is it True that a 1.3 mile asteroid is going to hit the earth in the year 2019?pls let me know ...?
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Yes Zee, it's true.  What will you do with your last 13 years?
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Sure, the main theory right now is that of a large meteoritic impact, first seriously proposed back in 1980. It fits the requirement of a rapid and sudden kill-off event. What killed the dinosuars? Well the immediate effect of a large asteroid impact would be global firestorms. The ejecta reaches low earth orbit and then superheats as it re-enters the atmosphere. This pretty much covers much of the planet in fire. Other bad things happen, toxic metals in the air and water, dust obscuring the sun, many bad things, but the main killing factor is the global fire storm.\n\nAs scientists we really like the asteroid impact theory as it is supported with the following evidence:\n\n1. The boundry layer in which the extinction occured is ultra-rich in the element irridum. These high concentrations of irridium are not found on earth, but match very well to those of meteoritic samples that we have. This boundry layer with irridium has been found all over the globe.\n\n2. Shocked quartz deposits have been found in the regions near central to lower north america, indicating a large shockwave propagated across the area\n\n3. Tiny glass beads have been found in the same regions, with larger ones more concentrated near the Yucatan. Thes glass bead are most closely related to objects we call Tektites, a glass that forms from meteorite impact ejecta. (cool science thing: you can get tektites for a couple dollars at any rock shop!)\n\n4. Tsunami deposits from that era have been found in the gulf of mexico region, indicating massive tidal wave events\n\n5. A crater caused an impact large enough to cause all of these things has been found right on the coast of the Yucatan, centered on Chicxulub, and dating to the right time period.
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It is estimated that Earth is bombarded by a city-sized asteroid once every 65mil yrs.\ni) Assuming a Poisson distribution, find the probability that Earth will be hit by 2 or less of such asteroids in the next 10000yrs.\nEta Carinae is a suspected hypernova that is 7000 light-years away from Earth. Scientists have observed 200 of such star in many distant galaxies. It was found that the stars have an average life-span of 200mil years with variance 2500mil yrs^2.\nii) Construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean lifespan of Eta Carinae, giving your answer correct to 8 significant figures.\nIt was found later that Eta Carinae was formed 200.01mil yrs ago. \niii) Using the sample of 200 stars earlier, a scientist boldly claimed that Eta Carinae will explode today, causing devastation to Earth in 7000years’ time. By stating clearly the null and alternate hypothesis, test the scientist's claim at 5% level of significance.\nYou may assume the normality of the population of stars observed.
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I don't know the name, I think it just has a number.\n\nIt is about 1,000,000 km away and is a captured asteroid about 1km across.  It is irregular in shape.  It is in an unstable orbit and will eventually leave the Earth's orbit and enter solar orbit.
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it takes a full year for the earth to complete one lap so in a week its hardly moved. If a year was a full sweep of a clock, then its not got as far as 1 yet !!!\nIts 1/52th of the way round after a week. ( Or in foreign money 0.0192 ) \n\nSo lets hope its boots fit properly or else they'll be a proper kerfuffle round about February.\n\nChris
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When a big asteroid or a meteor finds it's way to Earth.
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Well, just by playing the odds, it's a good bet that the Earth will be destroyed some day. It's basic math.\n\nAll Hail Steven Hawking!\n-SD-\n\nROFLMAO!\n\nJust looked at the post below me.  Lets see, Christians have been saying "Very soon now." for 2000 years, and it still hasn't happened. Look on the bright side, eventually, you'll be right! Sheer happenstance is bound to end our days at some point.\n\nUnder the circumstances, "Very soon now" is the same thing as saying "7-come-11, Baby needs a new halo!".\n\n-SD-
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it wont be here.....2036 theres an asteroid set to collide with earth the size of Texas...heard it on APNews
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Nuke it, propel it away with rockets, or just accept it.  \n\nhttp://search.yahoo.com/search?p=protect+the+earth+from+a+major+asteroid+impact+&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&xargs=0&pstart=1&fr=FP-tab-web-t-403&b=11
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Hi,     Asteroid 2004XP14 will be moving past very close to Earth on Mon. July 03,2006 at 04:25 Universal Time.  You can calculate out your time from that.  This  asteroid will be passing just 432,308km from Earth.  This asteroid is between 410m and 920m in diameter.  In order to see this asteroid you will need a moderate sized telescope along with some experience.  I hope you able to see it!!!!!    Dave.  remember>>>>04:25UT
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i just received email about it, so i'll just copy and paste it... \n\nEarth is about to pass through the dusty tail of Comet Thatcher, and this will cause the annual Lyrid meteor shower. Forecasters expect the shower to peak on April 22nd, producing about 10 meteors per hour--modest, but pretty.  The best time to look is during the hours before sunrise on Saturday morning.  Go to a dark site away from city lights, if possible.\n\nThe Moon will also encounter the comet's tail on April 22nd, which raises an interesting possibility: Amateur astronomers may be able to spot flashes of light on the Moon when comet debris hits the lunar surface and explodes. All that's required is a backyard telescope and lots of patience.\n\nNote: This is a Northern Hemisphere shower.  South of the equator, observers will see very few Lyrids.  Southerners are, however, in an excellent position to observe Lyrid impacts on the Moon.  The Moon rises high in southern skies on April 22nd, in plain view of backyard telescopes.\n\nyou can visit the link below for observing tips and sky maps
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No, it is not true. But they are looking all the time and there are some that are expected to come pretty close in the next few decades. If there is ever a definite prediction of an inevitable collision, it will be all over the news; you won't have to ask about it on the Internet. I mean, it will be debated in congress, the president will be on all TV channels, the UN will debate it, every scientist and weirdo will be on TV talking about it, billions of dollars will be appropriated by governments around the world to try and do something about it and on and on and on. It will not be a secret or an obscure, hard to find fact.
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My opinion is that we would have to change course of an asteroid headed for Earth.  That means that we would have to detect it years in advance.  With enough notice, we could build a Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP) system.  Actually we would have to build several and attach them to the asteroid and start pushing.   They would need to be refueled, so we have to make several visits.   If successful, a project like this would be a real boon to the space program, the economy, and scientific knowlege.
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the earth will probably not exist in the same fashion as it does today.  a meteor will probably hit us and start the life cycle again in the next 200 mill or so.  Probably more water and less land so i figure more water based life will exist
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several large asteroids have earth-crossing orbits, but we know of no asteroids that will come close to us at this time.  Odds are, if an asteroid that was 1 mile across or bigger coming at us soon, we wouldn't know it at all in advance.  We're working on finding them all and getting their orbits mapped.
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If you're talking about asteroid Apophis, you're a bit early. It's not due until 2036. The current impact risk is put at 1 chance in 6,250 (99.98% probability of a miss)\n\nCheck this website for up-to-date impact risks for known near-Earth-objects (NEO's) -->http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/
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i dont think anyone really knows for sure. probably like thousands of millions of years. unless it gets hit by a ginormus asteroid and explodes into teeny tiny peices!! lol