Oct 26 2028. 1997 xf11. xf11 for short. That Thursday at 1:30 am. It's like the one that hit us 65 million years ago, 6 miles in diameter, 6 times the size of the one heading for us now. It will take four more years to figure out exactly whether it will hit us or not. No one knows for sure yet. Chances are it will miss us.

see my post somewhere--there's a sister topic called the spring as a whole and pointers to somewhere else.....

Now, now...

Asteroids? Y2K? Did you think these were problems? From: acharya@artnet.net Subj: Antarctica Ice Cap Meltdown From: DrKanya@webtv.net Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 18:41:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Joseph Gill Subject: UPDATE FROM DRUNVALO MELCHIZEDEK Dear People, What is happening in Antarctica is far different than you suspect (your article below). The apron around this continent is melting as a result of numerous underwater volcanoes now going off (causing El Nino ) and they are a result of the Sun's recent upsurge of energy levels also causing magnetic anomalies. The apron around Antarctica while not adding much to water levels as it already is in the water, it will no longer hold the ice cap in place. NOVA had a recent show on how they, after drilling 4 miles down through ice in central Antarctica found a 10 inch layer of warm mud on the bedrock, caused by an under cap volcano. When the apron is far enough gone the entire cap the size of the USA and part of Canada 20,000 feet thick will slide into the ocean causing huge waves. Please note the ancient beach terrace on Maui at 1100 feet elevation. This is NOT the first time this has happened, remember the Peri Reis Map. Ocean water levels will rise 400 to 600 feet after one week of world swashing. This is even a more urgent problem than is Y2K. Cordially Joseph Gill, Geologist For Further reading SEE:http://www.millersv.edu/~columbus/data/art/LUNDE01.ART http://www.ciesin.ee/OTHER/webserver-nt/msg00063.html http://www.mind.net/aware/pirireis.htm http://www.kent.net/paranormal/anomalies/piri_reis.html

can you swim real good, Wolf?

Holy $hit!!! Just hope my flat on the Namibian coast doesn't get flooded. I've only had the damned thing for two years, and stayed in it only once!!! Geeeee, life is so bloody unfair at times!

Where is the Namibian Coast? And do you have a caretaker for it when you're away?

yeah, got the doggie paddle down pretty good, wer!

a meteor storm that could wipe out all kinds of satellites coming Nov. 17 to a sky near you. Actually, the predictions are that not much will happen, but NASA is taking it seriously. For more info: http://www-space.arc.nasa.gov/leonid/

cool cool cool!!!

Dimly related to this topic, but it's armagedonal. There is a big story on page 1 of today's Wall Street Journal about the August 11, 1999 eclipse in Europe. - The story centers on the Cornwall area of southern England where the eclipse will first touch land. - The English are worried that 1 million people may show up in area that has only 3 decent sized roads and 100,000 hotel beds. - A brief quote: "Particularly unpredictable are the roving bands of druids, numerologists and various New Age devotees who will want to see what John Parkinson, a professor in Sheffield calls an "end-of-the-world experience." After all, what could be more irresistibly cosmic than the millennium's last full solar eclipse, at 11:11 A.M. on Aug 11, in a remote land immersed in Celtic lore and legend?"

How about if it took place on Nov. 11

Maybe Ree or Mike could go and give us an on the scene report.

I was in England on the day of the eclipse - though not in Cornwall. It was pretty unspectacular; a cloud moved in front of the moon just as it eclipsed the sun.

Wow, an unspectacular on the scene report! Maybe the next one in a hundred years will be more exciting.

I think it also has something to do with Europe's position - or whatever. The mood moves in front of the sun, and that's that. Down in Africa it is quite a different scene. As it moves in front of the sun, the darkness literally rushes towards you, and then rushes back again - it is rather frightening, but exciting.

Same disappointment here. I reported on this in the Film topic in Collecting, I think. I saw shortly a thin slice of the solar eclipse, but besides this, the sky was overcast the whole time. Not enough to see to shoot a pic, or the like (wanted to trick-film it with a Super-8 camera...).

Do yourself a favour, and go FAR south when the next eclipse happens. You'll be amazed.

if you are heading south...avoid wherever I happen to be. Divine intervention precludes my ever seeing a solar eclipse - perhaps I am paying for all the fantastic lunar ones I have seen here...!

ha-ha! Piont taken!

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Straight off of MSN News: THE ASTEROID 2000 BF19 was just discovered Jan. 28 by the University of Arizona�s Spacewatch Project, and cited as a potential threat only Monday. The University of Pisa�s Andrea Milani issued what he called a �scientifically urgent� appeal for further observations. He said he received further data Monday night, from the University of Arizona�s Jim Scotti as well as from the Australian National University�s Rob McNaught. The recalculated path came no closer to Earth than 3.5 million miles during the next 50 years, Milani reported in e-mail messages to the Cambridge Conference Network. Milani said one of the lessons learned from the case of 2000 BF19 was that �everything should be given with an uncertainty.� The asteroid was never thought to be all that much of a threat: Milani�s preliminary assessment showed a 1-in-a-million chance of collision. In comparison, NASA estimates the �background risk� of an asteroid impact � that is, the chance that a not-yet-discovered kilometer-wide (0.6-mile-wide) space rock might collide with Earth � at between 1 in 100,000 and 1 in a million. Moreover, this asteroid is thought to be much less than a kilometer wide. That takes it out of the category that scientists say could cause a global catastrophe on Earth. As a result, the asteroid never rated higher than a zero on the Torino scale, which was devised to rate the risks posed by near-Earth objects. Two years ago, the first such asteroid alert caused quite a stir, particularly since it came during the publicity buildup for two Hollywood Movies, �Armageddon� (about a killer asteroid) and �Deep Impact� (about a killer comet). More recent alerts have been greeted much more calmly. Even though the risk of collision was astronomically remote at best, Gareth Williams of the Minor Planet Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory said every call for additional observations had to be taken seriously. �Sooner or later one of these things will be announced, and further observations won�t eliminate them� as a potential threat to Earth, he told MSNBC. In the past, amateur astronomers have played a big role in gathering additional data about the orbits of asteroids so that they could eventually be excluded as a threat. But BF19, currently in the constellation Cancer, is already too dim for most amateur telescopes to pick up, and getting fainter every night. That�s why it was important for Milani to pass the word quickly to professional asteroid-watchers. --------------- interesting, huh?

Interesting! There is lots of "stuff" out there. Don't worry about it... I noticed that I posted in this Topic and I did not remember that it existed. Seems we overlap Geo 24 in here but we cover eclipses and stuff out there better ;)

Space Science News for March 22, 2000 The Earth's magnetosphere is being buffeted by high-speed solar wind particles from a coronal hole straddling the center of the Sun's disk. The solar wind velocity has increased from 350 to 600 km/s during the past 12 hours. Follow the action at http://www.spaceweather.com MORE SPACE SCIENCE NEWS: #1 Curiouser and Curiouser: The exotic world of gamma-ray astronomy has taken yet another surprising turn with the revelation that half the previously unidentified high-energy gamma ray sources in our own galaxy actually comprise a new class of mysterious objects. FULL STORY at http://spacescience.com/headlines/y2000/ast23mar_1m.htm #2 Solar Cycle Update: Is the real Y2K problem just starting? The solar cycle appears to be on schedule for a peak in mid-2000. FULL STORY at http://spacescience.com/headlines/y2000/ast22mar_1m.htm