Kinda Makes You Appriciate Earth

Milithor · #1 10.6.2007, 3:50 pm

I don't know what they are saying, but I really get the message. This video kinda makes you appreciate earth and life a lot more.

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moobyjoe · #2 10.6.2007, 3:57 pm

sweet! we're all gonna have front row tickets.

seanscar · #3 10.6.2007, 3:58 pm

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Originally Posted by moobyjoe

sweet! we're all gonna have front row tickets.

ya its like spinning a rave but better

Milithor · #4 10.6.2007, 4:04 pm

This is another really thought provoking video.

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The Jabberwocky · #5 10.6.2007, 4:11 pm

i feel so tiny and insignifigant

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seanscar · #6 10.6.2007, 4:14 pm

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Originally Posted by The Jabberwocky

i feel so tiny and insignifigant

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sounds like lsd lol

Milithor · #7 10.6.2007, 4:20 pm

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Originally Posted by moobyjoe

sweet! we're all gonna have front row tickets.

The the funny thing is this is by far the least likely thing that will cause the destruction of earth. There are other things that are far more likely.

This was an interesting Article that came out on CNN recently.

New observations are now available for asteroid 1999 AN10, which is gradually moving away from the glare of the Sun. The new data allow a considerably improved orbit to be calculated for this potentially hazardous object, and the revised predictions indicate that this kilometer-size asteroid could pass particularly close to the Earth on August 7, 2027. The passage in 2027 could be as close as 37,000 km from the Earth's center (just 19,000 miles above the Earth's surface), but no closer. The miss distance is still very uncertain, and the asteroid could easily pass well outside the Moon's orbit. The probability of a collision in 2027 is essentially zero.

The accompanying diagram shows the uncertainty in the predicted close approach in 2027. The asteroid must pass through the plane of the diagram somewhere within an extremely elongated uncertainty ellipse, which appears simply as a line segment. (To be precise, the ellipse as drawn is a three-sigma linear confidence boundary.) The center of the ellipse is indicated by the plus sign, which is located at a nominal distance of 58,000 km from the center of the Earth. The minimum distance between the ellipse and the Earth center is 37,000 km.

There is still a very remote possibility that asteroid 1999 AN10 could pass by Earth in 2027 in such a way as to return in the year 2039 on an impacting trajectory. First identified by researchers Andrea Milani, Steven R. Chesley and Giovanni B. Valsecchi, this scenario is still exceedingly unlikely, but the probability of collision in 2039 has now increased to about 1 chance in 10 million. The post-2027 (Monte Carlo) analysis of this object's motion will continue.

Paul W. Chodas
Research Scientist
Near Earth Object Program Office
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
May 18, 1999

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Here is the article from 2002 about another comment that Narrowly missed earth.

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Keep in mind the earth has been around for billions of years and is still habitable. Granted there is that theory of a Meteor hitting earth and wiping out the Dinosaurs. While it has never been proven as fact, it is a leading theory. However life still managed to go on.

You also have to realize just how tiny earth is, so the chances of something of a good size striking us is pretty small. There is a lot of open space out there.

However things like this kinda make you go hmmm. And needless to say this is sill by far the least of our worries.

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Originally Posted by The Jabberwocky

i feel so tiny and insignifigant

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Everything is Significant no matter how small it might be. Everything has an effect an reason every bit as important as the next thing. When it really comes down to it, existence is nothing more than the same energy called Super Strings which vibrate in the 10th Dimension.

Here are some more videos that will now explain this. These are pretty mind blowing!