Okay guys, let's get the nerds on here to try and prove this wrong and put my mind at ease
Ever heard about the "three body problem"?
It's basically impossible to calculate with 100% accuracy the trajectory of any object that's under the influence of >2 sources of gravity. Comet/astheroid trajectories are always speculative at best and roughly based on past tabulated data, but they are not mathematical projections, they are 100% probabilistic.
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It depends on how they calculate it's trajectory. If they use dead reckoning and assume the force distribution that has acted on it previously will dictate it's future course their is a possibility of error.
That error could mean it is further away or it lands right on your fucking head. I don't think we as a species are yet aware of every single possible force acting on celestial bodies at every single point in space.
An asteroid in the vicinity of Earth for example will be affected by the gravity of the Sun, the Moon, the Earth, Jupiter and your mom. Difficult to calculate where it will end up.
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Also, my understanding of the worries not relayed by OP is that if this asteroid/comet begins to form a tail, those small fragments could become slowed by the orbits enough that they begin begin to form an asteroid belt that we would then pass through. What are your thoughts on this? Burn off in atmosphere?
yeah the oceans of cyanide pouring into the earth will be no big deal
it would help if we truly knew what gravity is. we don't even understand its nature, yet mathematical constants for it are integral in calculating acceleration. and on a macro scale we could be completely off. all we can do is make placeholders like dark matter to explain why things don't add up as we anticipated.
Yeah, it's probably fine.
But no seriously, what?
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