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**** Supplement Starts HERE ****Asteroids ComingBrink – Small AsteroidsSmall asteroids come to close all the time, we must take actionMSN 11, (Mike Wall, Reporter for MSN on Space, 6/2/2011, Asteroid zips close to Earth, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43262234/ns/technology_and_science-space/, SH) An asteroid the size of a small motorhome zoomed near Earth on Wednesday night, coming closer to us than the moon ever does. The 23-foot-long (7-meter) space rock, named 2009 BD, came within 215,000 miles (346,000 kilometers) of Earth at around 8:51 p.m. ET. The moon's average distance from us is about 239,000 miles (385,000 kilometers). 2009 BD never threatened to hit Earth on this pass, researchers said. But even if the asteroid had slammed into us, it wouldn't have been a big deal. "2009 BD is a small object, 7 meters, and poses no threat," scientists with NASA's Asteroid Watch program tweeted yesterday. "Rocky objects this size would break apart in our atmosphere and cause no damage." [ Photos of Asteroids in Deep Space ] The asteroid's small size also made it a tough target for skywatchers. A large telescope was necessary to see it on Wednesday night, researchers said. Brink – ApophisAn asteroid will hit the earth by 2036, its either act, or dieAddrisi 11 (Amity Addrisi is a, Reporter at FOX40 News, Reporter / Weather Anchor at KBAK/KBFX TV, KERN 1410 Radio at Kern News Radio, Bakersfeildnow.com, “25 years from extinction? NASA separates fact from fiction”, 5/24/11, http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/investigations/122477149.html, accessed 6/27/11, SH) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — From the silver screen to science fiction novels, the idea of how the world will meet its end has long fascinated the human race. One particular doomsday theory is anything but crazy, and it has NASA scientists putting money into research that might just save out lives. Right now, astronomers are keeping a close eye on an object flying towards earth. Eyewitness News went to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena and learned that if space really is the final frontier, we may someday have to move off our little blue dot in the universe. On April 13, 2029, an asteroid is set to come very close to earth. On that day, the asteroid Apophis, which is the size of two football fields, will fly by the blue planet. Scientists believe that the asteroid could be affected by earth's gravitational pull, eventually spinning Apophis into our orbit. If all the conditions are right, Apophis could return seven years later and actually hit the planet. Scientists calculate that to happen on April 13, 2036, which happens to be Easter Sunday. At JPL, Don Yeomans is the leading astronomer for NASA's Near Earth Objects, or NEO, program. Yeomans said the asteroid would create, "Substantial regional devastation. We're not talking a city or a county. We're talking a state-sized devastation area." NASA's NEO program monitors comets and asteroids heading towards earth. Right now, scientists are keeping track of approximately 380 such objects at JPL. As they get closer to earth, scientists reassess them and determine if they are a threat of earth impact. Eyewitness News asked NASA if they are confident that they could save the world. "We do have the technology to deal with them if we find them early enough," Yeomans said. "I like to say that the three criteria for near earth objects is we have to find them early, we have to find them early and we have to find them early." So, let’s say scientists found an asteroid bound for earth? What then? "You can run into it, you can with a space craft slow it down so it misses the earth in 10 years time, you could send a nuclear explosive device to either blow it up or slow it down," Yeomans said, listing the options. It's not necessarily the impact of the asteroid that would devastate our planet. If a large enough meteor hit our planet it could create a worldwide dust cloud. That cloud would block out the sun and kill the plants that sustain all life on earth. At this point, NASA has identified 90 percent of the largest asteroids coming towards earth, including Apophis. Yeomans said almost none of them represent a threat for the next 100 years. However, he says that although the threat of asteroids is not immediate, he stresses we should look beyond earth for a new home. "We have two choices, we can either expand our place in the universe or we can die, because we are going to get hit sooner or later," Yeomans said. Apophis will hit Earth in 2036 – we must act immediatelyHelium Astronomy, 11. Jan 28 2011. “Astronomers now predict killer asteroid will hit Earth in 2036”(http://www.helium.com/items/2078149-astronomers-now-predict-killer-asteroid-will-hit-earth-in-2036)TT Grim astronomers in Russia have recalculated the trajectory of the ominous asteroid Apophis and now predict it will slam into Earth on April 13, 2036. An asteroid struck the Yucatan basin 65 million years ago wiping out the dinosaurs, changing the climate, and destroying much of life on Earth. The asteroid's name, Apophis, is the Greek name for the Egyptian god Apep, also known as "the Uncreator." "Apophis will approach Earth at a distance of 37,000 to 38,000 kilometers on April 13, 2029. Its likely collision with Earth may occur on April 13, 2036," Professor Leonid Sokolov of the St. Petersburg State University stated during an interview with state television and reported by Russian news service RIA Novosti. As more astronomers are recognizing the danger, a major summit has been called. "Russian space officials and members of the European Commission will meet in early July to discuss joining forces against thousands of potentially hazardous asteroids," Anatoly Perminov, the head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos stated in an official press release. Largest threat Although large meteors and asteroids whiz by our planet every year—and thousands of tons of space debris falls through our atmosphere annually—Apophis, first seen during 2004, is considered by scientists to be the most imminent threat to the human race. While Russian and European scientists have increased their warnings of the approaching danger the asteroid poses, NASA has charted a different course. In 2010 the American space agency announced it had reduced the chances the object's disastrous collision with Earth. Sokolov believes the project is urgent as each day that passes will make it more difficult to steer the asteroid with current technology. As nations around the world have recognized the threat large space objects such as comets and asteroids pose to life on Earth, no global defense plan has been developed to meet a possible emergency. Without a plan and effective defense, catastrophe might result. A meeting scheduled for July 7, 2011 will consider a proposal to launch a joint asteroid project between Russia and the European Union. Apophis will hit the Earth in 2036R.C. Christian, 3/7/11, writer for Coup Media Group, http://coupmedia.org/astro-physics/nasa-predicts-astroid-impact-in-2036-apophis-astroid-0206, NASA Predicts Astroid Impact in 2036 A new report from Russia seems to indicate that the Mayans were off by just 24 years. According to Russian scientists, in the year 2036, the Apophis asteroid and the Earth may have a date to meet. The report came from UPI, saying that Leonid Sokolov of St. Petersburg State University estimated the asteroid will hit the planet on April 13, 2036. The asteroid has made headlines before as scientists have been keeping a wary eye on the rock two football fields in size hurtling through space since its discovery in 2004 and forecast its near miss in 2029, only to return and hit the earth as it exits the "keyhole" some 7 years later. Asteroid threat is very real—Apophis headed for Earth.Herald Sun, ’06 ( Herald Sun, 5/16/06, “April 13, 2036 - our date with destiny,” 6/21/11, LexisNexis, MLK) MARK your calendar for Sunday, April 13, 2036. That's when a 300m-wide asteroid named Apophis could hit the Earth and cause massive destruction. The odds of a collision are 1/6250 and, while that's a long shot at the racetrack, the stakes are too high for astronomers to ignore. Apophis represents the most imminent threat from the worst type of natural disaster known, one reason NASA is spending millions to detect the threat from this and other asteroids. A direct hit on an urban area could unleash more destruction than Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 Asian tsunami and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake combined. The blast would equal 880 million tons of TNT, or 65,000 times the power of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Objects this size are thought to hit Earth about once every 1000 years. According to recent estimates, the risk of dying from a renegade space rock is comparable to the hazards posed by tornadoes and snakebites. Directory: files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Integer programming and game theory files -> 4 Integer Programming files -> Bpa vehicle Window Repair Scenario #1 task: Procure vehicle window relacement. 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