NASA: Asteroid Could Still Hit Earth in 2068

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Oh do fuck off, you whiny little dickhead, Winter.

It's a privilege that anyone is able to post and view & use this website. me, you ... everyone using it. Don't forget that.

This thread is now in a much more suited and relevant section of the forum, in Physical Sciences.
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The naming convention of asteroids are kinda silly, IMO.

If I could & suggest, the next NEOs name that has an collision trajectory with Earth should be Jehovah.

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If this is the level the forum reached, I would be honored to leave it behind me like Ryyan did, Tibs did, Joods did, Stimbo did, and all the good name I miss and wouldn't let this misery take place.

Mods moving topics like they wanted without guidelines
and shut the fuck up asshole, who vomited you into my life?

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You think this light you're seeing - on whatever device you're viewing this on - is me being a part of your life? Get over yourself, fool. You're reading text right now. You know nothing about me, other than what I have shared and what you have read and seen me post here. I could be writing bullshit about myself and every post of mine about me could be complete and utter fabrication. Maybe you're just right now reading some spun crap posted by GPT-3's OpenAI, who knows? I know what I believe to be true about myself.

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But if you do decide to leave, I will drink a Føroya Bjór Gull pint in remembering a "non-denominational" Muslim suffering from MS that used to post here on AF. Don't let the door hit you on the ass if you leave.

But if my personal opinion about you means anything to you other than jack shit, then I only have this do write: Get your act together and really re-examine your personal faith in Islam. I can't know if you will or not, but now it's out there. So.
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The acceleration of Apophis asteroid might mean a collision trajectory based on what we know.

I skimmed through this Earthsky article about it. Nice animation for the distance variation between Earth and 99942-Apophis for the next 9 years, but after year 2029, it's too difficult (the pass will alter the trajectory, and there's a large degree (in trajectory & orbit terms) of uncertainty afterwards) to calc the new trajectory more precisely after that year 2029 pass and what will ultimately be able to get a better data on its trajectory after year 2029s pass. But if, after the better calc'd trajectory after the year 2029 pass puts it on a collision trajectory with Earth's orbit around the Sun, we will have approx. 39 years to get our act together and deal with it.

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