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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Yet another asteroid to devastate the earth
2010-07-29
A GIANT asteroid could be on course to hit Earth causing massive devastation, space boffins revealed today.
That does it. I'm outta here.
An international team including NASA experts warned a 560m wide space rock has been discovered heading this way.
"Look out! It's a 560m wide space rock!"
If it did hit Earth it would blast a crater several miles wide and could devastate a city the size of London, wreaking death and destruction for hundreds of miles in every direction.
"Aaaiiieee! Death! Destruction!"
Anyone concerned by the warning has one thing to be thankful for — if it does hit it is most likely to happen in 2182.
Oh. Well. In that case we have time for dinner, don't we?
That gives scientists 172 years to work out how to deal with it.
... and we have time for a few drinks, too...
Hmmmmm...I smell an opportunity of a lifetime. Igor, where's that grant paperwork?
The asteroid was discovered in 1999 and is dubbed 1999 RQ36.
What? Nobody's done anything about it until now?... Ummm... What have they done now?
The scientists had labelled it a "potentially hazardous asteroid" of the Apollo group because its orbit brings it close to Earth.
Posted by:Fred

#12  ARTIC > IIUC, our future OWG-NWO has ONE SHOT, + ONLY ONE SHOT, IN YEAR 2082 [NOT 2182] TO SAVE TERRA FIRMA FROM BEING TURNED INTO ROCKY ROAD-ROCKREENIES SPACE MUSH.

By a NOT-THE-YEAR-2030-MOON-OR-PLANET-MERCURY [Fatima "3rd Secret" > "Winged Hoss/Horse"] Minor Bolide-Rock.

D *** NG IT, NASA-JPL, DON'T CONFUSE ME WID MTV RAP!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2010-07-29 20:55  

#11  These asteroids are attracted to planets where the people espouse global warming, socialism, and islamic fundamentalism.
Posted by: JohnQC   2010-07-29 17:42  

#10  Assuming pure nickel-iron at 8000 kg/m^3

735.3 x 10^9 kg

Boom. BIG boom.
Posted by: mojo   2010-07-29 12:32  

#9  Wikileaks sez Quetta is an alternate target.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2010-07-29 11:15  

#8  Why is everyone assuming we have to steer it into Iran? That could be it's destination in the first place!
Posted by: Charles   2010-07-29 11:03  

#7  Definately bigger than the Arizona one. It would be like a giant nuke going off if it hit.

Can we steer it into Iran?
Posted by: DarthVader   2010-07-29 10:44  

#6  The asteroid was discovered in 1999 and is dubbed 1999 RFQ36.

fixed it for them.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2010-07-29 10:15  

#5  perhaps our NASA Liaison TO Muslims™ could inform the Dar that a false Moon God is coming. Should make for interesting Rage Boy™ videos
Posted by: Frank G   2010-07-29 10:02  

#4  "Space boffins" sounds like a pr0n video title.
Posted by: Spot   2010-07-29 08:13  

#3  Astroid could raze London.

And the downside is?



Posted by: Besoeker   2010-07-29 06:14  

#2  ...dubbed 1999 RQ36

Oh, it's the Illudium RQ36 Explosive Space Modulator.

"There's supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!"
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2010-07-29 05:21  

#1  a 560m wide space rock

Usually that translates into a 1837.27034ft wide space rock. Glad to see they resisted the urge here.

Any way we can time this to hit Iran?
Posted by: gorb   2010-07-29 01:05  

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