Friday, September 25, 2009

Our Earth by Year 2012: Fact or Not!?

The 1997 book The Bible Code claims that, according to certain algorithms of the Bible code, a meteor, asteroid or comet will collide with the Earth in 2012.

Scientific fact:

Scientists have forecasted a near-miss when Asteroid 99942 Apophis passes Earth in 2029. An asteroid flies this close to the planet only once every 1,300 years.

Only about three Earth diameters will separate Apophis and the planet when the 400-meter asteroid encounters our gravity, which will twist the object into a complex wobbling rotation. Such an occurrence never has been witnessed but could yield important clues to the interior of the sphere, according to a paper entitled, "Abrupt alteration of the spin state of asteroid 99942 Apophis (2004 MN4) during its 2029 Earth flyby," accepted for publication in the journal Icarus.

Additional factoid:

As meteors oftenly enter Earth's atomosphere. Some are large enough to still have something left by the time they hit the ground, so, in that context, the answer to you question is yes.

I hope this clears things up for you

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