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TheMastersNemesis

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3. Bill Nye Was Trying To Explain That The Pass Was Dangerously Close.

Reply to longship (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 02:21 AM

Feb 2013

What he was trying to say was that on millionths of MPS would make a difference. Based on the laws of physics we were missed by a whisker. Most people do not understand science of physics.

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Nye The Science Guy Explained And Dumb Dumb TV Reporter Did Not Get It. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 OP

The Earth crossed the point in its orbit that 2012DA14 crosses 15 minutes later. longship Feb 2013 #1

Bill Nye Was Trying To Explain That The Pass Was Dangerously Close. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #3

The way they at times get it is... nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #4

Yup, my BS is in physics, so I know. longship Feb 2013 #6

Your Sister Sounds Interesting - QM Is Woo Woo Science TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #8

Yup. longship Feb 2013 #10

I Sometimes Will Think About What I Am Doing In A Quantum Way TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #12

But all the quantum effects average out above the atomic scale. longship Feb 2013 #14

What channel was that on? You know, some of the stupidest ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2013 #2

I Believe It Was A Lady On CNN. And I Think It Was On Huff Post. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #5

if it was going to hit, would we be able to know exactly where ? JI7 Feb 2013 #13

Science! Science! What is that? burrowowl Feb 2013 #7

We Are Living In A Scary Time. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #9

Scary only because we know shit. longship Feb 2013 #11

Phil Plait is awesome... SidDithers Feb 2013 #16

How do you go from "miss by 15 minutes" to "hundredths of a second different in timing would result muriel_volestrangler Feb 2013 #15

In 15 minutes the rock will move about 9000 miles, a bit more than diameter of the planet. bemildred Feb 2013 #17