Detailing the timeline to guide screenwriters and filmmakers involved in The Impact.
Amateur astronomer James Anderson spots the asteroid from his home observatory in Alice Springs, Australia. He immediately puts in a call to NASA.
Four other amateur astronomers from the dark side of the planet confirm the asteroid, provisionally named KT-1887. Following protocol, they inform NASA.
NASA verify and confirm the size, trajectory and estimate ‘the impact’ in the Atlantic Ocean. They debate action to take.
The White House is called and information relayed to William Jones, chief scientific advisor to the President.
The President is pulled out of a meeting on agricultural policies and briefed on the impending threat.
The President addresses the nation and planet. ‘An asteroid the size of Hawaii will impact in the Atlantic Ocean in 97 minutes, it will destroy all life on earth aside from microbes. The blast will take just over one hour to travel around the planet…’
Impact in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. The physical impact will be felt planet wide, mostly experienced as a small earthquake. The blast wave begins it's journey around the planet.
The blast wave engulfs the eastern seaboard of the USA and on the other side of the planet the blastwave enters Russia.
The blast wave passes around the Earth, meeting in the mid pacific. Extinction of humanity.
