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Title: Nibiru cometh ;-)
Post by: RD on 06/05/2011 13:15:33

It's "Nibiru (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibiru_collision)" !    [;)] ...

Due November 2011 (it's 13 months early (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_phenomenon)) ...

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http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroidwatch/newsfeatures.cfm?release=2011-129

Title: Nibiru cometh ;-)
Post by: Geezer on 06/05/2011 20:23:10

Okdoky. Looks like I better give the old saucer a service, just in case.

Does anyone know where I can pick up some Castrol 0.1W/8000 ?

Title: Nibiru cometh ;-)
Post by: RD on 06/05/2011 23:13:23

Someone could be playing "planet pool" ...

Title: Nibiru cometh ;-)
Post by: Airthumbs on 07/05/2011 06:17:14

What would happen if it smacked into the moon?  Not Nib thingy ma bob but this NEO.......

Title: Nibiru cometh ;-)
Post by: imatfaal on 07/05/2011 11:37:53

Quote from: Airthumbs on 07/05/2011 06:17:14

What would happen if it smacked into the moon?  Not Nib thingy ma bob but this NEO.......

I don't think we would have long to observe it :-)

Title: Nibiru cometh ;-)
Post by: RD on 07/05/2011 12:16:24

Quote from: Airthumbs on 07/05/2011 06:17:14

What would happen if it smacked into the moon?  Not Nib thingy ma bob but this NEO.......

YU55 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YU55) is way* bigger than NASA's kamikaze craft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCROSS) which was crashed into the moon in 2009.
 [* aircraft carrier compared with Pick-up truck].

The plumes from NASA's kamikaze impact were said to be ...

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" visible through midsized backyard telescopes -- 10 inches and larger,"

http://articles.cnn.com/2009-10-09/tech/probe.moon.crash_1_lunar-crater-observation-cabeus-crater-lcross/2?_s=PM:TECH