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Asteroid 2002 NT7: Low-Probability of Earth Impact in 2019



 By Don Yeomans from NASA at  July 24, 2002
 

Asteroid 2002 NT7 currently heads the list on our IMPACT RISKS Page because of a low-probability Earth impact prediction for February 1, 2019. While this prediction is of scientific interest, the probability of impact is not large enough to warrant public concern.

Discovered on July 9, 2002 by the LINEAR team, asteroid 2002 NT7 is in an orbit, which is highly inclined with respect to the Earth's orbit about the sun and in fact nearly intersects the orbit of the Earth. While the orbits of Earth and 2002 NT7 are close to one another at one point in their respective orbits, that does not mean that the asteroid and Earth themselves will get close to one another. Just after an asteroid like 2002 NT7 is discovered, the limited number of observations available do not allow its trajectory to be tightly constrained and the object's very uncertain future motion often allows a very low probability of an Earth impact at some future date. Just such a low probability impact has been identified for February 1, 2019 and a few subsequent dates.

 As additional observations of the asteroid are made in the coming months, and perhaps pre-discovery archival observations of this object are identified, the asteroid's orbit will become more tightly constrained and the future motion of the asteroid will become better defined. By far the most likely scenario is that, with additional data, the possibility of an Earth impact will be eliminated.

This is an example of the type of scenario that we can expect as some types of near-Earth objects are discovered. For some objects, their uncertain initial orbits cannot be used to immediately rule out future very low-probability Earth impacts, but when additional observations are used to refine the initial orbit, these low-probability Earth impact possibilities will go away. Other recently discovered near-Earth asteroids will be added to the Risk page until their orbits are refined and they are then dropped off the list of closely watched objects.

This is how the system is expected to work and any initial indication of a low-probability Earth impact followed by a removal of that event from our IMPACT RISKS tables should not be considered a mistake. It is a natural result of the on-going process of monitoring the motions of near-Earth objects.

Source: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news132.html

CHRIST HAS RISEN LYRICS - MATT MAHER



 CHRIST  RISEN  - MATT MAHER

Let no one caught in sin remain
 Inside the lie of inward shame
 But fix our eyes upon the cross
 And run to Him who showed great love
 And bled for us
 Freely You've bled for us

 Christ is risen from the dead
 Trampling over death by death
 Come awake, come awake
 Come and rise up from the grave
 Christ is risen from the dead
 We are one with Him again
 Come awake, come awake

 Come and rise up from the grave
 Beneath the weight of all our sin
 You bowed to none but heaven's will
 No scheme of hell, no scoffer's crown
 No burden great can hold You down
 In strength You reign

 Forever let Your church proclaim
 O death, where is your sting?
 O hell, where is your victory?
 O church, come stand in the light
 The glory of God has defeated the night

 O death, where is your sting?
 O hell, where is your victory?
 O church, come stand in the light
 Our God is not dead
 He's alive! He's alive!


They are death and do not know!


mortos e não sabem!
 

They have eyes and do not see,
They have ears and do not listen,
They have a life and do not use it to praise who created them!
They are dead and do not know!

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations...




"Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned" (Mark 16:15-16).


 Matthew 28: 19 says, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."