c.doga,
For one thing, I am not that old. Although to you and Odin it may seem that I am. For another, it's O.K. to bring something up that has already been brought up. On Oct,20th I posted on this same topic: An intersting article on space.com web site about astronomers being inundated with new asteroid discoveries.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/asteroid_toomany_011019-1.html

An interesting article I just read is one of a million examples of the fact that just cant predict when:  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,42489,00.html

Homer[glow=color,strength,width]

This is a continuation of the "Can We Predict When ??" thread which has developed a bug which is stopping any new replies from appearing. As a precaution I've locked the thread, and created this new topic to continue the discussion where the previous one left off.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Homer you beat me to it.

Heres another site with diagram.


http:/news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1746000/1746330.stm


          or just visit my fav site

www.cyberspaceorbit.com

did you guys hear that we just had a near miss - an asteriod big enough to take out france ( ahh a missed opportunity  :D only joking!)
It passed by us a couple of days ago only twice the distance away that the moon is to us!
http://www.cosmiverse.com/space01080207.html

PurpleStuart,
Yes we did hear about it, in fact thats what mine and Mr-X's last reply was refering to.

Homer[glow=color,strength,width]

sorry, i must off missed that in my haste - so many posts to read and catch up on and so little time  :)

Another post bites the dust...

ODin Supreme 8)

There has been much discussion as to the lack of resources being utilized to actually locate asteroids and meteors, but not much discussion as to what to do about such a discovery if it's path is heading towards Earth. An interesting article talks about implementing spaced based missiles to assist us in defending my our planet: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/deflection_asteroids_020214.html

[glow=red,2,300]Homer :sj

I think we can now predict when. An asteroid recently rediscovered after a 50-year absence could be on a collision course with Earth, NASA astronomers reported. But Earth has 877 years and 11 months to prepare for the potential catastrophe.  For more information CLICK HERE

According to the report, the odds of the asteroid actually colliding, even then, are 300 to 1