[meteorite-list] Astronomers Survey Sky For Big Asteroids
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Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:46 2004 Message-ID: <8d.125a7209.29749220_at_aol.com> --part1_8d.125a7209.29749220_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/14/02 1:27:15 PM Central Standard Time, baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov writes: > "A big asteroid hasn't hit in recorded human > history, but it could happen next year. The chances are the same as dying in > Did I read that right? The odds of a big asteroid hitting earth next year are the same as dying in an airplane crash? What exactly are those odds? Steve Arnold --part1_8d.125a7209.29749220_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 1/14/02 1:27:15 PM Central Standard Time, baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov writes: <BR> <BR> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">"A big asteroid hasn't hit in recorded human <BR>history, but it could happen next year. The chances are the same as dying in <BR>an airplane crash, with or without terrorists."</BLOCKQUOTE> <BR> <BR> <BR>Did I read that right? The odds of a big asteroid hitting earth next year are the same as dying in an airplane crash? What exactly are those odds? <BR> <BR>Steve Arnold</FONT></HTML> --part1_8d.125a7209.29749220_boundary-- Received on Mon 14 Jan 2002 02:57:20 PM PST |
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