Showing posts with label Maxwell Smart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maxwell Smart. Show all posts

Thursday, November 7, 2024

I predicted Trump 316-222, it turned out Trump 312-226

My gut told me Minnesota for Trump was wrong, but I went with it based on what turned out to be a poll reporting error. And I couldn't believe the polling in Nevada which favored Trump, but that turned out to be right.

In the end I missed it by that much.





Sunday, June 30, 2024

Missing us by 180k miles yesterday, asteroid 2024 MK was only discovered on June 16 and was one of the 60% larger than 140 meters still unknown


 

Gee that's . . . not a happy thought.

The asteroid, named 2024 MK, is estimated to measure about 480 feet (146 meters) across, which is greater than the height of a 40-story building or the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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A sucker that size could destroy London, England:

"If [an asteroid as big as Dimorphos] were to fall on the city of London, windows would break over the whole south east of England and the damage in [the Greater London] area would be very extreme," Collins said. "There would be no survivors in the center of London because of the impact itself and also because of the severity of the air blast." ...

While asteroids of this size crossing the path of our planet are rare, astronomers estimate that 60% of near Earth asteroids larger than 140 meters are still unknown. 

NASA said it came in at 152.4 meters.

European Space Agency said it came as close as 180k miles.

Talk about giving two weeks notice.