Giant Asteroid May Strike Earth in 2880

[Huzington]

The strike may generate tsunamis up to 122 meters high

. . . the giant asteroid might collide with planet Earth on Saturday, March 16th, 2880.

Asteroid 1950DA is not so large to destroy life on Earth . . . . However, potential consequences are enourmous. . . .

. . . the asteroid will most likely hit the Pacific Ocean, for it is the largest ocean on the planet.

 

[INRM]

Fascinating.

But will we be alive in 2880?

-INRM

 

[scribble]

Possibly. But we'll definately be dead by 2881.

 

[fishbob]

Hmmmm - a chance for everyone to adapt or become extinct. A fine example of evolution in action.

 

[LuxFerum]

I really have some doubts about the precision of this.
877 years ahead is a lot of time.

 

[fishbob]

877 years ahead is a lot of time

Somebody else will have to take notes and write up the report.

 

[Bluegill]

You think you have a reason to worry. Look where I am!!



Get the heck outta my way...I can't steer this thing!

 

[Reaver]

Time to max out my credit card.

 

[ceptimus]

A comet might strike sooner. The orbits and positions of asteroids can be predicted with great accuracy for hundreds of years in the future (though not accurately enough to tell whether this particular asteroid will be a hit or just a near miss). A comet by comparison can just appear - the biggest, brighest ones are not usually detected more than a couple of years before they come close to (or hit) Earth.

Not that I want to worry you or anything. Tuesday is my day for worrying about rocks hitting the Earth. On Thursdays I worry mainly about supervolcano explosions, or islands slipping into the sea.

ceptimus.

 

[c0rbin]

Where is King of Americas with his Mayan calendar when you need him?

 

[arcticpenguin]

I don't consider Pravda to be a reliable source. Is anyone else carrying this story?

 

[JamesM]

GoogleNews links to a story in the NYT dated to 23rd of June.

I've not registered with the NYT, so someone else will have to check it out, but it appears to mention asteroid 1950DA and the year 2880...

 

[arcticpenguin]

GoogleNews links to a story in the NYT dated to 23rd of June.

I've not registered with the NYT, so someone else will have to check it out, but it appears to mention asteroid 1950DA and the year 2880...

I followed your link and it was an article about sonar.

To read the NY Time site, turn on cookies, then you can use account f_cknyt with password f_cknyt .(with appropriate vowel substitution)

 

[Yahweh]

. . . the giant asteroid might collide with planet Earth on Saturday, March 16th, 2880

Do you know how bad meteorolists are at predicting the weather even a few days in advanced... I doubt whether the little sucker will crash into the Earth at all...

 

[JamesM]

I followed your link and it was an article about sonar.

Oh yeah. Sorry. In my defence, the google news thing quoted the following:

... Asteroid 1950DA ... discovered half a century ago and rediscovered in 2000, has been determined to have a 1 in 300 chance of hitting Earth on March 16, 2880. ...

To make up for it, here are some other links to the story, which I personally guarantee won't be about sonar:

NASA's NEO project

The Planetary Society

ABC news

 

[Frostbite]

QUICK!

Terror alert on Orange, stock up on canned food, water and timber. Don't forget to lock up, buy an alarm system and brace yourself for the turmoil.

 

[TillEulenspiegel]

That's OK , I'll be on vacation that week.