2012

[Nutmeg]

actually the chance is VERY small... i learned about that this year in school :p

lol. its possible. think back to the dinosaurs. what happened then?

look, chap, simple physics.
the bigger an object is, the more mass it has.
a neuton law: force (of object) = mass(of object) X(times) acceleration(of object).
the meteor might have such a strong force that the Sun's gravitational pull may have little to no effect on it, thus allowing possible crash into a nearby planet.

I think what you may be referring to is if its possible within our lifetime. Well, I don't think it is in this century nor the next.  ^-^

From what scientists can tell, the meteor will be about 1/4 the size of the earth.  It will be going to fast to be affected much by the suns gravity.  A meteor like that would wipe out the enter earth in a matter of seconds.

Ways to avoid it:  We are trying to make some kind of a molecular rope and use another asteroid to alter our orbit.  That confuses me how that would work, but, I don't know.

[Romaap]

actually the chance is VERY small... i learned about that this year in school :p

lol. its possible. think back to the dinosaurs. what happened then?

look, chap, simple physics.
the bigger an object is, the more mass it has.
a neuton law: force (of object) = mass(of object) X(times) acceleration(of object).
the meteor might have such a strong force that the Sun's gravitational pull may have little to no effect on it, thus allowing possible crash into a nearby planet.

I think what you may be referring to is if its possible within our lifetime. Well, I don't think it is in this century nor the next.  ^-^

From what scientists can tell, the meteor will be about 1/4 the size of the earth.  It will be going to fast to be affected much by the suns gravity.  A meteor like that would wipe out the enter earth in a matter of seconds.

Ways to avoid it:  We are trying to make some kind of a molecular rope and use another asteroid to alter our orbit.  That confuses me how that would work, but, I don't know.

solution to meteor(solution to everything):  EXPLOSIVES!

[Nutmeg]

Days before the meteor hits:

World leaders:  You can't kill us!  We will kill ourselves!!! EXPLOSIVES!

-The meteor never gets a chance-

Epic win for world leaders.  :p

[Dark Chaos]

Days before the meteor hits:

World leaders:  You can't kill us!  We will kill ourselves!!! EXPLOSIVES!

-The meteor never gets a chance-

Epic win for world leaders.  :p

..............................o_0 what the hell does that have to do with the 2012 theory? and how the hell is it an epic win when they all die :p

[Nutmeg]

They didn't let the meteor destroy the earth... It had nothing to do, just in response to romaaps post.

-sorry, it was a pretty sucky post.  ::)

[matt123337]

I'm athiest, and don't believe in the 2012 rumor.  But scientist have tracked an asteriods path to hit us in 2036 (or 2042, I don't remember which one).

link to source, I would love to know how the f*** they figured that out.  Do you know the odds of that? about the same as throwing 2 grains of sand up in the air and both hitting.  Oh wait, that's the sun and a meteor the same size hitting... we're not even a spec in the milky way, let alone the universe (the universe has at least 1,000,000 galaxies [and galaxies have billions of stars])

[Nutmeg]

To add to what you said, the Earth has an atmosphere, so the chances are probably cut in half.

Well, meteors have hit the Earth before.  And one will probably hit again at some point in time even if it isn't 2042.  As for the link, it was a video we watched during physics... probably copy righted somewhere, but I don't know.  I could just be B.S. and I don't know how scientists can see so far into future paths of objects.  But somehow astronomers can send vehicles to pluto that won't land for like a billion years.  Maybe it will happen, maybe it won't.  I don't know, and it doesn't seem reasonable to me, but scientists would know.

-I know that this post sounds really flakey without a link.  ::)

[matt123337]

To add to what you said, the Earth has an atmosphere, so the chances are probably cut in half.

Well, meteors have hit the Earth before.  And one will probably hit again at some point in time even if it isn't 2042.  As for the link, it was a video we watched during physics... probably copy righted somewhere, but I don't know.  I could just be B.S. and I don't know how scientists can see so far into future paths of objects.  But somehow astronomers can send vehicles to pluto that won't land for like a billion years.  Maybe it will happen, maybe it won't.  I don't know, and it doesn't seem reasonable to me, but scientists would know.

-I know that this post sounds really flakey without a link.  ::)

What grade physics? and name of video?

[Dark Chaos]

THEY STILL TEACH PHYSICS IN SCHOOL?? ?? ?? >:( >:(


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[Nutmeg]

lol.  8th grade physics last year.  Name of the video...  We used a program called Celestia (don't know how to spell it).  I want to think that it was the intro video when we first started using it.  Celestia lets you take your space craft and fly around to different places in the galaxy.  From the moon, to places you don't really know.  Our class just screwed around though... didn't use it properly. XD

[matt123337]

lol.  8th grade physics last year.  Name of the video...  We used a program called Celestia (don't know how to spell it).  I want to think that it was the intro video when we first started using it.  Celestia lets you take your space craft and fly around to different places in the galaxy.  From the moon, to places you don't really know.  Our class just screwed around though... didn't use it properly. XD

Well this year in gr 9 scince we were talking about it, and well..... the earth will end.  In 5 billion years.  Sun go BOOM.  And we were also talking about how people were saying that NASA was saying the world was going to end, and guess what?  We watched a press confrence (live stream [I think]) of somebody from nasa stating that all the talk was fake.

[Dark Chaos]

lol.  8th grade physics last year.  Name of the video...  We used a program called Celestia (don't know how to spell it).  I want to think that it was the intro video when we first started using it.  Celestia lets you take your space craft and fly around to different places in the galaxy.  From the moon, to places you don't really know.  Our class just screwed around though... didn't use it properly. XD

Well this year in gr 9 scince we were talking about it, and well..... the earth will end.  In 5 billion years.  Sun go BOOM.  And we were also talking about how people were saying that NASA was saying the world was going to end, and guess what?  We watched a press confrence (live stream [I think]) of somebody from nasa stating that all the talk was fake.

They Can't Prove that :D

[Anarion]

Matt needs to believe.
It is VERY possible for a meteor to hit Earth.
Life on Earth can end from a meteor hitting. Earth WILL be completely destroyed when the sun goes out. Before it happens, it'll expand, its gravitational pull will increase. It will drag planets into it and they will burn along with it.


The way scientists detect far away objects such as planets or meteors are with electromagnetic waves. a radio wave, to be exact, since its the biggest electromagnetic wave. e.m waves travel at approximately 185,000 miles per second.
so, basically, there is some "thing" that sends the wave and if it bounces back, it is an object. send one again, if the time to receive it was shorter/longer than previous, it is moving.

[xcoopa]

well we all have to go at some time or anther why not all at the same time. www.space.com/spacewatch/space_junk.html  you can go to NASA web site and track it, its kinda fun to see.

[Dark Chaos]

Why go at all. PERIOD >:(

(that does not include old age. that's inevitable)