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 What
is the risk that a hidden asteroid in a stealth-path
will hit the earth of December 21, 2012?
India
Daily Technology Team
Jan. 3, 2007
http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/15008.asp
There are thousands of asteroids in hidden orbits
that scientists cannot observe. Many of them
were seen after they kissed the earth and went
by in galactic scale. The known danger from the
asteroid is in 2028. But some scientists are
watching the possibilities that a hidden asteroid
in a stealth-path can destroy human civilization
by hitting the earth on December 21, 2012. This
is the same date when Mayans predicted the end
of the world.
The probability that a ‘50-300 Meter (150-1000
Feet) Diameter Asteroid Hitting the Earth’ is
1 in 250. It can actually happen any time. The
estimated fatalities would be 5000. The probability
that a ‘1.5 Kilometer (1 Mile) Diameter
Asteroid Hitting the Earth’ is 2 in 1 million
with estimated fatalities of 1.5 billion. A similar
catastrophe by a ‘10 Kilometer (6 Mile)
Diameter, or greater, Asteroid Hitting the Earth’ has
a probability of 1 in 100 million with 10 Billion
fatalities.
Some scientists are
concerned that Mayans in their time could see
some hidden
asteroid paths that are stealth today. The
alignment of Sun, Moon and the earth on December
21, 2012
is significant because gravitational release
of hidden asteroids can take place. The probabilities
shown above are in normal circumstances.
However, the probabilities go thirty times
higher during galactic alignments. This means
that if there is a lose asteroid in a stealth
path, it can deviate from its path and come
towards the earth. The biggest problem with
the terrestrial science is that we cannot see
these stealth asteroids till they hit us or
go past us.
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