What is the time frame between the 2 pics? Also, is the missing part in the middle the earth and what about the pixelated blue line/beam, is it a wrap-around seam?

you can see the pics? couse i can't its only empty square with red cross on the upper left corner, typical image missing.......

doh maybe i have java problems

[Edited on 28-5-2004 by _ARMac_]

NothingMakesSense - Thats a nice link on the effects of the asteroid, very cool.

What do you do with the "ATS Points"?

You use the ATS points to do things like get funky backgrounds and avitars etc. I think it cost me 250 points to use a picture next to my name. Also enough points will get you into forums that you cant access.

Look up on the top where it says MemberCenter (u2u) You go there, then a little tab on the left that says ats store.

[Edited on 28-5-2004 by Darkblade71]

Originally posted by TPL
I wish these bleeding things would speed up (if they exist) i cant wait to say i told you so to several people, at least then i might die happy in the knowledge that i was right and that i knew before them!

Tell you what, if I die from an asteroid in June you can have my
"It's Raining Men" cd.

I don' think AB was talking about Comet Itokawa. He mentioned 2 asteroids and an anomaly. Comet Itokawa does get close to the earth severl times during the next 7 years. The animation was pretty FREAKY!


...fin

Yes the orbit simulator and closes approach is on 27th june not 23th go step by step and you will see and it says that then wil be 0.0129 AU from the earth and thats far away. Just look at my post on page 18 i think, i bringed the Ephemeris generator that is even more precise then this Orbit simulator so according to nasa and all other bigger astrnomes it will miss us. Didnt you saw my last post?

Yes, I saw your post, I just thought this was easier to see, IMO. Not to discredit you, I just felt I could see it a bit better like this.

when we die, we die, i just hope i have the heads up

[edit on 20-10-2004 by antipigopolist]

[edit on 20-10-2004 by antipigopolist]

And there are not 2 large iron chunks travelling with it and it's not enveloped in a dust cloud from a supernova unlike our Aussie Bloke seems to be. Take another hit, AB!

So, he might be talking about seomthing else.

No one has answered my question: did those impact points come from AB himself?

It seems so. Anyone? if that is right then there is no possible reason to beleave him. (IMPO of course)

An earthquake of Magnitude 6.2 has just hit The city of Sari in Northern Iran. Wonder if there'll be any more in the coming weeks. Check ATSNN

Peace

Originally posted by NothingMakesSense
(a lot of info about the projected impact deleted for brevity)

A couple nitpicks about the data you used. First the speed of the supposed incoming objects was given in miles per hour (in the post on page 4 or so) not kilometers per second. Making the conversion, it should be approximately 100km/s, not 222000km/s

Second, the density you used (again taken directly from the aforementioned post on page 4-ish) was the lb/ft^3, adjusting to km/m^3 you get close enough to 1500 to use the porous rock pre-set on the simulator. (Close enough for "will-my-house-be-standing calculations", if you're an astronomy grad student you'd probably better have it calculated to the 23rd decimal just to be safe )

With those adjustments, it's slightly less cataclysmic. Not fun, but a little better:

Impact Effects
Robert Marcus, H. Jay Melosh, and Gareth Collins
Your Inputs:
Distance from Impact: 1000.00 km = 621.00 miles
Projectile Diameter: 1818.55 m = 5964.86 ft = 1.13 miles
Projectile Density: 1500 kg/m3
Impact Velocity: 99.82 km/s = 61.99 miles/s
Impact Angle: 45 degrees
Target Density: 1500 kg/m3
Target Type: Competent Rock or saturated soil
Energy:
2.35 x 1022 Joules = 5.62 x 106 MegaTons TNT
The average interval between impacts of this size somewhere on Earth is 1.7 x 107years
Crater Size:
What does this mean?



Transient Crater Diameter: 34.59 km = 21.48 miles
Final Crater Diameter: 55.15 km = 34.25 miles
The crater formed is a complex crater.
Thermal Radiation:
What does this mean?



The fireball is below the horizon. There is no direct thermal radiation.
Seismic Effects:
What does this mean?


The major seismic shaking will arrive at approximately 200.0 seconds.
Richter Scale Magnitude: 9.1
Mercalli Scale Intensity at a distance of 1000 km:


III. Felt indoors. Hanging objects swing. Vibration like passing of light trucks. Duration estimated. may not be recognized as an earthquake.

IV. Hanging objects swing. Vibration like passing of heavy trucks; or sensation of a jolt like a heavy ball striking the walls. Standing motor cars rock. Windows, dishes, doors rattle. Glasses clink. Crockery clashes. In the upper range of IV wooden walls and frame creak.

Ejecta:
What does this mean?


The ejecta will arrive approximately 494.4 seconds after the impact.
Average Ejecta Thickness: 1.5 cm = 0.59 inches
Mean Fragment Diameter: 820 micrometers = 32.29 1/1000 of an inch

Air Blast:
What does this mean?


The air blast will arrive at approximately 3333.3 seconds.
Peak Overpressure: 28220.4 Pa = 0.2822 bars = 4.0073 psi
Max wind velocity: 54.3 m/s = 121.4 mph
Sound Intensity: 89 dB (Loud as heavy traffic)
Damage Description:


Glass windows will shatter.

About 30 percent of trees blown down; remainder have some branches and leaves blown off.

Carriers will be better able to cope with the tidal wave in deep water.

Son of a biotch another bit of evidence that the government is preparing for this....