The End of The World on March 22, 2008.
The Ryou Black Islands
10-11-2007, 06:14
I am going to tell all that The earth is doomed on March 22. 2008.
The Near Earth Asteroid, 1620 Geographos, is going to slam into Earth on March 22, 2008.
Kiss your @$$ess good bye.
SeathorniaII
10-11-2007, 06:19
pics... or it didn't happen!
South Lorenya
10-11-2007, 06:24
http://forum.alsacreations.com/upload/2043-fail-camera.jpg
BackwoodsSquatches
10-11-2007, 06:25
http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?objects:Geographos;main
Umm..nope.
It will just come close.
"Close", meaning several thousands of miles away...
Wilgrove
10-11-2007, 06:27
http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?objects:Geographos;main
Umm..nope.
It will just come close.
"Close", meaning several thousands of miles away...
Yea, but the Earth can pull it into it's gravitational forces can it not?
South Lorenya
10-11-2007, 06:28
Geographos is Mars-crosser asteroid and a near-Earth object belonging to the Apollos. In 1994, during the asteroid's closest approach to Earth in two centuries at 5.0 Gm-which will not be bettered until 2586- a radar study of it was conducted by the Deep Space Network at Goldstone, California.
Gm = gigameter = 1,000,000 km. Therefore, it was more than ten times as distant as the moon always is.
Kortelan
10-11-2007, 06:29
Yea, but the Earth can pull it into it's gravitational forces can it not?
Not in the way that he is talking about. I am assuming that you mean Earth can use its gravity to pull it into a slowly decaying orbit around the planet. And it would work about as well as pulling Phobos or Demos into orbit, by the way Phobos and Demos are the moons of Mars.
Even then, how big is it? Would it still be enough to wipe out Humanity totally? Dinosaurs survived the actual impact of the meteorite that supposedly wiped them out, it was just that they couldn't adapt to the change in the ecosystem.
Wilgrove
10-11-2007, 06:31
Even then, how big is it? Would it still be enough to wipe out Humanity totally? Dinosaurs survived the actual impact of the meteorite that supposedly wiped them out, it was just that they couldn't adapt to the change in the ecosystem.
Well one thing for certain, if it does hit and if earth is covered with a layer of cloud, we won't have to worry about Global Warming anymore! :D
Pirated Corsairs
10-11-2007, 06:34
It can't end in 2008, because the World's going to end in 2012! I thought everybody knew that!
CthulhuFhtagn
10-11-2007, 06:35
Even then, how big is it? Would it still be enough to wipe out Humanity totally? Dinosaurs survived the actual impact of the meteorite that supposedly wiped them out, it was just that they couldn't adapt to the change in the ecosystem.
Actually, no. No dinosaurs aside from birds survived the Chixilcub impact.
BackwoodsSquatches
10-11-2007, 06:35
Yea, but the Earth can pull it into it's gravitational forces can it not?
Your asking the wrong guy, but Im assuming an object that size, that far away, is pretty unlikely to be grabbed by Earth's gravity.
Its not THAT big, nor is it close enough.
I believe its just considered to be passing close enough to make the paranoid, a bit more uncomfortable.
I can't say I'm going to worry about it. I'm pretty sure NASA et. al. have already ascertained the fact that this object poses no significant threat to Earth, and if it did they would already know what to do about it. If that's not the case, then meh. At least it would shut all those "LOLZ WORLD WILL END IN 2012 BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MAYAN CALENDAR" people up.
Wilgrove
10-11-2007, 06:38
Your asking the wrong guy, but Im assuming an object that size, that far away, is pretty unlikely to be grabbed by Earth's gravity.
Its not THAT big, nor is it close enough.
I believe its just considered to be passing close enough to make the paranoid, a bit more uncomfortable.
I shall go find some paranoid people to mess with then. *evil grin*
Wilgrove
10-11-2007, 06:39
I can't say I'm going to worry about it. I'm pretty sure NASA et. al. have already ascertained the fact that this object poses no significant threat to Earth, and if it did they would already know what to do about it. If that's not the case, then meh. At least it would shut all those "LOLZ WORLD WILL END IN 2012 BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MAYAN CALENDAR" people up.
But where will we get our daily dosage of crazy if the Mayan Calender people are quiet?
But where will we get our daily dosage of crazy if the Mayan Calender people are quiet?
I'm pretty sure Coast to Coast and Fortean Times will still be produced in the afterlife, if there is any justice at all in this world.
BackwoodsSquatches
10-11-2007, 06:40
Even then, how big is it? Would it still be enough to wipe out Humanity totally? Dinosaurs survived the actual impact of the meteorite that supposedly wiped them out, it was just that they couldn't adapt to the change in the ecosystem.
The funny thing is, is doesnt need to be enormous, it just has to be big enough, and hit the right spot.
There was an explosion in Siberia in 1908, and while no one is exactly sure what caused it (maybe a comet, maybe a meteor), it was significantly bigger than the Atomic Bombs at either Ngasaki, or Hiroshima.
BackwoodsSquatches
10-11-2007, 06:41
But where will we get our daily dosage of crazy if the Mayan Calender people are quiet?
Im afraid theres always Westboro County...
Plenty O batshit to go around.
Wilgrove
10-11-2007, 06:42
Im afraid theres always Westboro County...
Plenty O batshit to go around.
Yea, but I like the good kind of crazy, like Area 51 people, and the Dale Gribbles of the world, not the bad kind of crazy like WBC. :(
Marrakech II
10-11-2007, 10:05
http://newton.dm.unipi.it/cgi-bin/neodys/neoibo?objects:Geographos;main
Umm..nope.
It will just come close.
"Close", meaning several thousands of miles away...
Judging by the info you put up 2008 is not even the closest it gets to Earth.
OP look out your window and really make sure the sky is falling.
Marrakech II
10-11-2007, 10:07
I'm pretty sure Coast to Coast and Fortean Times will still be produced in the afterlife, if there is any justice at all in this world.
Coast to Coast is good stuff. Anytime one wants to remind themselves they are not crazy just turn that show on. I have a chuckle evertime I have heard that show. I have to turn it off of course when I find myself thinking that the last caller actually made sense. :D
Coast to Coast is good stuff. Anytime one wants to remind themselves they are not crazy just turn that show on. I have a chuckle evertime I have heard that show. I have to turn it off of course when I find myself thinking that the last caller actually made sense. :D
That's what the Fortean Times is for. It's a quick antidote of reasoned insight in to the paranormal that helps offset any craziness from Coast to Coast. ;)
I am going to tell all that The earth is doomed on March 22. 2008.
The Near Earth Asteroid, 1620 Geographos, is going to slam into Earth on March 22, 2008.
Kiss your @$$ess good bye.F*ck! That's the same time the UK Webcomix Thing is! :mad:
worlds do not end comfortably and convieniently while putting on a dramatic show for the amusement of their doomed life forms.
IF, a large astronomical body were to survive it's fall through the atmosphere with sufficient mass to have a signifigant impact on life as we 'know' it, and yes, several times in the far more distant past then anything human had ever been arround, several have, what would actually happen?
that part of it that would affect the rest of everything NOT living at its ground ziro, would NOT take place instantaniously. rather particulate matter released into the atmosphere would severely affect weather patterns, which in turn, would EVENTUALLY resault in mass extinctions. just as our way of life induced global climate chainges are doing now. and NOT at any signifigantly faster rate.
granted a commetary/asteroid impact WOULD make the six o'clock news.
and probable tsunami activity would likely devistate coastal populations.
if one landed in the atlantic, just off patterson new jersey for example, the resaults WOULD be "interesting". but everyone living in syberia or nepal, would not suddenly fall down dead as a direct and imediate resault.
=^^=
.../\...
Lunatic Goofballs
10-11-2007, 12:18
Considering all the weird and wacky ends I've devised for mankind, I'd be very upset if an asteroid beat me to it. :p
Naturality
10-11-2007, 12:19
o bull crap.. anyone that ever says a certain date ...is doomed to fail.
Intestinal fluids
10-11-2007, 14:26
Actually, no. No dinosaurs aside from birds survived the Chixilcub impact.
This may not be true. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/10/061030-dinosaur-killer_2.html
Katganistan
10-11-2007, 17:18
Im afraid theres always Westboro County...
Plenty O batshit to go around.
Perhaps it will hit the church, and vaporize it and the entire congregation? :D
Oh and nothing else...
because God hates all of US and wants to take THEM home.
Marrakech II
10-11-2007, 17:54
Considering all the weird and wacky ends I've devised for mankind, I'd be very upset if an asteroid beat me to it. :p
It could be a giant pie or ball of mud.... We never really are to sure, right?
The blessed Chris
10-11-2007, 17:58
At least I'll get another birthday before we all die.
Wilgrove
10-11-2007, 19:28
Perhaps it will hit the church, and vaporize it and the entire congregation? :D
Oh and nothing else...
because God hates all of US and wants to take THEM home.
Is it any wonder why you're my favorite Mod? :D
Seangoli
10-11-2007, 20:10
Actually, no. No dinosaurs aside from birds survived the Chixilcub impact.
Eh, it's likely they all didn't just die out instantly, or even within a few days, or weeks of the impact. It would have taken some time for the entirety of the Dinosaurs(Except birds, of course) to die out, however in terms of the Earth, it would be but a blink, of course. Probably no more than a few millenia after impact, most, if not all, of the Dinosaurs were dead and gone.
New Genoa
10-11-2007, 20:47
about time
Considering all the weird and wacky ends I've devised for mankind, I'd be very upset if an asteroid beat me to it. :p
But where would you get all that pie ? :eek:
Mystic Skeptic
10-11-2007, 21:55
Not to fear - NASA scientists have already calculated its trajectory and prediceted within 6" exactly where it will land.
George Bush has already asked congress to commission the construction of a giant catchers mitt at that location. Democrats have refused to pass the bill until the UN sends inspectors to the asteroid to ascertain it actually has hostile intent. Meanwhile Iran has threatened the asteroid with retaliation against Israel...
If that asteroid hits then the Martians will have a field day about this...Damn Martians.
The Parkus Empire
11-11-2007, 03:34
The astroid won't make it. Our offices have been preparing to demolish your planet for some time now. Have a nice day.
http://www.vogon.com/mirror/earth/earthrec.gif
The Brevious
11-11-2007, 05:45
o bull crap.. anyone that ever says a certain date ...is doomed to fail.
http://www.sullivan-county.com/news/mine/jazz.htm
Yup, phailallover.