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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:MOTHERFUCKER!!! by phreakuencies · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    a) I know the difference. It was a typo b) My first language is not english. A typo doesn't make me illiterate. c) Where did I say it was an advice?

  2. Grow Up: Bush Won With Smallest Margin Ever by reallocate · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bush won with the smallest popular vote margin of any President going after a second term -- ever.

    That total did not include my vote, but it is time to start dealing with reality and stop dealing with smug ill-informed conceits.

    Get over it.

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  3. Re:Well in this case by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, I don't think thats true at all.

    We, the humans, are destroying the earth around us with ruthless efficiency.
    We have lost the knowledge to co-exist and care for our environment - on a local AND global scale.
    This asteroid won't kill us, but something will, and you can bet it would have been preventable with planning and preperation.

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  4. Re:Party like it's 2099 by samrolken · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Haha! Are the moderators blind?!

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