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Hubbs

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^ It can still cause damage if it comes too close but doesn't hit, I believe, thats the worry, if it hits thats the worst case scenario.
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Neltharion
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Can this wait? I need to do some calibrations
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Such as?
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I'm assuming he means debris from it's trail?
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The trail's gonna be little more than dust, if it has one. And it'll be following the same trajectory as the asteroid, so if the asteroid doesn't hit us...
The only thing I can think of is if it collides with a satellite, which'll be bad news for the satellite.
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Yeah, I don't know what you're getting at, unless you're disagreeing for the sake of disagreeing, but the only danger of the asteroid passing by us that close is, as I mentioned, if it gets caught in one of those keyholes which puts it in an orbit to come back and tag us. Otherwise nothing will happen. Think about it, the moon is much bigger than any asteroid that's going to hit us, and about the only influence the moon has on the Earth is the tides. So if you're thinking the gravity of the asteroid will do something to the Earth, or something along those lines, you're wrong.
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^ Ah there we go finally got there, well I hope your all correct because Apophis will come so close to the earth you will be able to see it with the naked eye.
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^ Ah there we go finally got there, well I hope your all correct because Apophis will come so close to the earth you will be able to see it with the naked eye.
So? We can also see the moon with the naked eye.
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« Last Edit: February 06, 2011, 07:52:58 PM by Dutch90 »
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Well if Nightwalker says so it must be true!
Run for the hills we can see an Asteroid with the Naked eye!
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Can't people see Hayley's Comet with their naked eye?
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deezelboy
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When it's close enough. Good luck trying to spot it now!
But I think the ISS is much brighter than 99942 Apophis will be on its closest fly-by.
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Well if Nightwalker says so it must be true!
Run for the hills we can see an Asteroid with the Naked eye!
I'd be more likely to run for the binoculars or telescope!
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Asteroid, hemmorhoid, - whatever...
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BlackWatch
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As long as it's not a hemorrhoid the size of an asteroid! 
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