AW: [meteorite-list] 2004 MN4 updated odds

[stan .]

according to the link i posted earlier the explosive yeild of an impact 
would be equivalent to about 1.4 gigatons

based only on size of the object - that should produce a crater ont he order 
of about 9 miles wide if it hits on land.


>From: "Bernhard Rems" <bernhard at bgrems.com>
>To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: AW: [meteorite-list] 2004 MN4 updated odds
>Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 09:56:00 +0100
>
>Anybody ever calculated what happens if this asteroid hits land/sea?
>
>Bernhard
>
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>Robert
>Gesendet: Montag, 27. Dezember 2004 09:33
>An: 'stan . '; 'meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com ';
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>Betreff: [meteorite-list] 2004 MN4 updated odds
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>Hi Stan and List,
>
>Latest updated odds of impact for the 4/13/2029 encounter are
>about 1 in 37 at JPL's site.  (Odds haven't been updated at
>NEODyS yet -- still 1 in 45 there).  Mind you, these aren't
>the true odds of impact, but rather a measure of our current
>uncertainty in the orbit.  With each passing day, the orbital
>arc is extended by about 1/2 of one percent, so the cloud of
>possible solutions 24.3 years from now is slowly shrinking.
>
>--Rob
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