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Title: Neil DeGrasse Tyson - How to Deflect a Killer Asteroid
Added: Mar 12, 2008
Author: ForaTv
Duration: 5:8
Description:
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/19/Neil_DeGrasse_Tyson_Death_by_Black_HoleCelebrity astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson describes one possible solution for altering the trajectory of an earthbound asteroid.-----Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses "Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandries."Whether discussing the universe's origins as host of NOVA's "scienceNOW" or asserting that Pluto is a not a planet on "The Colbert Report," astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson translates the universe's complexities for a broad audience.Known as the great explainer of all things cosmic, Tyson first became known in the astronomy community by lecturing on the subject at the age of fifteen. He is currently the director of New York's Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, where he also teaches. Tyson has written seven popular books including the bestselling Death by Black Hole and the memoir The Sky Is Not The Limit.His professional research explores star formation, dwarf galaxies, exploding stars, and the structure of the Milky Way, topics which he writes about in his long running "Universe" column in Natural History magazine. Tyson's varied honors include the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal and People Magazine's 2000 "Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive" - City Arts & LecturesRyan Wyatt is a science visualizer for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. A longtime planetarian, he is actively involved in promoting fulldome video technology within the planetarium community. He manages the Fulldome Mailing List and also maintain web pages related to standards development for fulldome video. His work at the Museum relates strongly to the Hayden Planetarium's Digital Universe dataset, with an emphasis on creating content for the planetarium "space shows," including Cosmic Collisions and The Search for Life.
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Youtube Comments: 466
schmuckenheimer9 Says:
Apr 14, 2012 - "So what happens if you drag it into the keyhole?""It would be bad"
twistersdude Says:
Apr 17, 2012 - No, I'm watching this on February 30th
shoeupon67 Says:
Apr 18, 2012 - NEXT TRAIN TO AUSCHWITZ ALL ABOARD TO YOUR FEMA CONCENTRATION DEATH CAMPS. MR NEIL DeGRAESSE [NASA] WILL TAKE YOUR HANDS AND LEAD YOU TO THE GAS CHAMBER.
youcantspeak Says:
Apr 19, 2012 - Oh no...
AgentStaple Says:
Apr 19, 2012 - couldnt just let me dream :P
knightwrestler152 Says:
Apr 19, 2012 - its kind of like having two magnets with the same polarity. they push away from each other
TheRebelNomad Says:
Apr 19, 2012 - ahh im pissed
cpu46 Says:
Apr 20, 2012 - Lol, Not saying it is impossible for an asteroid to form a stable orbit. Just not Apothis. Honestly I would love for something like that to happen.
fragkILLA Says:
Apr 20, 2012 - Hell yeah. He has a very good way with an audience and I'm glad he is involved in science.
KapetanOrgazmo Says:
Apr 21, 2012 - It's more like have two magents with different polarity, They attract each other, just one is escaping another one and drags it towards itself :)
TheZanursic Says:
Apr 23, 2012 - Agreed!
superbad1331 Says:
Apr 25, 2012 - *an
jonadamich Says:
Apr 30, 2012 - The speaker was annoying, trying to make jokes after every sentence
bigdavid351 Says:
May 2, 2012 - The guy interviewing him is an idiot. Haha
andshimmy Says:
May 3, 2012 - When he said "it won't ignite the forests", it was followed by a massive rumbling thunderclap outside my house.Conclusion: Neil deGrasse Tyson is really Thor.
RectalDiscourse Says:
May 4, 2012 - I wanna meet him just so I can have a picture taken with him in that pose.
mfrank165 Says:
May 7, 2012 - if chuck norris were a scientist...
carlo88moe Says:
May 9, 2012 - funny if the asteroid strikes and is the mark of the end of the American era by destroying our biggest state economy and the beginning of the Chinese hegemony proper...
Choo69 Says:
May 9, 2012 - funny if it happens before then.
MBJH17isbackonlyone Says:
May 13, 2012 - Send multiple nukes to the asteroid. Don't blow it up just make it blow the nuke near it and take it out it's orbit.
Amigo21189 Says:
May 17, 2012 - To further his "little bit" of change in Apophis' path with grav towing, a baseball analogy: Just 1 degree off of the correct course from first base to home plate (90 feet) away is 7 feet from the catcher's glove. Now expand this to fit with making an asteroid miss the Earth while it's still millions of miles away. You don't even have to make it miss by a single degree!
sinfulend2 Says:
May 17, 2012 - Explosions don't work like you think they do in a vaccum
MBJH17isbackonlyone Says:
May 17, 2012 - Actually, you won't hear the sound of it, but it would still send a massive force to pull the asteroid out of its orbit.
jedihunter176 Says:
May 25, 2012 - lern 2 gravity
LordJabuJabu98 Says:
Apr 13, 2012 - thumbs up if you are watching this on April 13