Re: Interesting : Dino-Killer Sized Asteroid Has Own "Moon"

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On 2024-07-05, 26xh.0712 <26xh.0713@e6t5y.net> wrote:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13600817/planet-killing-asteroids-Earth-NASA.html
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   The first one, a good mile across, passed well away
   from Earth. Radar imaging revealed a fascinating
   detail however - the thing has its own "moon" that
   orbits a couple of miles away. Tiny, but still an
   orbiting body.
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   The second rock came much closer, indeed crossing
   the orbit of our moon. It was "only" 500 feet across,
   a solid 100+ megaton hit if the direction had been
   even the tiniest bit different. Being closer they
   got GOOD radar images ... "roughly" round, but with
   a lot of angular bits.
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   In any case, these two big rock in just a few days
   shows that our neighborhood is NOT safe. Even the
   little one would have taken out NYC and parts of
   Jersey. Might have been mistaken for a nuclear
   attack ...
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   So - we HAVE to start doing a much better job of
   finding these things EARLY enough so, if needed,
   we can intervene. The sooner you can bump 'em
   the better. For the first time in human history
   we actually have the MEANS to change our fate
   in this respect - so let's not blow it.
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   Oh, the BAD one - Apophis - it's gonna come very
   near very soon. NEXT time around, just 7 years,
   it is very likely to hit us square on. It's
   big enough to ruin a half a continent. Say ...
   when it comes around MAYBE we should attach a
   nuclear booster or something to notably change
   its orbit so there WON'T be a problem 7 years
   late ? With 7 years for the nudge to take effect
   it could be WELL out of our way foreverafter.
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   Just sayin' ...
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   Putin, of all people, HAS been interested in
   asteroid defense - but everybody ignored him.
   Russia still has lots of very big bombs, but
   it might take Musk's Starship to take several
   to the right spot on or near Apophis.
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   Tick, tick, tick .............*

I thought that Apophis was most likely not going to hit us, there was
just a quite small chance it could.  You're saying very likely, where
did you get that from?