[meteorite-list] Death Star Story - Link corrected

From: mafer at imagineopals.com <mafer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:11:59 +0000
Message-ID: <9450124b98b371992ea4a36b1c235ec5_at_>

Isn't this a little fun speculating since in all probability all our last
names will be historic nomenclature by the time anything from this object
reaches us?


Of course, it spoils and dashes all the hopes of those hoping for then end
of the world in two years?


Mark Ferguson


On 5:26:06 pm 01/07/10 countdeiro at earthlink.net wrote:
> Sterling, Larry and List,
>
> So, am I right in assuming that a GRB as close as a 1000 parsecs
> would result in the production of massive amounts of nitrous oxides in
> the atmosphere ...and ...and... we will laugh ourselves to death?
> Guido
>
> -----Original Message-----
> > From: lebofsky at lpl.arizona.edu
> > Sent: Jan 7, 2010 6:46 AM
> > To: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
> > Cc: countdeiro at earthlink.net, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Death Star Story - Link corrected
> >
> >
> > Hi Sterling:
> >
> > Thanks for researching that. This is the problem of a press release
> > that is not followed up with what probably actually went on at the
> > actual session where the paper was presented.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
> >> Dear Count, and Listoids,
> >>
> >> Another story:
> >> http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-01/star-verge-supern
> >> ova-could-threaten-life-earth
> >>
> >> And another:
> >> http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/T_Pyxidis_Soon_To_Be_A_Type_Ia_S
> >> upernova_999.html
> >>
> >> And another:
> >> http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=a&id=8944
> >>
> >> All taken from the same press release, you will note.
> >>
> >> And all equally in error about The End Of All Life As
> >> We Know It. It's a math mistake: "However, Dr. Sion's
> >> calculations were challenged by Prof. Alex Fillipenko
> >> who said that Sion had possibly miscalculated the
> >> damage that could be caused by a T Pyxidis supernova.
> >> He had used data for a far more deadly gamma-ray burst
> >> (GRB) exploding 3,260 light-years from Earth, not a
> >> supernova, and T Pyxidis certainly isn't expected to
> >> produce a GRB. According to an another expert,
> >> "A supernova would have to be 10 times closer [to Earth]
> >> to do the damage described."
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_Pyxidis
> >>
> >> Information about nearby supernovas of the recent past:
> >> http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/06jan_bubble.htm
> >>
> >> The truth is a supernova would be disastrous at 25 light
> >> years away (not 3260). 50 light years away and it would
> >> cause some damage, although it's hard to say how much.
> >> 100 light years away and it would be the action movie of
> >> all time but you might worry that you sat too near to the
> >> screen. There are two kinds (strengths) of supernovas. For
> >> the Big One, I'd want to sit further away than the 300 Light
> >> Year Line
> >>
> >> But 3260 light years? Fergettabouttit!
> >>
> >> Now, I can go to bed without worrying about a darn
> >> Supernova...
> >>
> >> It's always something.
> >>
> >>
> >> Sterling K. Webb
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> --------------------
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: <countdeiro at earthlink.net>
> >> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:18 AM
> >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Death Star Story - Link corrected
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Sorry List,
> >>> Here is corrected link re previous Death Star post.
> >>> Count Deiro
> >>>
> >>> http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2795981/Supernova-may-w
> >>> ipe-out-the-Earth.html
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