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Extinction Level Event? Pointers To The Approaching Catastrophe!
I am a Norwegian politician. I would like to say that difficult things will
happen from the year 2008 till the year 2012. The Norwegian government is
building more and more underground bases and bunkers. When asked, they
simply say that it is for the protection of the people of Norway. When I
enquire when they are due to be finished, they reply
“before 2011”.
Today we have an update on Comet Elenin from our astronomer friend.
Before I get to that, let me just reassure folks that there is NOT going to
be a pole shift in the next week or so as certain raving nutzoids have been
spamming all over the net. Also, Comet Elenin is NOT going to hit Earth
(which is not to say that other things won't at some point in space and
time). However, there are a few things about this comet that are extremely
interesting in view of the plasma comet theory of James McCanney.
Further Evidence Of Extinction Level Event Nearing - Wormwood: Lockheed Martin Tried to Trade F-16s for Frozen Chickens - By John Hudson Mar 04, 2011: The secretive world of international arms sales just became a little less secret thanks to a special report by Reuters. After an in-depth review of last year's leaked State Department cables, the wire service has uncovered several strange and unsettling dealings between military contractors and foreign governments, with U.S. diplomats
obsequiously paving the way. There are a bunch of oddball deals in here, but want to know our two favorites? The deal to give Chad planes to kill pro-democracy demonstrators and the part where Lockheed Martin nearly sold Thailand F-16s in exchange for several boatloads of frozen chickens.
Comet ELEnin = Extinction Level Event or Is it Nibiru or Dwarf Star System?
April 5, 2011 By Good Samaritan: Comet ELEnin update: Did you notice that the name for this comet by chance is ELEnin where ELE stands for Extinction Level Event? Sounds like the name used for this comet is trying to tell us something. This is it ELE, prepare or be doomed.
Comet Elenin is Coming! It is called Elenin since it was discovered by Leonid Elenin. I expect the internet to soon be ringing with rumors and news bytes about this comet. For now, there isn't much to say so I'm sharing what I've received in private from an astronomer at a big observatory that shall remain anonymous for the moment. He says:
1. It is too early to accurately predict the future path - it's orbital parameters haven't been revised.
2. Among the observable hyperbolic and parabolic comets (those that come from the Oort cloud) this one has the smallest perihelion distance and the smallest inclination to the ecliptic plane.
3. Comet Elenin's orbit may be unstable as it may encounter some dark bodies, for example, in the asteroid belt or even some Taurid objects. What would happen in those cases is a matter of luck. This comet may carry a significant amount of material with it and if it follows the currently projected orbit, the Earth may very well pass through this material.
4. If Elenin is anything like what Victor Clube or James McCanney describes, we might be in for some surprises - good or bad, who knows?
THE NEO THREAT AND MITIGATION ISSUES:
AN AIR FORCE PERSPECTIVE Space surveillance network - currently
maintains a catalog of approximately 2500 deep space and 7000 near earth
objects ranging from baseball size to the size of a greyhound bus... See
ALSO:
USAF: Planetary Defense System
Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth's formation
Robin M. Canup and Erik Asphaug: The Moon is generally believed to have
formed from debris ejected by a large off-centre collision with the early
Earth. The impact orientation and size are constrained by the angular
momentum contained in both the Earth's spin and the Moon's orbit, a quantity
that has been nearly conserved over the past 4.5 billion years. Simulations
of potential moon-forming impacts now achieve resolutions sufficient to
study the production of bound debris... and if it happened once...
What damage would an Asteroid Impact cause? A near earth Object
(NEO) does not need to be large to devastate. One the size of a small garage
would annihilate a large city. One big enough to leave a 10km crater, still
nowhere near the size of the biggest (there is a 300km crater on Earth),
would have the destructive force of every one of the world's 10,000 nuclear
warheads combined.
Planetary Defense - Near-Earth Object Deflection Strategies: Throughout history our planet has been bombarded by Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), which are asteroids and comets whose orbits around the Sun cause them to pass near Earth. The orbits of these celestial objects gradually change over time, causing some of their orbits to eventually intersect Earth's orbit. An object whose orbit intersects Earth's orbit will collide with Earth, if the timing is right, at the point where the orbital paths intersect. We see evidence of this throughout each year as we witness the wide variety of annual meteor showers caused by Earth passing through debris left in the wake of comets orbiting the Sun.
Armageddon Online - Extinction Event,
Extinction Level Event, ELE It
has been suggested that there is a cycle of extinctions, with a mass
extinction occurring every 26 to 30 million years. It is difficult to date
fossils accurately enough to produce a reliable result, but most studies of
this hypothetical cycle suggest that another mass extinction would be due in
little more than 10 million years. There is abundant evidence that we are
currently living in the middle of a man-made Holocene extinction event...
99942 Apophis Asteroid 99942
Apophis (previously better known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) is
a Near-Earth asteroid that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004
because initial observations indicated a relatively large probability that
it would strike the Earth in 2029. However, additional observations provided
improved predictions that eliminated the possibility of an impact on Earth
or the Moon in 2029. A future impact on April 13, 2036, is still possible,
keeping the asteroid at level 1 on the Torino impact hazard scale as of
September 2005, with an estimated impact-probability of 1 in 5,560.
Asteroid Comet Impact Hazards
NASA news on possible impact hazards. The one that popped up when I visited
says... "March 1,2006: Asteroid 2004 VD17 classed as
Torino Scale 2 - A new 500-m asteroid has appeared with a
possible impact in 2102, yielding a value of 2 on the Torino impact risk
scale. Read more..." This "government" website
has known loading issues. Your tax dollars at work... maybe they should hire
a 12 year old programmer.
What is an Impact Event? Impact events are caused by the collision
of large meteoroids, asteroids or comets with Earth and may sometimes be
followed by mass extinctions of life. Since 1970, in a large part due to the
work of Eugene Shoemaker, this view has gradually expanded to accommodate
the fact that the Earth has in fact gone through periods of abrupt and
catastrophic change due to the impact of large asteroids and comets on the
planet. A few of these impacts may have caused massive climate change and
the extermination of large numbers of plants and animals.
Comet Facts - From Black Death to Deep Impact
Today little could be done if a comet on an impact course with Earth was
detected. While they work to identify all near-Earth objects and plot their
paths, scientists currently rely on the statistical improbability of such an
event. A catastrophic comet or meteor collision occurs, on average, only
once or twice every million years.
Extinction Level Event ELE stands for extinction level
event. The term is self explanatory. It implies an event, in our case
astronomical, which leads to extinction of all life or part of it on earth.
Before we understand as to what happens in an ELE lets try and see what
causes it. The solar system apart from the 9 planets, sun and moons, also
consists of dust and unaccreted material. A large portion of it is localized
in 2 regions... (pdf) [Link recovered 4/16/11 - now
hosted on site!]
Comet Impact
What would happen if people around the world realized we may all die in
three months. Would computer operators quit their keyboards, would stocks
soar or decline, would we all max out credit cards and head for Pago Pago,
would banks fail as depositors withdraw savings? Would the doomsday
naysayers crawl out of the woodwork and beat themselves while chanting
Biblical verses or passages from the Tibetan Book of the Dead? There's no
precedent for this scenario since the whole planet has never been so clearly
threatened by an outsider before. Or would we continue to do what we usually
do, but with a bit more theatrical bravado and anxiety? Perhaps shy persons
will have the inspiration and courage to approach the potential friends and
lovers admired only from a distance? And would those of us who have spent a
life accumulating money and possessions suddenly feel better, whether
relieving guilt or responsibility, just by letting it go.
Preparing for Planetary Defense:
Detection and Interception of Asteroids on Collision Course with Earth
As the Earth revolves around the Sun, it orbits through planetary debris
left from the formation of the solar system. Many of the debris objects are
asteroids and comets in orbits bringing them close to the Earth and are
referred to as Near-Earth-Objects (or NEOs). Of the total NEO population,
some portion are in orbits actually intersecting or crossing the orbit of
the Earth. The asteroids of this class are known as Earth-Crossing-Asteroids
(ECAs). Occasionally, the motion and relative position of the Earth and an
ECA in their respective orbits cause them to collide.
It is unlikely humans
exterminated the immense marsupial Diprotodon and other huge beasts that
once roamed Australia in a short killing spree.
Two new studies reject the theory that humans moving on to the continent
more than 42,000 years ago took out its megafauna in a 1,000-year
"blitzkrieg". The studies suggest instead a more complex pattern to the
extinctions.
Low oxygen likely made
'Great Dying' worse, greatly delayed recovery
The biggest mass extinction in Earth history some 251 million years ago was
preceded by elevated extinction rates before the main event and was followed
by a delayed recovery that lasted for millions of years. New research by two
University of Washington scientists suggests that a sharp decline in
atmospheric oxygen levels was likely a major reason for both the elevated
extinction rates and the very slow recovery. [Link
updated 4/16/11]
Revised asteroid scale
aids understanding of impact risk
Astronomers led by an MIT professor have revised the scale used to assess
the threat of asteroids and comets colliding with Earth to better
communicate those risks with the public. The overall goal is to provide
easy-to-understand information to assuage concerns about a potential
doomsday collision with our planet. [Link updated
4/16/11]
Explosions In Space May
Have Initiated Ancient Extinction On Earth
Scientists at NASA and the University of Kansas say that a mass extinction
on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago could have been triggered by a
star explosion called a gamma-ray burst. The scientists do not have direct
evidence that such a burst activated the ancient extinction. The strength of
their work is their atmospheric modeling -- essentially a "what if"
scenario.
Ray burst is extinction suspect A huge cosmic
explosion could have caused a mass extinction on Earth 450 million years
ago, according to an analysis by scientists in the US. A gamma ray burst
could have caused the Ordovician extinction, killing 60% of marine
invertebrates at a time when life was largely confined to the sea.
Mass extinction comes
every 62 million years, UC physicists discover
With surprising and mysterious regularity, life on Earth has flourished and
vanished in cycles of mass extinction every 62 million years, say two UC
Berkeley scientists who discovered the pattern after a painstaking computer
study of fossil records going back for more than 500 million years.
New evidence indicates
biggest extinction [Permian/Triassic] wasn't caused by asteroid or comet
In a paper published Jan. 20 by Science Express, the online version of the
journal Science, the researchers say they have found no evidence for an
impact at the time of "the Great Dying" 250 million years ago. Instead,
their research indicates the culprit might have been atmospheric warming
because of greenhouse gases triggered by erupting volcanoes.
Dinosaur extinction occurred at peak of diversity
Research refutes long-held belief that diversity was declining When
dinosaurs became extinct from the effects of a massive asteroid hitting
Earth 65 million years ago, there were more varieties of the reptiles living
than ever before, according to a new analysis of global fossil records by a
team of researchers led by a University of Rhode Island paleontologist.
Ecosystem Remodelling
Among Vertebrates During The Permian-Triassic Extinction
The biggest mass extinction of all time happened 251 million years ago, at
the Permian-Triassic boundary. Virtually all of life was wiped out, but the
pattern of how life was killed off on land has been mysterious until now. A
team from Bristol University and Saratov University, Russia, have now laid
the evidence bare.
Impact at Bedout:
'Smoking gun' of giant collision that nearly ended life on earth is
identified Evidence is mounting
that 251 million years ago, long before the dinosaurs dominated the Earth, a
meteor the size of Mount Everest smashed into what is now northern
Australia, heaving rock halfway around the globe, triggering mass volcanic
eruptions, and wiping out all but about ten percent of the species on the
planet. The "Great Dying," as it's called, was by far the most cataclysmic
extinction event in Earth's history, yet scientists have been unable to
finger a culprit as they have with the dinosaur extinction. A new paper
published in Science, however, claims to identify the crater made by that
meteor, and it builds upon an ongoing body of evidence by researchers at the
University of Rochester and the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB),
that points the finger for the Great Dying squarely at the heavens.
Evidence for meteor
impact near Australia linked to largest extinction in Earth's history
An impact crater, believed to be associated with the "Great Dying," the
largest extinction event in the history of life on Earth –– much earlier
than the extinction of the dinosaurs –– appears to be buried off the coast
of Australia, according to new findings of a major research project headed
by a scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A scientific
paper describing the crater will be published on the Internet by Science
Express, the electronic publication of the journal Science on May 13.
Asteroid (4179) Toutatis to
Pass Closely By Earth on Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Toutatis, a potato-shaped asteroid about 4.6 km (3 miles) in its longest
extent, will pass within 1,550,000 km (963,000 miles) of the Earth's center
on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - reaching its closest approach at 13:35:28
GMT (06:35:28 PDT). This is roughly four times the distance from the Earth
to the moon and closer than this asteroid has come to Earth since at least
the twelfth century.
ESA Considers The Next
Step In Assessing The Risk From Near-Earth Objects
On 9 July 2004, the Near-Earth Object Mission Advisory Panel recommended
that ESA place a high priority on developing a mission to actually move an
asteroid. The conclusion was based on the panel's consideration of six
near-Earth object mission studies submitted to the Agency in February 2003.
Of the six studies, three were space-based observatories for detecting NEOs
and three were rendezvous missions. All addressed the growing realisation of
the threat posed by Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) and proposed ways of detecting
NEOs or discovering more about them from a close distance.
Web-Based Program
Calculates Effects of an Earth Impact
Next time an asteroid or comet is on a collision course with Earth you can
go to a web site to find out if you have time to finish lunch or need to
jump in the car and DRIVE.
Recently Discovered
Near-Earth Asteroid Makes Record-breaking Approach to Earth
A small near-Earth asteroid (NEA), discovered Monday night by the
NASA-funded LINEAR asteroid survey, will make the closest approach to Earth
ever recorded. There is no danger of a collision with the Earth during this
encounter.
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