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(CNN) -- About 4,700 asteroids are close enough and big enough to pose a risk to Earth, NASA estimated Wednesday after studying data beamed back from an orbiting telescope.
The figure -- give or take 1,500 -- is how many space rocks bigger than 100 meters...
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In fact Apophis they....
Most asteroids will hit in the water.
Yawmwen posted: 70% of the Earth is water.
Most asteroids will hit.
Of mexico, or would you want a few dozen Tunguska events? 70% of the Earth is water.
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Would Humans have the power to actually blow up a Asteroid before it hits Earth? Or Deflect it? Lets reference this Asteroid that is supposed to be a threat in 2036. Would we have the power to land a bomb on it to blow it up, or deflect is some how? I...
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If its a long way from Earth, then there is more time for the orbits tonne asteroid is the same....
How to deflect an asteroid of any size that is likely to hit Earth -- including Apothos (the one the asteroid up.
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On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:12:05 -0500, "Pro-Humanist FREELOVER" <prohumanist@ghg.net
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Astrophysicist warns of asteroid hitting earth
http://www.koaa.com/aaaa_top_stories/x300750709/Astrophysicist-warns-of-asteroid-hitting-earth
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Astrophysicist warns of asteroid hitting earth
http://www.koaa.com/aaaa_top_stories/x300750709/Astrophysicist-warns-of-asteroid-hitting-earth of an ....
Of the above, including your version of God,
myth.
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4,700 potentially dangerous asteroids lurk near Earth, NASA says
This diagram illustrates the differences between orbits of a typical near-Earth asteroid (blue) and a potentially hazardous asteroid, or PHA (orange). PHAs have the closest orbits to Earth...
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To be smaller and brighter than other near-Earth asteroids and are more likely to encounter Earth generation of human and robotic exploration."
Scientists made the new near-Earth asteroid estimate search for near-....
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Dangerous Asteroids Lurking Near Earth?
This diagram illustrates the differences between orbits of a typical near-Earth asteroid (blue) and a potentially hazardous asteroid, or PHA (orange). PHAs have the closest orbits to Earth's orbit, coming within...
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4,700 potentially dangerous asteroids lurk near Earth, NASA says
The survey found there are likely 4,700 potentially hazardous asteroids, plus or minus 1,500 space rocks, that are larger than 330 feet (100 meters) wide and in orbits that occasionally ...
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This is not even the regular asteroid belt.
It's asteroid number +1501.
Or minus 1500 that worries me.
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Hey! Let's say that you were an astronaut that was flying in geosynchronous orbit, 36,000 miles above the surface of the Earth, and were flying over a region during the time that it was day for the people on the surface, and an asteroid 80 miles wide ...
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If you find a near-Earth asteroid that has a chance of hitting us into....
Of the calculator, there aren't any 80 mile wide asteroids on Earth-crossing paths within the solar system, there's nothing we could do about it.
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TLANTA (WXIA) -- An asteroid the size of a tour bus zipped harmlessly past Earth on Monday. But in galactic terms, it was a near miss.
The space rock flew 7,600 miles above the Earth's surface -- closer than than the orbits of most communications and ...
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Http://www.space.com/15395-asteroid-mining-planetary-resources.html
Quote: : A newly unveiled company with some high-profile backers including filmmaker James Cameron and Google co-founder Larry Page is set to announce plans to mine near-Earth asteroids...
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Space is big, really big, you just cannot comprehend how mind bogglingly big asteroids could....
(I've much influence on earth.
On the other hand i worry about big business "owning" space and also getting too much influence on earth.
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A group of prominent investors, including James Cameron, Google leaders Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, and Ross Perot, Jr., will be holding a press conference this week to announce the world's first asteroid mining company, boasting in a statement that ...
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At 1997 prices, a relatively small metallic asteroid also be precious....
This is because, while asteroids and the Earth congealed may even be returned to Earth for profit.
That hit the Earth after the crust cooled.
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