Comet c2013 On A Possible Collision Course With Mars in 2014 - Polidicks

[QUOTE][B]ASTRONOMERS hold fears a comet is on a collision course with Mars.[/B]The comet, named C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring), was spotted at the start of this year by Robert McNaught at the Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales. Calculations put the closest approach of the comet at a distance of 109,200km from Mars in October 2014. But there is still a chance the comet might collide with the red planet.[/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/technology/comet-c2013-siding-spring-might-hit-mars-in-2014/story-fn7bsj10-1226587784458[/URL] [URL]http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/26/17107085-comet-just-might-hit-mars-in-2014?lite[/URL]

Better them than us.

RIP Martians, we never knew you.

It still amazes me to think that we can determine the trajectories of tiny rocks in space...

Hopefully if it does crash with mars, Curiosity will survive and document the incident.

[QUOTE=EskillV2;39746807]Hopefully if it does crash with mars, Curiosity will survive and document the incident.[/QUOTE] Holy shit, imagine HD stream of the event! Motherfucker that would be awesome!

[QUOTE=Bradyns;39746634]It still amazes me to think that we can determine the trajectories of tiny rocks in space...[/QUOTE] It's actually quite simple once you know its velocity and its position over a certain period of time. They move after all according to the laws of physics. At school we determined the trajectories of high energy particles with Matlab, which should be pretty similar, fun stuff.

I wish I could be there to see, would awesome, assuming I survive the shockwave.

[QUOTE=Canned Induvidual;39746817]Holy shit, imagine HD stream of the event! Motherfucker that would be awesome![/QUOTE] And then it lands square on Curiosity.

[quote]"With the current estimate of the absolute magnitude of the nucleus M2 = 10.3, which might indicate the [b]diameter up to 50 kilometers [30 miles], the energy of impact might reach the equivalent of staggering 2×10^10 megatons[/b]!"[/quote] yes please.. [editline]edit[/editline] rip in peace curiosity 2012-2014

imagine if it hit curiosity that would be hilariously terrible

If this thing hits with enough force it could actually release a lot of CO2 and water locked in the ground. Hell it's one of the big ideas for terraforming mars anyway, if this starts the process we'd be as well carrying it on.

I want this thing to hit Mars just to see if anything cool happens. (besides a huge explosion)

taking one for the team Mars is a bro

[QUOTE=Stormcharger;39746894]imagine if it hit curiosity that would be hilariously terrible[/QUOTE] I hope that it's close enough to Curiosity for it to be able to 'see' it, but not close enough to do actual damage.

[QUOTE]Calculations put the closest approach of the comet at a distance of [B]109,200km [/B]from Mars in October 2014. [/QUOTE] Just remember that line. It will most likely not hit Mars.

The thing is, if it does hit Mars it Could possibly affect Earth.

[QUOTE=pinecleandog;39746998]The thing is, if it does hit Mars it would almost surely affect Earth.[/QUOTE] u wot

[QUOTE=pinecleandog;39746998]The thing is, if it does hit Mars it would almost surely affect Earth.[/QUOTE] That's not how orbital physics work.

[QUOTE=pinecleandog;39746998]The thing is, if it does hit Mars it would almost surely affect Earth.[/QUOTE] In what way? O.o

I bet its aliens.

[QUOTE=CaF;39746884]yes please.. [editline]edit[/editline] rip in peace curiosity 2012-2014[/QUOTE] Sorry, I don't think robots can fart.

we should look to destroy/stop it that way if it ever happens to earth

[QUOTE=xianlee;39747106]Sorry, I don't think robots can fart.[/QUOTE] racist

[QUOTE=pinecleandog;39746998]The thing is, if it does hit Mars it would almost surely affect Earth.[/QUOTE] Straight retarded man, what the fuck, I don't even get how you could think that. Seriously man, what the fuck? You having a bubble?

Comet hits Mars, derails it so Mars hits Earth. This is how space stuff works, right?

[QUOTE=Pierrewithahat;39747147]Straight retarded man, what the fuck, I don't even get how you could think that. Seriously man, what the fuck? You having a bubble?[/QUOTE] Okay well perhaps I should say unlikely, but not impossible. Just think about it, there could be endless possibilities... For instance there would be debris flying around.

[QUOTE=pinecleandog;39747167]Okay well perhaps I should say unlikely, but not impossible. Just think about it, there could be endless possibilities... For instance there would be debris flying around.[/QUOTE] Mate you seriously cannot possibly fathom how wrong you are, there is literally not a snowballs chance in hell that this will affect us in any way whatsoever unless the comet somehow majestically hits Mars and lands directly on top of one of our rovers. It will literally not even come close to hitting earth with any debris.

[QUOTE=pinecleandog;39747167]Okay well perhaps I should say unlikely, but not impossible. Just think about it, there could be endless possibilities... For instance there would be debris flying around.[/QUOTE] you dont seem to realise how big space is.

I don't see why you guys are so close minded about it. Anything can happen, none of us have lived through a comet hitting mars in our lifetime, and nobody can predict exactly what happens. I'm not saying "OMG ITS GONNA END THE WORLD" I'm saying it could affect us in a minor way; For example something as simple as small debris entering the atmosphere. Of course any of that stuff would takes yonks to get to us.