I heard 2 guys today saying that a space rock had a 50/50 chance to hit on 1/29.

[CK_John]

This seems like news, but I haven't seen anything about it in the M$M.

[seriousstan]

1. Did these 2 guys mention the size of this space rock? Otherwise they are correct.

Space rocks hit the Earth every day. They weren't trying to pull you into a bet were they?

[Kutjara]

2. A quick visit to the Oracle of the Google produced the following:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/557951/supposed_killer_meteor_2007tu24_to.html

Apparently, it's a bit of a storm in a teacup.

[silvershadow]

3. there was talk of it on the radio last night

check the coast to coast website for some links- www.coasttocoastam.com (sorry don't know how to do links). The guy who mentioned it said he has a friend at NASA that sent him an email and supposedly they are all in a panic there. He claims they stopped updating the numbers on this a few days ago, something about it has started wobbling now. I don't remember any more than that.

[dorkulon]

4. Another misleading report brought to you by Two Guys.

"Trajectory of the asteroid is well defined and hence it was removed from 'current impact risks' page of NASA website, which means that NASA has completely ruled out any earth impact possibility."

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1318360/1555731

[Kutjara]

5. I hate Two Guys.

They're always wrong.

[dorkulon]

9. What is their game anyway?

Must be part of the librul media.

[Kutjara]

10. Could be, although I've always thought...

...they're part of some government disinformation campaign aimed at keeping the population scared and stupid. As if the population need any help with that.

[Demeter]

6. We Should Be So Lucky

Might be the only way to send Cheney home!

[thecrow]

7. An asteroid is on a possible collision course with Mars on the 31st

But it only has something like a 1 in 75 chance of hitting mars.
It was in the news in the past couple months:

http://www.physorg.com/news118243403.html

OOps! "AP) -- The chance of a football field-sized asteroid plowing into Mars next month has been increased to 4 percent, scientists said Friday after analyzing archival data. "
Yikes!!

[Contrary1]

8. Here's some info:

"ScienceDaily (Jan. 24, 2008) — Scientists are monitoring the orbit of asteroid 2007 TU24. The asteroid, believed to be between 150 meters (500 feet) and 610 meters (2,000 feet) in size, is expected to fly past Earth on Jan. 29, with its closest distance being about 537,500 kilometers (334,000 miles) at 12:33 a.m. Pacific time (3:33 a.m. Eastern time). It should be observable that night by amateur astronomers with modest-sized telescopes.

Asteroid 2007 TU24 was discovered by the NASA-sponsored Catalina Sky Survey on Oct. 11, 2007. Scientists at NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have determined that there is no possibility of an impact with Earth in the foreseeable future.

"This will be the closest approach by a known asteroid of this size or larger until 2027," said Don Yeomans, manager of the Near Earth Object Program Office at JPL. "As its closest approach is about one-and-a-half times the distance of Earth to the moon, there is no reason for concern. On the contrary, Mother Nature is providing us an excellent opportunity to perform scientific observations."

Asteroid 2007 TU24 will reach an approximate apparent magnitude 10.3 on Jan. 29-30 before quickly becoming fainter as it moves farther from Earth. On that night, the asteroid will be observable in dark and clear skies through amateur telescopes with apertures of at least 7.6 centimeters (3 inches). An object with a magnitude of 10.3 is about 50 times fainter than an object just visible to the naked eye in a clear, dark sky..."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080124192818.htm

[cloudbase]

11. It will.

Or it won't.

50/50

FReeper QED