuesday about 2003 QQ47 after the giant rock was first observed in New Mexico by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research Program. The 2014 encounter was given a rare rating of 1 on the Torino Scale of asteroid and comet threats.

“The Near Earth Object will be observable from Earth for the next two months and astronomers will continue to track it over this period,†said Alan Fitzsimmons of Queen’s University in Belfast, one of the astronomers advising the British center.

Astronomers say 2003 QQ47 merits careful monitoring because it’s so big: With an estimated diameter of 0.77 mile (1.24 kilometer), the space rock could have the effect of millions of Hiroshima atomic bombs. Such impacts are thought to have contributed to mass extinctions on Earth, including the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

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Asteroids are chunks of rock left over from the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago. Most are kept at a safe distance from the Earth in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But the gravitational influence of giant planets such as Jupiter can nudge asteroids out of these safe orbits and send them into an orbit that crosses Earth’s own.

Over the past several years, JPL has listed numerous asteroids as potential threats, only to be removed from the list after further information.

“A listing is not a declaration that an object is predicted to impact, or even come close to the earth at that time, only that the possibility has not been ruled out,†JPL’s Jon Giorgini cautioned in a posting to the CC/Net mailing list on impact issues. “As far as the public is concerned, it just isn’t worth getting worked up over an object with a couple weeks of optical data showing a possible Earth encounter years from now.â€

MSNBC’s Alan Boyle and Reuters contributed to this story.

[The Frenchman 0]

/The Frenchman runs to his basement/bunker with 30 cans of clam chowder, OFP cd and a airsoft gun.

[waffendennis 0]

@Frenchman: No Pc No pc is no OFP

i like to say: What shale we do? *me: Run around like crazy monkeys or.... We can: Call Bruce willis and his team to destroy it with their toys

[The Frenchman 0]

I can still look at the manual,cant I?

[Dauragon 0]

let's just wait and see , if we die, oh well its the end. if we live, we live !

[mr burns 132]

I hope someone blames the asteroid for having A, B & C Weaponry so the US declare war on it and wipe it out, and the world shall be safe again

[Renagade 0]

/The Frenchman runs to his basement/bunker with 30 cans of clam chowder, OFP cd and a airsoft gun.

/me watches the frenchman get shot to pieces again by the UK police for carrying an airsoft gun

Any bets on where its going to hit if it is on a collision course?

[Koolkid101 0]

Damn this sux.

[bn880 5]

let's just wait and see , if we die, oh well its the end. if we live, we live !

I'll drink to that.

[Koolkid101 0]

let's just wait and see , if we die, oh well its the end.  if we live, we live !  

I'll drink to that.  

Yeah but you people are old....... I got like 85 more years ahead of me

[norsu 180]

We'll see, lets hope it wont hit Earth . But I believe in about ten yers mankind should be able to take out that threat somehow (that should be just enough time).

News like this just show the importance of space research, one can't deny that.

[waffendennis 0]

Well if we really gonna die i like to hire a Big Building ( a Hanger or some thing ) and then the whole cominuty may come to that place and we all can meat eachoter and play with eachoter addons and stuff... And if we have it in the netherlands ( here at my place ) we can smoke joints legaly

[Winters 1]

So THATS what happened to the WMD's they got sent to space and formed one very large WMD and morphed themselves into rock

[Grey Fox 0]

let's just wait and see , if we die, oh well its the end.  if we live, we live !  

I'll drink to that.  

Your lucky enough to be old enough to drink to that! Looks like I gotta try a beer at one of my relatives parties.

[waffendennis 0]

Lol but lets all enjoy our ( maybe last?) 11 years and haveing a great time and when the time comes we all stand to gether and talk what a great time we had....

[Skul 0]

...Well damn...

I heard about this. But don't worry, the incredibly old geezer, Roger Moore (some might know as the 'Games Master') said the possibilities of it hitting earth are slim... and if a bloke that old said it, then it's gotta be true!

But seriously... this sucks ass big time... am I gonna die before I really get to live?

The world might end... all life might cease to exist... scary thought, isn't it?

I don't want to die this young...

However:

[Gareth Gates must die]

[SpecOp9 0]

Ehhh, an asteroid going to spank the crap out of earth and kill us all?

I don't believe it

People always say all this stuff is gonna happen. And it never does.

[VXR 9]

if they will start to develop a weapon to it, it might be on time, otherwise store grain for after the impact and pray...  

[kegetys 2]

Quote[/b] ]Are we all gonna die

I'm quite sure we are

[Heatseeker 0]

Dont worry guys!

Even if the asteroid misses hearth we are all going to die anyway .

edit: damn, Keg beat me too it

[FSPilot 0]

This isn't the first time someone's said the world will end.

I'm sure we'll be fine.

*runs to fallout shelter*

[SpecOp9 0]

Quote[/b] ]Are we all gonna die

I'm quite sure we are

lol

[MASTAKILLA 0]

Quote[/b] ]Are we all gonna die

I'm quite sure we are

lol

it´s to good to be true

[drewb99 0]

and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory put the cumulative risk of an impact in the next century at 1 in 909,000 as of Tuesday.

I wouldn't worry

And since the US atomic arsenal is big enough to blow up the world 6 times over, I'd say we're more than prepared

[SgtBarnes 0]

I heard about this. But don't worry, the incredibly old geezer, Roger Moore (some might know as the 'Games Master') said the possibilities of it hitting earth are slim... and if a bloke that old said it, then it's gotta be true!

Ahem....Patrick Moore...surely?