Fifty Meter Asteroid Might Hit Earth In 2098

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Fifty Meter Asteroid Might Hit Earth In 2098

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 28, 2010 @06:15AM from the warn-your-grandkids dept.

eldavojohn writes "The Bad Astronomer brings word of an asteroid discovered with a tiny chance of hitting Earth. While it's only 50 meters wide, it could have the impact of a 20 megaton bomb. It's still twenty million miles away so if it hits us, it won't happen until 2098. The real story here is how a remarkable telescope, dubbed Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System, that went operational in May found its first potential target in our growing impact alert system for Earth."

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Re:i'll be dead by grub · 2010-09-28 06:19 · Score: 4, Funny

Fuck you. I'll be 133 years old hooked up to machines and tubes.
I CARE

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Who will save us? by Manos_Of_Fate · 2010-09-28 06:20 · Score: 5, Funny

We'd better freeze Bruce Willis, just to be sure.

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1. Re:Who will save us? by Antisyzygy · 2010-09-28 06:22 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  We better freeze the members of Aerosmith as well, otherwise he won't have epic tracks to listen to on his way to the asteroid.
  
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2. Re:Who will save us? by treeves · 2010-09-28 07:42 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I think they're already pretty much frozen, in the 1980s.
  
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Re:No problem, send in a driller by AvitarX · 2010-09-28 06:20 · Score: 4, Funny

Well, Bruce Willis' head in a jar at least.

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Re:How can it destroy the Earth? by mcgrew · 2010-09-28 06:30 · Score: 4, Funny

I'm eligible for retirement in 2012, so the world as I know it will surely end. Don't know about the rest of you guys, though. More importantley...
Our calendar ends on Dec 31st of THIS YEAR! WE'RE ALL DOOMED!

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Re:Key Words: by Anonymous Coward · 2010-09-28 06:31 · Score: 4, Funny

But if it does hit, it is nearly certain that most of the people alive now won't be alive after the impact. Oh the humanity!
Re:Is it REALLY that bad? by wjousts · 2010-09-28 06:48 · Score: 3, Funny

By 2098 it'll probably be more like 85% of the Earth covered in water. By the coastal city of Denver will be under a tsunami watch just in case.
Re:i'll be dead by soloport · 2010-09-28 07:04 · Score: 5, Funny

I CARE TOO This asteroid has been poised for millions of years, ready to strike Earth in 2098, and the story has made it to /. just now? Come on editors!
Re:i'll be dead by Hognoxious · 2010-09-28 07:58 · Score: 3, Funny

Get off my synthilawn you Dawkindarned thirtynagers!

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Re:And... by masmullin · 2010-09-28 09:28 · Score: 4, Funny

All you need is brainz! All you need is brainz! All you need is brainz brainz... brainz is all you need.
when I find myself in times of trouble, mother mary comes to me... and I eat her brainz, its yummy, its yummy.
yesterday, my mortality was so far away, but i find that I am rotting today. oh i believe in yesterday