Re: AHH, Shouldn't we panic about the ASTEROID coming near Earth tomorrow??


PD wrote:
guskz@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
http://www.whatistheword.com/story/SciTech_895.html

They say there is nothing to fear since the Asteroid (1/2 mile wide)
will be passing around NOON (Eastern time) at 1.1 the distance from
Earth to the Moon on July 3....

.....call me CRAZY ***would*** we be WORRIED if it came at 0.1
distance (instead of 1.1) from the Earth??

But it won't.

The distance from Dallas, TX to El Paso, TX is 570 miles.
The distance from Dallas, TX to Lincoln, NE is 555 miles.

This does not mean that Lincoln NE is 15 miles from El Paso TX.

Do you see the connection?


They say the Asteroid is traveling at 8 moon distance per hour but
either way, I presume the Moon which takes 1 month to orbit the Earth
is probably on the opposite side of the Earth during the asteroid's
trajectory....

Either way, that's too close for my comfort!!! (especially when
gravity vs velocity is involved)


PD



Why you ask? Because that's the asteroids distance from the Moon,
therefore it might hit the Moon (perhaps due to it's gravity)?!?!?

And then there might be THREE dangers:


1. The moon's will be knocked off balance (2000 miles wide hit by 1/2
mile Asteroid) and it's gravity may affect Earth own balance?

2. What would prevent the Moon from not hitting the Earth (since the
Moon's velocity direction (+ gravity pull) may be re-aimed towards the
Earth after the impact?

3. One web link says ***if**** the Asteroid would hit the Earth, it
could bring life to Saturn's moon Titan, because fragments of Earth
rock would go all the way there:
http://www.whatistheword.com/story/SciTech_767.html

THAT'S NICE BUT LIKEWISE FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOON if it were hit by the
Asteroid would then ALSO HIT EARTH?????

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