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Originally posted by Fromabove
Again, Elenin did not break up, it exhausted it's tail and what is left is a rather large rock about 2 miles wide which according to one NASA site has it impacting the earth off the Alaskan-Russian coast. They screw up the date so you won't panic, riot in the streets, steal Tv's, and pillage and rape thinking the world is going to end. So you won't know about it until it hits the Earth and the sky darkens and the world experiences a global earthquake. And since there will be no electrical power and all the nuclear power plants will go hot, you won't have to worry about it anyway.
ELE = Exstinction level event
Originally posted by OLD HIPPY DUDE
Anyone else find this timing funny ?
www.space.com...
Originally posted by windword
Originally posted by OLD HIPPY DUDE
Anyone else find this timing funny ?
www.space.com...
This was reported by my local news channel earlier this week. It was funny because the newscaster reported that NASA says there is only a 3,500 in 1 chance of it hitting anyone.
The co-reported was like, "What?" That's pretty good odds!" The guy says, "Wait, are those numbers right?" Then they went on to the next story.
Not much needed to say about this one other than.. wow.
Originally posted by signwearer
Again, if a "Deep Impact" situation were to happen, they WOULD NOT warn us, period.
Originally posted by Darce
To all those who say "Elenin is gone", I ask; how would you know if it's there or not when it's now moving between us and Sol? Do you understand why we can't see our moon when it's between us and Sol? It happens 12 times a year, it's pretty simple.
Originally posted by Darce
To all those who say "Elenin is gone", I ask; how would you know if it's there or not when it's now moving between us and Sol? Do you understand why we can't see our moon when it's between us and Sol? It happens 12 times a year, it's pretty simple.
Originally posted by jazzguy
seems elenin is gone but you can bet
if a "Deep Impact" situation were to happen, they WOULD NOT warn us, period.
that is absolutely correct.
Except NASA or the government has nothing to do with observing Elenin. All of the observational data that goes in to creating Elenin's orbit diagram comes from the Minor Planet Center. The MPC is a small, independent, organization that takes confirmed observations from astronomer, both amateur and professional, and uses that data to calculate orbital characteristics and diagrams. It has absolutely nothing to do with NASA or the government, instead it is under the auspices of the International Astronomical Union. So if something were amiss pretty much every astronomer in the world would have to be in on it.
For 15 years, scientists have benefited from data gleaned by U.S. classified satellites of natural fireball events in Earth's atmosphere – but no longer. A recent U.S. military policy decision now explicitly states that observations by hush-hush government spacecraft of incoming bolides and fireballs are classified secret and are not to be released, SPACE.com has learned. The satellites' main objectives include detecting nuclear bomb tests, and their characterizations of asteroids and lesser meteoroids as they crash through the atmosphere has been a byproduct data bonanza for scientists.
The upshot: Space rocks that explode in the atmosphere are now classified. "It's baffling to us why this would suddenly change," said one scientist familiar with the work. "It's unfortunate because there was this great synergy…a very good cooperative arrangement. Systems were put into dual-use mode where a lot of science was getting done that couldn't be done any other way. It's a regrettable change in policy." Scientists say not only will research into the threat from space be hampered, but public understanding of sometimes dramatic sky explosions will be diminished, perhaps leading to hype and fear of the unknown.
Again, if a "Deep Impact" situation were to happen, they WOULD NOT warn us, period.
Again, Elenin did not break up, it exhausted it's tail and what is left is a rather large rock about 2 miles wide which according to one NASA site has it impacting the earth off the Alaskan-Russian coast.
What about the Earth's crossing Elenin's Orbital path in October ?