Hi.
I'm new here and I did some searching on the above subject matter in your forum but couldn't find any substantial info. Is there anyone here fascinated about the subject matter? Or am I at the wrong forum? Do you know of a more appropriate forum for this topic?
I have many links to the above matter and monitor it quite frequently, but haven't found any good areas to discuss the matter with fellow enthusiasts.
Sorry if this post isn't appropriate for this forum. Thank you for your time.
QUOTE (dracko19+Dec 19 2007, 05:18 PM)
Hi.
I'm new here and I did some searching on the above subject matter in your forum but couldn't find any substantial info. Is there anyone here fascinated about the subject matter? Or am I at the wrong forum? Do you know of a more appropriate forum for this topic?
I have many links to the above matter and monitor it quite frequently, but haven't found any good areas to discuss the matter with fellow enthusiasts.
Sorry if this post isn't appropriate for this forum. Thank you for your time.
dracko19,
I'd say that this forum is as good as any for such a topic.
I am not well versed in the topic but as you say it is fascinating.
In my news list today I saw this site.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20071219/sc_...NTyREgsCQUE1vAI
I'm new here and I did some searching on the above subject matter in your forum but couldn't find any substantial info. Is there anyone here fascinated about the subject matter? Or am I at the wrong forum? Do you know of a more appropriate forum for this topic?
I have many links to the above matter and monitor it quite frequently, but haven't found any good areas to discuss the matter with fellow enthusiasts.
Sorry if this post isn't appropriate for this forum. Thank you for your time.
dracko19,
I'd say that this forum is as good as any for such a topic.
I am not well versed in the topic but as you say it is fascinating.
In my news list today I saw this site.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20071219/sc_...NTyREgsCQUE1vAI
QUOTE (dracko19+Dec 20 2007, 09:18 AM)
I have many links to the above matter and monitor it quite frequently, but haven't found any good areas to discuss the matter with fellow enthusiasts.
You will have to wait a week or so before you can post them.
I think the real driver for research in this field is the resources that could be obtained from mining these asteroids.
You will have to wait a week or so before you can post them.
I think the real driver for research in this field is the resources that could be obtained from mining these asteroids.
They are called NEO (near earth objects)
I posted on this here:
http://forum.physorg.com/index.php?showtop...ndpost&p=275637
But I'll just copy it here:
I like this site
http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/crt.htm
And also
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/
I noticed that there are 6 known objects that could possibly hit us between now and the end of 2009. The probabilities are very low, but a few of them are pretty good sized. basically there is a cone of error for the orbital predictions of these bodies, and we are within that cone of error.
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2004fu162.html
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2004bx159.html
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2006sf281.html
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2006cd.html
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2004xy130.html
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2005tm173.html
Then of course, there is Apophis, which flies by in 2029 and then maybe hits in 2036.
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/a99942.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis
Just interesting stuff --- no particular point in this.
http://spaceweather.com/ is a cool site too, BTW --- check it out
and http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts/warnings_timeline.html
and http://www.heavens-above.com
I posted on this here:
http://forum.physorg.com/index.php?showtop...ndpost&p=275637
But I'll just copy it here:
I like this site
http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/crt.htm
And also
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/
I noticed that there are 6 known objects that could possibly hit us between now and the end of 2009. The probabilities are very low, but a few of them are pretty good sized. basically there is a cone of error for the orbital predictions of these bodies, and we are within that cone of error.
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2004fu162.html
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2004bx159.html
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2006sf281.html
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2006cd.html
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2004xy130.html
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2005tm173.html
Then of course, there is Apophis, which flies by in 2029 and then maybe hits in 2036.
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/a99942.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis
Just interesting stuff --- no particular point in this.
http://spaceweather.com/ is a cool site too, BTW --- check it out
and http://www.sec.noaa.gov/alerts/warnings_timeline.html
and http://www.heavens-above.com
MBG,
Hey I live in Florida, I had 4 hurricanes hit my house in one year. we know all about the cone of error here. A cone of error gets me all upset.
Oh I hates a cone of error,,, (voice of Yosemite Sam)
I sure hope that the people that do the math on impactors are better than those guys in Miami that do the hurricane forecasting.
Hey I live in Florida, I had 4 hurricanes hit my house in one year. we know all about the cone of error here. A cone of error gets me all upset.
Oh I hates a cone of error,,, (voice of Yosemite Sam)
I sure hope that the people that do the math on impactors are better than those guys in Miami that do the hurricane forecasting.
Now on the news this morning they say that an asteroid has a 1 in 75 % chance of hitting mars next month.
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