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Small Asteroid On Collision Course With Earth
musatov writes "There's talk on The Minor Planet Mailing List about a small asteroid approaching Earth with a 99.8% probability of colliding. The entrance to the Earth's atmosphere will take place October 7 at 0246 UTC (2:35 after this story goes live) over northern Sudan, releasing the energy of about a kiloton of TNT. The asteroid is assumed to be 3-4 meters in size; it is expected to burn up completely in the atmosphere, causing no harm. As a powerful bolide, it may put on quite a show in the sky. For those advanced enough in astronomy to observe, check the MPEC 2008-T50 and MPEC 2008-T64 circulars. NASA's JPL Small Body Database has a 3D orbit view. The story has been already picked up by CNN and NASA."
Bankers everywhere rejoice!
and it wants revenge.
The next big one could come any time and kill us all. If it was really the end of the world would they let us know?
I sure that Slashdot would report it at least twice.
Life is like a web application. Sometime you need cookies just to get by.
Please can we send Tom Cruise instead??
We hope your rules and wisdom choke you / Now we are one in everlasting peace
If a comet is on the ground, we call it a glacier.
A horrible violation of the laws of God and Man...
By the taping of my glasses, something geeky this way passes
So, a Dwarf Asteroid then?
Come play free flash games on Kongregate!
size challenged asteroid
I'm playing on the Super Nintendo.
It's called METEO, you insenstive clod!
-David
Oh crap, the fate of the earth depends on the accuracy of a slashdot summary?!?
Asteroid, meteoroid or hemorrhoid; what does it matter? They're all a pain in the ass.
Well it was only two hours by the time I posted that, but truth be told I'm out a microwave right now. I make my popcorn by putting the bag on top of my wireless router and firing up a bittorent.
We hope your rules and wisdom choke you / Now we are one in everlasting peace