Giant Asteroid to hit Earth in 2014

[Guest damnimstupid]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...e_asteroid_dc_1

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A giant asteroid is heading for Earth and could hit in 2014, U.S. astronomers have warned British space monitors.

 

But for those fearing Armageddon, don't be alarmed -- the chances of a catastrophic collision are just one in 909,000.

 

Asteroid "2003 QQ47" will be closely monitored over the next two months. Its potential strike date is March 21, 2014, but astronomers say that any risk of impact is likely to decrease as further data is gathered.

 

On impact, it could have the effect of 20 million Hiroshima atomic bombs, a spokesman for the British government's Near Earth Object Information Center told BBC radio.

 

The Center issued the warning about the asteroid after the giant rock was first observed in New Mexico by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research Program. "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 Dr. Alan Fitzsimmons, one of the expert team advising the Center.

 

Asteroids such as 2003 QQ47 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 plunging toward Earth.

 

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20 million Hiroshima bombs? Even if it's not the end of the world, that's some heavy damage. Back to the stone age we go. Discuss.

[Justice 0]

Wow, that's right on my 30th birthday.

[Guest damnimstupid]

I wonder what the folks up at NASA are gonna do about this situation.

[Ripper 0]

Its times like this I wish that Morgan Freeman was president.

 

*wishes*

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

That's my mom's 50th birthday. She's always said it would be the end of the world but damn...she must be psychic.

[dutchse.cx 0]

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I hope it hits.

[Guest El Satanico]

I'll be sitting in a lawn chair on my front lawn with a bottle of whiskey when it hits.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I'll be stoned and naked on a mountain.

[Ripper 0]

I'll be taking advantage of all of the hot, paranoid women.

 

Hot Lady: O MY GAWD WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!!!

 

ME: Well...don't you want to take this time to experience the biggest orgy EVA!!!

 

Hot Lady: Well...are you gonna be there..

 

Me: Hell yeah...me and 20 other hot, paranoid women...

 

Hot Lady: Well, I wouldn't usually do this but you are a sexy bitch and the world is ending...

 

 

And fun will be had by all. And by fun I mean orgasms...and by all I mean me...and by had I mean...well...I mean for it to be taken in the exact same context that it was taken in the sentence...th..thats all I got.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Its times like this I wish that Morgan Freeman was president.

 

*wishes*

Hell no. Give me a Bruce Willis oil driller hitting golf balls at hippies any day...

[Ripper 0]

Yeah, but in one scenario you have to have Ben Afleck along for the ride and the other you don't. Now who would you rather have...HMMM..

 

 

Of course if you leave out Affleck and leave in Michael Clarke Duncan...I'm with you.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I'll be beating my chest in defiance when it blows up, too.

[Ripper 0]

I'll be beating my chest in defiance when it blows up, too.

That outta teach it...

[Guest SP-1]

Interesting. Huge asteroids tend to go all around us and we never even know it most of the time, but they seem confident that the projected chances of it hitting us will decrease.

 

And if it does, sounds like it'll be a heck of a ride.

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

i'll be passed out drunk with a bunch of lawn gnomes.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I'll be beating my chest in defiance when it blows up, too.

That outta teach it...

Well, at least it's better than dying in the ensuing nuclear winter.

 

I'll show that asteroid. Get my gun.

 

Edit: Hey, this reminds me of my life goal to get a picture of myself pointing a gun at a tornado. I think I need a whole folder of photos of myself threatening natural disasters with a .12 gauge.

[Ripper 0]

I'll be beating my chest in defiance when it blows up, too.

That outta teach it...

Well, at least it's better than dying in the ensuing nuclear winter.

 

I'll show that asteroid. Get my gun.

 

Edit: Hey, this reminds me of my life goal to get a picture of myself pointing a gun at a tornado. I think I need a whole folder of photos of myself threatening natural disasters with a .12 gauge.

And that will be the greatest thread ever. Before I die...or get hit by a asteroid...or die from some mysterious STD contracted from having sex with dozens of parnoid hot women...I hope to see that thread come true.

[Guest SP-1]

I wouldn't mind seeing that thread myself. Especially the tornado one.

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

I'll be beating my chest in defiance when it blows up, too.

That outta teach it...

Well, at least it's better than dying in the ensuing nuclear winter.

 

I'll show that asteroid. Get my gun.

 

Edit: Hey, this reminds me of my life goal to get a picture of myself pointing a gun at a tornado. I think I need a whole folder of photos of myself threatening natural disasters with a .12 gauge.

And that will be the greatest thread ever. Before I die...or get hit by a asteroid...or die from some mysterious STD contracted from having sex with dozens of parnoid hot women...I hope to see that thread come true.

[Guest damnimstupid]

I say we all form some sort of criminal syndicate like a month before it hits and take over an amusement park with 100 coolers full of beer.

 

Those would be good times... good times....

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

I'll be riding the mighty cockstrider over the virtual plains of Netheril laughing as the human race burns beneath us...

 

God bless AoO for intriducing me to the truth about him, now no problem is unsolvable.

[Guest TheGame2705]

I'll be riding the mighty cockstrider over the virtual plains of Netheril laughing as the human race burns beneath us...

 

God bless AoO for intriducing me to the truth about him, now no problem is unsolvable.

You're gonna be riding cock when this hits?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest Boo_Bradley]

Silly Earthlings the Mayans have already told us that September 21st 2012 will be the end of the world (Goes back to watching Mysteries of the Unknown)

[Guest wrestlingbs]

I'll be in my thirties by then... well, at least I won't have to finish paying off my student loans.

 

As soon as I read this I thought of Reverend Lovejoy running through the streets screaming: "It's all over people! We don't have a prayer!"

[Spicy McHaggis 0]

But the gravitational influence of giant planets such as Jupiter can nudge asteroids out of these safe orbits and send them plunging toward Earth.

Question for someone more scientifically inclined...how can Jupiter's gravitational pull push an asteroid away towards Earth?

[WukenBloodstar 0]

Its times like this I wish that Morgan Freeman was president. 

 

*wishes*

Hell no. Give me a Bruce Willis oil driller hitting golf balls at hippies any day...

Damn it! I was gonna say that!

[Ed Wood Caulfield 0]

Do they know exactly where the asterioid will hit the earth?

[Spaceman Spiff 0]

Somebody remember to bump this thread on March 19, 2014.

 

I don't wanna forget about this.

[Gert T 0]

Do they know exactly where the asterioid will hit the earth?

All countries that harbor terriorists and have WMD's!

[Bored 0]

March 20, 2014: EVERYONE GETS LAID!

 

March 22, 2014: Survivors start a free clinic.