president doc
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No chance, and by that, I mean no chance AT ALL.
Apart from the fact that the earth rotates on a decaying orbit, and the fact that it spins around.
And thats got nothing to do with the galaxy rotating on its own axis, and nothing to do with the fact that several galaxies move amongst themselves in local groups, and nothing to do with the movement of several local groups amongst super clusters and the expanion of the universe.
If none of that happened, and all that had to be compensated for was 30 years of the earths rotation..note, rotation, not orbit, the chances of them arriving in the same room they left, in exactly the same spot... would still be impossible.
When scientists talk of possible meteor hits in 30 years, or 300 years, what they give is a statistical spread of probablilites, a spread based around a large volume which has a certain likelihood of the meteor passing through.
eg. recently they have detected an asteroid that will have a 1 in 300 chance of striking earth or passing within a hundred thousand miles in a few centuries... thats about as accurate as they get.
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