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The good news is that Apophis will pass so close you'll be able to see it without a telescope. That's also the bad news. The asteroid, as big as the Eiffel Tower and named after a villain in Stargate SG-1 (...I'm not totally kidding) is going to actually approach Earth closer than geosynchronous satellites, but is very unlikely to hit the Earth and we'd have to be very unlucky for that to happen.
Did I mention it'll be Friday the 13th?
I think this near miss will prod us into putting aside our differences and moving forward into the future, together. For almost a week, even.
Darth Wedgius wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2019 10:17 pm
The good news is that Apophis will pass so close you'll be able to see it without a telescope. That's also the bad news. The asteroid, as big as the Eiffel Tower and named after a villain in Stargate SG-1 (...I'm not totally kidding) is going to actually approach Earth closer than geosynchronous satellites, but is very unlikely to hit the Earth and we'd have to be very unlucky for that to happen.
Did I mention it'll be Friday the 13th?
I think this near miss will prod us into putting aside our differences and moving forward into the future, together. For almost a week, even.
Way I see it, either it'll miss and we live, or it'll hit and I die a few years earlier than I otherwise would have done. Makes no difference to me. I would rather not be an old man anyway.
clearspira wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2019 8:52 pmI would rather not be an old man anyway.
Eh, it's not without it's charms. Or at least I find it preferable to the alternative.
I don't mind not getting old and just staying young or at least relatively young for however long it pleases me. Or what alternative do you have in mind?
"If you get shot up by an A6M Reisen and your plane splits into pieces - does that mean it's divided by Zero?
- xoxSAUERKRAUTxox
The asteroid, as big as the Eiffel Tower and named after a villain in Stargate SG-1 (...I'm not totally kidding) is going to actually approach Earth closer than geosynchronous satellites, but is very unlikely to hit the Earth and we'd have to be very unlucky for that to happen.
