We're all screwed, the end of the world is near

[boffo]

Originally Posted by Fyrus

I checked that, because it seemed odd as well, and it is correct.

It's correct that almost 700,000 km is equal to 418 miles?

[Dr Pepper 6pk]

January 28, 2008

[Fyrus]

Originally Posted by boffo

It's correct that almost 700,000 km is equal to 418 miles?

The thing I used must have sucked.

434959.8345661338 Miles

[Dutch guy]

Originally Posted by boffo

It's correct that almost 700,000 km is equal to 418 miles?

1 mile is about 1.6 km.

But this meteor crap, are we in any real danger?

[Dr Pepper 6pk]

well its dangerously close and might be pulled in by Earths gravitational pull

[Fyrus]

418,301.49 miles.


Plus we have nukes for that.

And if this was a serious thing, it would be all over the news.

Also, this is 2008 not 2012

[Dutch guy]

Originally Posted by Fyrus

418,301.49 miles.


Plus we have nukes for that.

And if this was a serious thing, it would be all over the news.

Also, this is 2008 not 2012

Are there nukes that can be launched into space that far? Because if it's too close a nuke with power enough too destroy a meteor of that size half of earth's population would die of radiation.

[Dr Pepper 6pk]

Originally Posted by Fyrus

418,301.49 miles.


Plus we have nukes for that.

And if this was a serious thing, it would be all over the news.

Also, this is 2008 not 2012

uh yea its 2008, where are you getting these numbers from?
JPL Small-Body Database Browser

[Fyrus]

Originally Posted by Dutch guy

Are there nukes that can be launched into space that far? Because if it's too close a nuke with power enough too destroy a meteor of that size half of earth's population would die of radiation.

We have space ships with nukes for that.

[goldmember]

Originally Posted by Fyrus

2007 Tu24.

That means that the asteroid was discovered in 2007.

I don't see the fuss, you just said it would come close, not hit us and kill us all. Maybe we'll see something pretty.