>>12933102Well it is what they're talking about now. Here's another snippet from the thread:
"Jupiter is currently ~840M km from Earth, further apart than Jupiter is from the Sun. However Jupiter represents a significant gravity well, or sphere of influence. Assuming as true, and assuming that this object will pass the asteroid belt without significant collisions, it will exit Jupiter’s gravity well and continue to be drawn at increasing acceleration as it approaches the sun.
If the object is passing Jupiter now or within the near future, Earth will be in conjunction with Jupiter in approximately three month’s time, meaning there’s a good chance that earth will “catch” the object that would have started to accelerate at a higher rate due to gravitational influence.
The 3-4 month window makes sense. The course and inclination are the big questions. A direct hit would be an extinction level event. Figure three or four years of winter, who ever survives the impact will be warring over whatever is left.
The other option is it hits the moon, which would save the planet; but prolong our misery before a long cold death."
Make of that with what you will.
