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Thai astronomer quells fears over asteroid hitting earth


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41 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

Please don't tell these people about 99942 Apophis, a 350-meter wide asteroid that will pass Earth on April 13, 2029 (a Friday!!!) at a distance of only 31,000 kilometers (i.e. ten times closer than the moon). We don't want a panic, do we?

They say, on average, one asteroid the size of Apophis (370 metres) can be expected to impact Earth about every 80,000 years. So, the time is probably coming...

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1 hour ago, MaksimMislavsky said:

They say, on average, one asteroid the size of Apophis (370 metres) can be expected to impact Earth about every 80,000 years. So, the time is probably coming...

The possibility that Apophis is going to impact has already been ruled out. But there will be others. Even Apophis was only discovered only about 10 years ago - and there certainly is more lurking out there. But as another poster remarked: As long as that helps bring down the THB, so be it.

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3 hours ago, webfact said:

the QQ23 asteroid would pass near our planet on Saturday, apparently terrifying Thais who shared the news on social media and warned that the world was about to come to an end

They could assuage the fear getting lottery tickets including the No23 .. 

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46 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

What is double the height of Baiyoke II Tower in Bangkok in astronomical units please?

Baiyoke 2 Tower is totally 309 meter hight to the top. That would be 618 meter totally.

Depending on which value that represents the right regarding astronomical units it would be as follows:

 

3 900 000 / 618 = 6310              0,001 / 6310 = 0,000000158 astronomical units

 

or

 

149 979 / 618 = 242                   0,001 / 242 = 0,00000413 astronomical units

So, the result in two different scenarios is:

If 0,001 astronomical unit is 3 900 000 km, then Baiyoke 2 Tower is 0,000000158 astronomical units
 

If 0,001 astronomical unit is 149 979 km, then Baiyoke 2 Tower is 0,00000413 astronomical units

 

Google says that 0,001 astronomical units is 149597.87 km

Then we can assume that Baiyoke 2 Tower is 0,00000413 astronomical units.

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A TV channel cited NASA’s warning that the QQ23 asteroid would pass near our planet on Saturday, apparently terrifying Thais who shared the news on social media and warned that the world was about to come to an end.

 

Let's hope that it doesn't hit TVF's servers.

 

That would destroy so many members' lives in a way that they wouldn't know what to do with their free time.  Innit? ????

 

  

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20 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

Baiyoke 2 Tower is totally 309 meter hight to the top. That would be 618 meter totally.

Depending on which value that represents the right regarding astronomical units it would be as follows:

 

3 900 000 / 618 = 6310              0,001 / 6310 = 0,000000158 astronomical units

 

or

 

149 979 / 618 = 242                   0,001 / 242 = 0,00000413 astronomical units

So, the result in two different scenarios is:

If 0,001 astronomical unit is 3 900 000 km, then Baiyoke 2 Tower is 0,000000158 astronomical units
 

If 0,001 astronomical unit is 149 979 km, then Baiyoke 2 Tower is 0,00000413 astronomical units

 

Google says that 0,001 astronomical units is 149597.87 km

Then we can assume that Baiyoke 2 Tower is 0,00000413 astronomical units.

Could you please explain how you came to these numbers?

 

Thank you!

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"A specialist with the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand has sought to calm fears that Asteroid 2006 QQ23, which is double the height of Baiyoke II Tower in Bangkok, would hit Planet Earth on Saturday."

 

This is his last observation, using his Tesco Lotus purchased telescope (On sale due to a slight flaw -Images might appear closer than they actually are). He emailed Mauna Kea Observatory, just in case they were not aware of the impending doom. 

 

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