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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 13 Aug 2012

    .@ELTav0Tav0: How fast are potentially devastating asteroids? // The poky ones will hit us going about 25,000 miles per hour.

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      1. Ben M. Schorr‏ @bschorr 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @ELTav0Tav0 Maybe we could fool them by putting fake speed limit signs up in space. Wouldn't be as bad if they hit us at 35mph.

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      1. Dave‏ @whidzee 30 Nov 2012
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        @neiltyson how much money would NASA need to send a man to mars?

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      1. Dave‏ @DaveCaches 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @ELTav0Tav0 Thanks for not converting that from metric. Still can't conceive how fast that is... :-)

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      1. Lisa Fleming‏ @LisaFleming16 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @ELTav0Tav0 Well at least it will be over in a flash:)

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      1. Josh‏ @kingneary 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @ELTav0Tav0 does it really matter if their poky at those speeds haha I mean ahhh

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      1. Julie Robertson‏ @julie8168 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @ELTav0Tav0 ..the "poky" ones???? Bwahaha!!!

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      1. anna martina sodari‏ @altarkeeper 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @ELTav0Tav0 young kids, kindergarten, 1st or 2nd grade

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      1. anna martina sodari‏ @altarkeeper 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @ELTav0Tav0 is coming!" should i tell them about asteroids?

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      1. anna martina sodari‏ @altarkeeper 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @ELTav0Tav0 the neighborhood kids were playing in their yard yesterday and i heard them shouting, 'a meteor is coming, a meteor

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      1. Dianne Mitchell‏ @Dee61Dm 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @ELTav0Tav0 "potentially devastating".... Will it really matter how fast!?! Rather know how much notice do we get?

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      1. David Adkins‏ @davidadkins1 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson What determined the direction of our orbit around the Sun?

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      1. Jason Wells‏ @JfwellsPDX 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson would a "poky" asteroid be one that is overtaking us from behind in our orbit?

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      1. Han Mofo‏ @scrufynurfherdr 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @eltav0tav0 Do they "hit us" or do our paths simply intersect?

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      1. Erik‏ @SuperDrEddie 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson You're a scientist! Why don't you use metric? :(

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      1. Scott Manley‏ @DJSnM 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @eltav0tav0 that's nothing, some comets come in on retrograde orbits and have relative velocities of >100,000 mph

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      1. Brenda Creighton‏ @BrendaCreighton 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @ELTav0Tav0 Fast or slow. Still put a nice crater somewhere on Planet Earth. @BrendaCreighton

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      1. chloe the wondermutt‏ @chloewondermutt 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson am I nuts, or is that Venus just left of the moon? It's bright & sunny, nearly noon, but I'd swear that's it!

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      1. Dave K‏ @dtk_69 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @eltav0tav0 Check out scifi novel Lucifer's Hammer for a heartwarming story of a planet and a comet.

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      1. Tom Galvin‏ @nivlagmot 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Is that after going through the atmosphere?

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