Asteroid Coming Awfully Close To Earty

[sjl127]

I'm surprised we haven't heard of this yet:

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2007%20TU24;orb=1

[OneLungMcClung]

Scary also because of the late discovery. Not that that matters: We have no defenses in place other than theoretical ones, such as reprogramming and launching an ICBM, which we have no idea of the effectiveness of (and won't happen anyway - can you imagine congress coming together on this? Please.)

This bad boy (2007 TU24..the one in your link) is even bigger than Apophis, which is the asteroid that will get way too close on Friday, April 13th, 2029 and may make a return trip on the same day on 2036. WOW.

Apophis is ~250m and 2007 TU24 is ~ 300m.

[RocketFoot]

Is TU24 the one that is supposed to crash into Mars late January, 2008? I haven't heard anything about it...

ETA: Nope...that was 2007 WD5
http://www.pafoa.org/forum/lounge-10...e-january.html

[phillyd2]

Just another reason to buy more ammo

[slicknick131]

This bad boy (2007 TU24..the one in your link) is even bigger than Apophis, which is the asteroid that will get way too close on Friday, April 13th, 2029 and may make a return trip on the same day on 2036. WOW.

OH MY GOD. I'll be 45 years old in 2029. And 52 in 2036.

That is some very scary stuff here.

Let's just pray Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis live that long or we are all screwed.

[Tsgtbob]

OH MY GOD. I'll be 45 years old in 2029. And 52 in 2036.

Yes, Nikki, it happens to the best of us. Just look at me. I used to be a stud of 25. Now, I'm just a warped 2X4 at 4X (nunyadangbidness)

[knight0334]

OH MY GOD. I'll be 45 years old in 2029. And 52 in 2036.

That is some very scary stuff here.

Let's just pray Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis live that long or we are all screwed.

ack.. I'd rather be hit with the asteroid now then..

[ShakeyDad]

Just another reason to buy more ammo

I like your thinking here, philly. Even if it doesn't do anything, at least we'll have plenty of ammo for.................other stuff, I guess.

[brian]

if this is the one i think it is, teh disco channels have been showing several programs on it over the last year or so.

iirc the first trip will miss by only several hundred thousand miles. there's also a window that if it passes through, will impact the second time around.
it's large enough to end most life on earth with in the first couple of days after impact, the resulting ice age would finish most everything else.

there are several invisioned plans in the works.....blowing it up isn't one of them.
moving it, slowing it or speeding it up are the front runners.

[str8shooter]

Scary, should I max out all my credit cards now and avoid the rush? He who dies with the most debt wins!