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He Might Be Right ? User ID: 837239 Canada 12/30/2009 10:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's the 2nd pass they are worried about, I was reading about it 2 or 3 months ago, if it goes thru the "keyhole" which is a spot above the earth's orbit during the first pass, then the next time around, and this is from JPL, it will impact about 500 miles off the California coast and produce a tidal wave 1800ft high and it will travel 1200 miles inland and of course travel around the globe. It is on Youtube and very easy to research, and quite alarming! |
Wraith1970 User ID: 444477 United States 12/30/2009 10:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's the 2nd pass they are worried about, I was reading about it 2 or 3 months ago, if it goes thru the "keyhole" which is a spot above the earth's orbit during the first pass, then the next time around, and this is from JPL, it will impact about 500 miles off the California coast and produce a tidal wave 1800ft high and it will travel 1200 miles inland and of course travel around the globe. It is on Youtube and very easy to research, and quite alarming! Quoting: He Might Be Right ? 837239Damn....that will be one hell of a halfpipe. |
He Might Be Right ? User ID: 837239 Canada 12/30/2009 10:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's the 2nd pass they are worried about, I was reading about it 2 or 3 months ago, if it goes thru the "keyhole" which is a spot above the earth's orbit during the first pass, then the next time around, and this is from JPL, it will impact about 500 miles off the California coast and produce a tidal wave 1800ft high and it will travel 1200 miles inland and of course travel around the globe. It is on Youtube and very easy to research, and quite alarming! Quoting: Wraith1970Damn....that will be one hell of a halfpipe. LOL! Yeah man! |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 641658 United States 12/30/2009 10:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Who the hell names these things; "Apophis" Apophis (Egyptian Apep) was the great adversary of the sun god, Re. and was the very embodiment of the powers of dissolution, darkness and non-being. Hence, he was a sort of void or "black hole" forcing those he swallowed into that non-existence which the Egyptians feared so greatly. Being completely outside of the natural world, he was believed to require no nourishment other than to "breathe" his own shouts. He was a huge serpent who was thought to have existed at the beginning of time in the waters of primeval chaos prior to creation and his power was so great that it was thought that he would continue to exist in an endlessly malevolent cycle of attack, defeat and resurgent attack. He is thus known by many epithets, ranging from evil lizard, opponent and enemy to world encircler and serpent of rebirth. During the Roman period, he was interpreted as "he who was spat out" and linked to the saliva of the goddess Nei |
He Might Be Right ? User ID: 837239 Canada 12/30/2009 10:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And the information on this rock is now becoming a bit more difficult to access......things that make you go hmmmmm? |
He Might Be Right ? User ID: 837239 Canada 12/30/2009 11:00 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Who the hell names these things; "Apophis" Quoting: Anonymous Coward 641658Apophis (Egyptian Apep) was the great adversary of the sun god, Re. and was the very embodiment of the powers of dissolution, darkness and non-being. Hence, he was a sort of void or "black hole" forcing those he swallowed into that non-existence which the Egyptians feared so greatly. Being completely outside of the natural world, he was believed to require no nourishment other than to "breathe" his own shouts. He was a huge serpent who was thought to have existed at the beginning of time in the waters of primeval chaos prior to creation and his power was so great that it was thought that he would continue to exist in an endlessly malevolent cycle of attack, defeat and resurgent attack. He is thus known by many epithets, ranging from evil lizard, opponent and enemy to world encircler and serpent of rebirth. During the Roman period, he was interpreted as "he who was spat out" and linked to the saliva of the goddess Nei Nasa maybe? |
Astronut Senior Forum Moderator User ID: 634208 United States 12/30/2009 11:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I go to a site called Spaceweather.com everyday to watch the sun and other things, and about six months ago there was a report that the U.S. Airforce was stopping the feeds from their satellite which tracks these large rocks in space. Quoting: He Might Be Right ? 837239Wrong. The satellite information that was cut off was in no way useful to track large rocks in space, rather it tracked fireballs from small objects that were caught impacting the atmosphere and burning up. The satellites were pointed at earth, not out at space. Information on Apophis is just as easily available now as it was then. Last Edited by Astromut on 12/30/2009 11:03 AM |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 488240 United States 12/30/2009 11:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's the 2nd pass they are worried about, I was reading about it 2 or 3 months ago, if it goes thru the "keyhole" which is a spot above the earth's orbit during the first pass, then the next time around, and this is from JPL, it will impact about 500 miles off the California coast and produce a tidal wave 1800ft high and it will travel 1200 miles inland and of course travel around the globe. It is on Youtube and very easy to research, and quite alarming! Quoting: Wraith1970Damn....that will be one hell of a halfpipe. problem with that theory is the surface tension of the water vs. the shear weight of the water will probably top out at less than 1,000 feet, not that it helps much... |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 803665 United States 12/30/2009 11:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So we would be safer from Texas on further east? Seeing how I live 1 mile from the ocean in California, I'm totally screwed, but I have some time to relo stat! ;) Although, if I'm correct, an impact of that magnitude would wipe out the entire globe anyhow, so if one resides on the coast, they just have the best seats in the house to watch this doomtastic event! If there is no chance of survival, then I will definitely have my popcorn in hand. On a bright note, Happy New Year GLP'ers. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 488240 United States 12/30/2009 11:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | good change it from a rock into a shotgun blast maybe they should consider changing the drag of the object so it changes course. like painting it white and attaching long cables to it so it increases it's drag through the solar wind then it would stay in one piece |
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anonanon User ID: 853012 United Arab Emirates 12/30/2009 11:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | About time Russia finally steps up and does something good for the rest of the world. About time they pay for it as well. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 852872 United Kingdom 12/30/2009 11:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's the 2nd pass they are worried about, I was reading about it 2 or 3 months ago, if it goes thru the "keyhole" which is a spot above the earth's orbit during the first pass, then the next time around, and this is from JPL, it will impact about 500 miles off the California coast and produce a tidal wave 1800ft high and it will travel 1200 miles inland and of course travel around the globe. It is on Youtube and very easy to research, and quite alarming! Quoting: He Might Be Right ? 837239this 'keyhole' thing is very suspicious to me too. |
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grrttsgar User ID: 853020 United States 12/30/2009 11:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's the 2nd pass they are worried about, I was reading about it 2 or 3 months ago, if it goes thru the "keyhole" which is a spot above the earth's orbit during the first pass, then the next time around, and this is from JPL, it will impact about 500 miles off the California coast and produce a tidal wave 1800ft high and it will travel 1200 miles inland and of course travel around the globe. It is on Youtube and very easy to research, and quite alarming! Quoting: He Might Be Right ? 837239Then I guess living at 7400 ft aint such a bad thing after all. |
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