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2004 MN4, Even Higher Probability

Posted by timothy on from the keep-your-will-in-order dept.

phreakuencies writes "Worried since the recent post about the MN4 2004 asteroid, I added a bookmark to its 'impact risk' section at NASA. The asteroid started as having a 1/233 probability of hitting earth. Later it raised to 1/63. Daily computations made on 25 Dec raised its chances up to 1/45. Optimists can now say it has a 97.8% probability of missing earth." And Veteran writes " NeoDys offers the 'Orbfit' software package (source code released under the GPL) which can be used to get a pre-release view of the situation with Asteroid 2004MN4."

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  1. Re:Well, I'm glad Bush is in power by UniverseIsADoughnut · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The problem is the US will decide that our solution is the best one and override suggestions or plans by any other nation. If France has a idea, and maybe even a better one then us, The US will say "fuck you" and do it our way. And since stopping it would be a one shot deal, thats not a good thing to have happen. It's probably a one shot deal cause if the first try to stop it messes up the way the thing is setup, it might mess up all the plans other groups have.

    Me personally think that a hit that would posse good odds of destroying the world would be a great thing for world unity and get the whole planet to work as one to solve the problem, and maybe from that we can learn something.

  2. Re:Impact calculator by ChairmanMeow · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Where-ever this things lands, lets hope it lands where the most despicable living politician in the world currently is residing. And to borrow a phrase from current despicable politicians and top brass, any civilians that goes in the same bang, they are "just collateral"...

    Remind me to be away from Washington DC on April 13, 2029.

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  3. Re:no wonder nasa got all that new funding by SPQRDecker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't have any moderator points left, but if I did, I would use all of them to mod you down, just for making a 2010 reference. C'mon, please, do not dignify that movie by referencing again. Or else the Ghost of Kubrick past will visit you.

  4. Re:Exciting! by MeanSolutions · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    My definition of bad. I was thinking fascist, totalitarian, power-hungry, corrupt, etc. etc. Well, what-ever the heck Dubya stands for basically....

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    Swedish, but resident in the UK since 1996.