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[BrilloPad]

One with blast equivalent to 2,700 megatons of TNT bound to hit us on Oct 3rd.

NASA asteroid DANGER: A 2,700 MEGATON asteroid might hit Earth this October | Science | News | Express.co.uk

Chances are 1 in a million according to BJ.

[BR14]

10% less likely we'll be hit by that rock this year than a hard Br***t. So if it does hit, it looks like a crashing out a few weeks later.

a rubber asteriod??
you've been watching the clangers again.

[jamesbrown]

Warn the various nuclear powers it was coming so they wouldn't retaliate and destroy us all?

Er, about that...

[NotAllThere]

no need to worry about Br***t then, eh ?

10% less likely we'll be hit by that rock this year than a hard Br***t. So if it does hit, it looks like a crashing out a few weeks later.

[BR14]

One with blast equivalent to 2,700 megatons of TNT bound to hit us on Oct 3rd.

NASA asteroid DANGER: A 2,700 MEGATON asteroid might hit Earth this October | Science | News | Express.co.uk

no need to worry about Br***t then, eh ?

[xoggoth]

One with blast equivalent to 2,700 megatons of TNT bound to hit us on Oct 3rd.

NASA asteroid DANGER: A 2,700 MEGATON asteroid might hit Earth this October | Science | News | Express.co.uk

[BR14]

You mean Iran?

You may have ran, - I didn't

[BrilloPad]

Warn the various nuclear powers it was coming so they wouldn't retaliate and destroy us all?

You mean Iran?

[NotAllThere]

And exactly what would we do if it was spotted?

Warn the various nuclear powers it was coming so they wouldn't retaliate and destroy us all?

[Hobosapien]

And exactly what would we do if it was spotted?

I think the only realistic thing we (as a human race) could have done was for Musk to get SpaceX to land a Tesla on it.

Seems few are taking the potential for an extinction level asteroid impact as a real threat. No 'star wars' style defence system available yet, like Reagan wanted (to protect from rusky nukes). It's been 66 million years since the last one that did for the dinosaurs, so yeah, meh, not our problem. Unless we get unlucky...

[Old Greg]

And exactly what would we do if it was spotted?

Arrange a fake NTRT / Big Group Meetup at the projected impact time and place.

[BrilloPad]

But it should have been spotted earlier.

And exactly what would we do if it was spotted?

Assuming it was going to land on me, I would try to fulfill my wildest dream. Post drivel on CUK.....

[NotAllThere]

It would wipe out 99% of the human race. And thus be beneficial for the planet.

It would have hit with the energy of ~5 Megaton nuke. Which if you were under it, might put a bad spin on your day. But only very briefly. However, there's far more of the planet where nobody is than were somebody is, making the chances of fatality rather low.

But it should have been spotted earlier.

[original PM]

I mean talk about over egging the pudding.

"If it had hit Columbus, Ohio, then there would be Columbus, Ohio, no more. But if it hits somewhere where there is nothing, then not much would happen. If it hits the ocean, it may incite a tsunami, but not one that’s life threatening."

[Old Greg]

One of only one reason to have MF in the UK. Bouncy castle effect.

Accepting the risk of the Fat Twunt Event Horizon.