The Parker Asteroid is real! Guess that means it's gonna *nearly* hit, but not quite.
@thatonedynamitecuber6 сағат бұрын
Golden comment detected
@zxbc16 сағат бұрын
The event will be known as a Parker Collision.
@IIARROWS6 сағат бұрын
That's good
@alyme_r6 сағат бұрын
Its going to hit after a month of terrible python code
@JM-mz1zj5 сағат бұрын
@@zxbc1Parker *near miss
@ShinySwalot6 сағат бұрын
"Distinctly more non-zero" is such a powerful way of saying nothing really changed but it did feel like it changed lmao
@srwapo5 сағат бұрын
I'm wondering if Matt Parker or Mattparker is more dangerous...
@sebastians78696 сағат бұрын
"Calculating pi by drifting through space for 4 billion years"
@blak48315 сағат бұрын
Actually, I wonder if he could calculate pi by tracking matt parker's position at two points in time? The asteroid of course. Though idk how big of a telescope you'd need to pick it out, assuming he'd want to do it analog style Edit: they answered that lol. Could probably still use observations from the database at least
@ckq5 сағат бұрын
@@blak4831i'd imagine the telescopes use pi already
@sebastians78694 сағат бұрын
@@blak4831 That's an interesting thought. I think that you would probably need more than two data points on the position of the asteroid to get a calculation for pi. The perimeter of an ellipse is pretty much unrelated to pi--also covered in a video on this channel--so we would have to use the area of the orbit. After a quick Google search, apparently you need FIVE points on an ellipse to completely determine its equation. So maybe you could do it like this: five reasonably spaced observations --> approximate ellipse equation --> area --> pi
@Gorzoid6 сағат бұрын
I give it 2 weeks before International Astronomical Union comes back saying "Turns out the Matt Parker asteroid was actually just a smudge on our lens"
@alexwoodhead64716 сағат бұрын
A smudge on the lens? A SMUDGE ON THE LENS?!?! I think I know the difference between a meteor heading towards Earth and a smudge on the goddamn lens Gorzoid!!
@TheRenegade...5 сағат бұрын
A true Parker Asteroid
@universe18795 сағат бұрын
Bro thought IAU is Kerbal Astronomical Union
@georgelionon90505 сағат бұрын
I'm all in favor of renaming Pluto to Parker, almost a planet but not quite.. Oh and Uranus to George. But thats a different story.
@johnboyer1446 сағат бұрын
I was SO MAD when i found out Matt Parker took 314159 for himself. That one should have been simply named Pi, and he should take 314158 for himself. It is appropriately close, but not quite there. THE AUDACITY
@TheDannyHamilton5 сағат бұрын
It's ok. 3.14159 is also appropriately close but not quite there. It falls short by just a bit more than 0.00000265358
@theViceth5 сағат бұрын
@@TheDannyHamilton in a true Parker fashion
@jajssblue6 сағат бұрын
A real Parker asteroid! One way to guarantee it won't hit. 😂 Congrats Matt!
@MrQuickLine6 сағат бұрын
The astroid has your name, and the same hair style!
@tehlaser6 сағат бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="42">0:42</a> that totally should be the thumbnail
@1st2nd25 сағат бұрын
0:25 for me.
@pstephens12345 сағат бұрын
40:33
@1st2nd24 сағат бұрын
@@pstephens1234 That is a good choice
@Saint_Wolf_6 сағат бұрын
That opening phrase was brilliant "The phrase «all life on earth has been destroyed by Matt Parker is distinctively more non-zero than it used to be»"
@TheRenegade...6 сағат бұрын
Shouldn't that be "The sentence «Today all life on Earth was destroyed by Matt Parker» is distinctly more non-zero than it used to be"?
@Saint_Wolf_5 сағат бұрын
@@TheRenegade... Didn't double check it bit I assume you did, so yes.
@abydosianchulac26 сағат бұрын
Should have been named Parker Planet, then, since it tried to aggregate into one so long ago but didn't quite make it.
@DukeBG5 сағат бұрын
I'm going to be that guy, but the hypothetical planet between Mars and Jupiter that didn't quite make it already has a name - Phaeton.
@abydosianchulac25 сағат бұрын
@@DukeBG Sure, but they can't call every bit of debris Phaeton-###########. This is just naming one asteroid Parker Planet, not the entire theoretical construct of the missing planet. Although if you're suggesting we recategorize all asteroids and dwarf planets as Parker Planets, I'm down for that, too.
@yukifgh5 сағат бұрын
Absolutely deserved! Congratulations, Matt!
@joeymurphy24645 сағат бұрын
Oh boy, I get to do a correction! At <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1597">26:37</a>, you say "That gives us the orbital period", but what you're measuring is the rotational period. The orbital period is the 3.7ish years it takes to orbit the sun.
@danielmaciver53076 сағат бұрын
I propose that once we find asteroid 3141592 as MattParker2, and so on for every next digit of pi that we find
@davidf39105 сағат бұрын
That is a truly terrifying thumbnail
@tedrex89595 сағат бұрын
Somewhere Mrs Parker is STILL going "WHAT THE F%@K!"
@LinusBoman5 сағат бұрын
Big ups to the thumbnail artist on this one! 😂
@anime_erotika5856 сағат бұрын
Genius move by astronomers, calling asteroid Parker asteroid so it would almost hit the earth
@jssmith02255 сағат бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1851">30:51</a> I’m so glad you enjoyed the fan art!!
@EyyEyeNerd6 сағат бұрын
Woahh!!! That's incredible, congrats!!!
@Delicioushashbrowns4 сағат бұрын
one of my fave vids of all time!! also wild wild wild that you got 314159 that's so ridiculously apropos
@PiletskayaV5 сағат бұрын
I love everything about this video and video I just watched at Numberphile! So happy for you Matt! I think you deserve it! 🥰
@mattyoh13585 сағат бұрын
"Based on the light reflecting off the surface of [Matt Parker], you can be informed about, you know, at least the minerals and composition of the surface" is one of my favorite new sentences
@SellymeYT6 сағат бұрын
You've gotten impressively good at aligning the post-production graphics with where you're pointing in the recorded footage.
@Dragoncro0wn5 сағат бұрын
- Hey do you know Matt Parker? - The asteroid or the mathmagician? - Nvm.
@taaamas77855 сағат бұрын
This thumbnail is probably within the top 3.141 thumbnails you've done on this channel
@tscoffey15 сағат бұрын
From the orbital simulation, it looks like Mattparker is in orbital resonance with Mars.
@andrewharrison11944 сағат бұрын
I can only say that Matt Parker ROCKS! Well, ROCK.
@_abdul6 сағат бұрын
"Jerkupiter" have a nice ring to it.
@bwayagnes5 сағат бұрын
I vote we do the space mission kickstarter 😂 “Find out what Mattparker looks like”
@JBroMCMXCI5 сағат бұрын
They have doomed us all by naming it the Parker Asteroid
@jannetteberends87306 сағат бұрын
That’s so cool. I’m going to tell all my friends. It proves that watching KZbin videos is a serious thing.
@matheuscastello65545 сағат бұрын
congrats!! couldn't think of anyone more deserving to title this minor planet than you :)
@GregorMcIntosh6 сағат бұрын
Congratulations!
@UnderwurldChris6 сағат бұрын
Grats Parkeroid!!
@SimonZerafa5 сағат бұрын
I wonder if 314159 has a satellite? If so perhaps it could be named after Emma 😇🖖
@Wordsnwood6 сағат бұрын
Holy smokes, that thumbnail!
@srwapo5 сағат бұрын
The space in Matt Parker's name is now surprisingly important.
@4thalt6 сағат бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="232">3:52</a> That observation was made on my birthday!
@cvayta5 сағат бұрын
An S class? In Mercedes terms that’s very luxurious.
@struanpeat51164 сағат бұрын
that thumbnail is aweful, whoever did it needs a raise.
@Finkelfunk5 сағат бұрын
Imagine they accidentally name asteroid 314158 after him. Tbh, that's the type of trolling I'd find absolutely hilarious
@quinn78946 сағат бұрын
The first time in a long time that something has been named after Matt Parker without being a disappointment
@quinn78946 сағат бұрын
Which is a good thing
@diamondbandit83855 сағат бұрын
Not on Wikipedia yet, someone decide whether to add Mattparker to the list of Mathematicians or Entertainers
@hlfan5 сағат бұрын
It's on the italian Wikipedia somehow
@nmmm20005 сағат бұрын
Congrats 😂 I also like the number 314159
@justb41165 сағат бұрын
I like it too - it's a prime!
@Delicioushashbrowns4 сағат бұрын
@@justb4116 It's also an emirp! if you reverse the digits, that number is also a prime: 951413
@cynodont73915 сағат бұрын
Bad new from NASA! Mattparker just collided with a teapot.
@brandonfaddis74435 сағат бұрын
Parker impact. It comes close, but not quite
@willhouston5885 сағат бұрын
That thumbnail is SO good!
@Hexa11234 сағат бұрын
This is so cool and I am happy for you 🥹
@Grayson_Wu6 сағат бұрын
I saw that on your wikipedia page and knew you would make a video about it lol
@funtastic12976 сағат бұрын
Parker square, Parker whale, Parker asteroid. Minions next we shall take over the parker moooooon
@yahccs16 сағат бұрын
Good number to pick!
@jacksonstarky82884 сағат бұрын
314159 is not just the first six digits of pi, but it is also a prime number. A perfect fit for its new name.
@BaldurvanLew4 сағат бұрын
One of our middle school used encourage slackers by saying: "You don't want to end up like me, something out of Star Trek going nowhere fast." A bit like 314159 mattparker. 😂
@parodysam6 сағат бұрын
Sounds like someone needs a slice of humble pi.
@gibranacastrejon67796 сағат бұрын
I am 7.5 Mattparker's years old
@EranBZD5 сағат бұрын
Well if I'd want to be destroyed, Matt Parker is high on the list.
@evanbasnaw5 сағат бұрын
Almost as cool as getting a Solar Probe you can lead people into believing was named after you. "You know the Parker Solar Probe Mission? Well, I'm Matt Parker" *refuses to elaborate further*
@0ans4ar-mu4 сағат бұрын
fine ill buy the damn book! good thing i love me some TRANGLES
@amphicorp47256 сағат бұрын
Wonder who asteroid 3,141,592 will be named after
@yzhkkhzy5 сағат бұрын
thumbnail game goes so hard
@rhysbaker25956 сағат бұрын
Oh hey, Matt, you're famous!
@colley0016 сағат бұрын
So Matt Parker ‘s number is 314159…. Pi!(x100000) 👍🏻❤️
@ThatPsdude4 сағат бұрын
That thumbnail is amazing XD
@JacksonBockus5 сағат бұрын
Well we’ve gotta start petitioning for asteroid 628318 to be named Vi Hart.
@bwayagnes5 сағат бұрын
YESSSSSS
@maxgubanov76515 сағат бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1480">24:40</a> I think you may find that dinosaur's asteroid also didn't kill all life on Earth
@erik.isomer4 сағат бұрын
If you ask me Matt Parker was already an existential threat to life on this planet
@nicholaskane94564 сағат бұрын
Cant wait for "Mat Parker the math guy or the asteroid?" to be a running gag
@TheOne_66 сағат бұрын
MATT PARKER ASTEROID GUYS!!!!
@Pr3stag34 сағат бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="241">4:01</a> you can see it move!!!! If Matt Parker moved that much in one night then Matt Parker is traveling at an immensely high rate of speed for us to be able to see it move that much in the same night.
@JWentu5 сағат бұрын
Mattparker is reflecting back to us some of the sun light that would otherwise excape the solar system. How much britgher are our nights thanks to Mattparker? 0.00001%? more? less?
@onawinstreak5 сағат бұрын
I call astroid 3141592
@Adlerjunges836 сағат бұрын
Congratulations!!! ❤❤❤
@MrRafalel4 сағат бұрын
matt parker with 0 uncertainty, but 89% rounding mistakes
@Janduin455 сағат бұрын
The last four seconds of this video is better than pie.
@TheBaldr5 сағат бұрын
I had a dream last night that scientist were saying that two asteroids collided and within two days the earth would be in the debris field and potential for boulder size chunks hitting the ground and to be prepared for destruction and casualties.
@telotawa6 сағат бұрын
it would have been funnier if it was 314158 so it's almost but not quite right :)
@emileeid89296 сағат бұрын
Congratulations Matt
@dawidcham5 сағат бұрын
Looks like its orbit is synchronized with Mars! One Mattparker orbit to 2 Mars orbits.
@stephenbenner43534 сағат бұрын
A single pixel astroid is perfect for Matt Parker. He can look at it with his single pixel telescope.
@smoorej6 сағат бұрын
Without the dinosaur-killing asteroid there would be no humans. So perhaps mattparker could ultimately be the genesis of the next generation of super math-evolved humans.
@douglaswolfen78205 сағат бұрын
I would like to dispute the implication that Mattparker is more likely to destroy all life on earth than Matt Parker is Yes, Mattparker is an enormous lump of rock that would probably do a lot of damage if it ever landed on earth. But crucially, it isn't anywhere near earth. Meanwhile our Matt Parker is _already here_ I know which one I'm more concerned about
@JonnyRobbie5 сағат бұрын
Oh, Delvers finally reached Earth
@hannesgroesslinger4 сағат бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1382">23:02</a> "You do not have to worry about Mattparker ending humanity anytime soon" at least not that Mattparker
@EvaDarby-b1x5 сағат бұрын
Thank you for your hard work! Your videos are always so entertaining and helpful.🧭🐊🧲
@bagelnine96 сағат бұрын
The ordinal value of this comment is equal to Legendre's constant, and the ordinal value of my like is equal to the 2nd perfect number.
@felipevasconcelos67365 сағат бұрын
The ordinal value of this comment is actually off by more than an order of magnitude.
@isacami255 сағат бұрын
i saw the moment when matt changeed the name of the video lol. it used to be named "Asteroid 314159 was named after me!"
@Damien-d9f5 сағат бұрын
Asteroids and minor planets such as these should be renamed Parker planets. They really tried but could quite make the mark
@Theexplorographer5 сағат бұрын
Matt Pie Parker over here.
@ThePlebicide6 сағат бұрын
So is 3.72 earth years, a Parker Year?
@PopeLando4 сағат бұрын
I wonder if we'll all be looking at the sky and muttering "Mattparker!" like the scene in Deep Impact. The guy looks up at this fireball and says, "Biederman!" because it's simultaneously the asteroid that could wipe out all life on earth, *and* his daughter's boyfriend.
If anyone is wondering what an astronomical unit is, it's just the distance between the earth and the sun.
@gunrugger4 сағат бұрын
When? Is it unchanging?
@zakuraayame50914 сағат бұрын
'good news everyone' anyone else can't hear that phrase without thinking about Futurama or WoW?
@bejibx4 сағат бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="91">1:31</a> so that's how his villain arc begins
@paulmarsman87585 сағат бұрын
I would have found if 314158 was not named and recommended it be called the "Parker-Pi Asteroid"
@lucidmoses5 сағат бұрын
Well, now that makes you an AuthorRoid
@Belzemat5 сағат бұрын
Really missed out not using matt parker as a model for mattparker
@Billy_Herrington19695 сағат бұрын
It would be absolutely hilarious if Earth were to get destroyed by Matt Parker xD
@StarD3stroyer364 сағат бұрын
@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2160">36:00</a> : Working on the ability to change the trajectory of an Asteroid... bringing us ever closer to a future earth encounter with Matt Parker that we're all after