[meteorite-list] Another end of the world

From: Michael Casper <Michael_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:00:09 2004
Message-ID: <000701c2332c$23344180$6501a8c0_at_twcny.rr.com>

Here is the "NEWEST THREAT"

http://survivalcenter.com/Planetx.html

  xoxox, MC


----- Original Message -----
From: Ryan Darby <RDarby_at_norplats.co.za>
To: Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 11:55 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Another end of the world


> I just received this - haven't had time to look into it, and I want to go
> home and visit the bathroom, not in that order, so I'm just sending it so
> please don't get unhappy if its old or junk.
>
>
>
> Expert warns of asteroid hit
>
> London - A massive asteroid could hit Earth in just 17 years' time,
> destroying life as we know it, a British space expert said on Wednesday.
> The asteroid - the most threatening object ever detected in space - is 2km
> wide and apparently on a direct collision course with Earth.
> "Objects of this size only hit the Earth every one or two million years,"
> said Dr Benny Peiser, an asteroid expert at Liverpool John Moore's
> University in northern England.
> "In the worst case scenario, a disaster of this size would be global in
its
> extent, would create a meltdown of our economic and social life, and would
> reduce us to dark age conditions," he said.
> But Peiser and other space experts say they are pretty confident this
> nightmare scenario will not come about.
> "This thing is the highest threat that has been catalogued, but the scale
in
>
> terms of the threat keeps changing," said Peter Bond, spokesperson for the
> Royal Astronomical Society.
> "If it did hit the Earth it would cause a continental-size explosion...
but
> it is a fairly remote possibility."
> The asteroid - named 2002 NT7 - was first detected earlier this month by
the
>
> United States Linear sky survey programme.
> Since then, Peiser said scientists at the US National Aeronautics and
Space
> Administration's (Nasa) near-Earth objects team and at Pisa University in
> Italy have carried out orbit calculations to work out the probability and
> potential date of impact to define the risk it poses.
> Their calculations show it could hit the earth on February 1, 2019.
> "The impact probability is below one in a million, but because the first
> impact date is so early - only 17 years from now - and the object is very
> large, it's been rated on the impact risk Palermo Scale as a positive,"
> Peiser said. "It is the first object which has ever hit a positive
rating."
> Scientists warn, however, that the risk rating has not been reviewed by
the
> International Astronomical Union, which is the main international body
> responsible for announcing such risks.
> Peiser said 2002 NT7 would continue to be monitored by space experts
across
> the world, and that over time, these observations would probably erase the
> threat posed by it.
> "In all likelihood, in a couple of months additional observations will
> eliminate this object from the list of potential impacts," he said. "I am
> very confident that additional observations over time will... show that it
> is actually not on a collision course with Earth."
> But he warned that the world should take this as wake-up call and set
about
> preparing for the reality of an asteroid hit in the future.
> "Sooner or later - and no one can really tell us which it will be - we
will
> find an object that is on a collision course. That is as certain as Amen
in
> church. And eventually we will have to deflect an object from its
collision
> course," he said.
> At the moment, he added, scientists fear it could take at least 30 years
for
>
> the world to be able to devise and set up a mission to deal with such a
> threat - a timescale which would be woefully inadequate if the 2019 strike
> were to happen.
>
>
>
> Ryan Darby
> Project Manager
> Siemens Business Services (Pty) Ltd.
> 083 2921656
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Casper [mailto:Michael_at_caspercoin.com]
> Sent: 24 July 2002 02:29 PM
> To: Robert Verish; Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] LA 002 - Whatz all the fuss?
>
> Thank you Mr. Verish. I hereby state that I want to buy LA 002.
>
> Regards, Michael Casper
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_yahoo.com>
> To: Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 4:53 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] LA 002 - Whatz all the fuss?
>
>
> > Didn't catch the LA 002 thread until late. Tonight
> > was spent in preparation for our presentation at UCLA
> > for tomorrow morning's Session of the 65th Annual
> > Meeting of the Meteoritical Society. Nick Gessler,
> > (along with Rob Matson and myself) will be presenting
> > what signifies as being our combined, past 3 years of
> > meteorite recovery efforts in the Southwestern U.S.
> >
> > So, obviously I have no intention of entering into a
> > lengthy discussion about LA 002, right now.
> >
> > But in regards to Michael Bloods post about the
> > preservation of LA 002 - YES, I did publicly express
> > my desires to not have LA 002 cut (for ESTHETIC
> > reasons), but this is an evolving issue, and for
> > anyone who progresses within their study of
> > meteorites, there comes a time "when a corner is
> > turned" and comes the realization that meteorites
> > exist in order to be cut! That meteorites made the
> > long journey to our planet for the explicit purpose
> > that they be cut, not only so that they can be
> > analyzed, but in order that their interior beauty can
> > be exposed.
> >
> > YES, I know. I have taken some List members to task
> > for the their "devout" attitudes towards "never"
> > cutting their favorite meteorite "never for ANY
> > reason", especially when that attitude is taken to the
> > point of alienating researchers and risking our
> > tenuous relationship with them. Having taken that
> > position, how then can I take the attitude that LA 002
> > should never again undergo the blade?
> >
> > No longer do I presume to withhold from researchers
> > and the science of meteoritics THAT which would
> > advance our understanding of Mars, our own planet, and
> > the Solar System. Certainly, not for the reason that
> > "it's too beautiful". Certainly, not in this age of
> > advancing technology, now that we can core and extract
> > samples sufficiently large enough for analysis, yet
> > small enough that a meteorites form is not
> > compromised. (Besides, I've seen the museum's exact
> > replica of LA 002. It is a PERFECT replica! Now,
> > THAT is a real work of art that needs preservation.
> > In addition, I have the mold from which more replicas
> > can be made.;-)
> >
> > But if you don't agree with my philosophy about
> > cutting meteorites, and if you are such a
> > preservationist that you feel obliged to rescue LA 002
> > (for sure, the Museum had their chance but they passed
> > in favor of much needed renovations), then feel free
> > to make me an offer. There is no barrier or
> > restriction that would prevent you from doing just
> > that - make me an offer for LA 002. I will
> > respectfully consider all legitimate offers. But
> > before I accept any offer, I will make good on my
> > promise to Michael Casper, that "in consideration of
> > his keeping of his word and of the faithful execution
> > of all the many aspects involved in the sale of LA
> > 001", that I would extend to him the opportunity to,
> > either, make the "last" (or final) offer in the sale
> > of LA 002, or, to pass on that opportunity.
> >
> > No big, complex mystery - just a simple explanation.
> >
> > Bob V.
> >
> >
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