Asteroid to make closest flyby in history!

[wirelessguru1]

2012 DA14 Asteroid to make closest flyby in history!



February 9, 2013 – SPACE – Talk about too close for comfort. In a rare cosmic encounter, an asteroid will buzz Earth next week, missing our planet by a mere 17,200 miles (27,700 kilometers). Designated 2012 DA14, the space rock is approximately 150 feet (45 meters) across, and astronomers are certain it will zip harmlessly past our planet on February 15—but not before making history. It will pass within the orbits of many communications satellites, making it the closest flyby on record...



http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/2012-da14-asteroid-to-make-closest-flyby-in-history/

 

[DrLeftover]

I'll get some chalk and make a bulls-eye on top of my van.

 

[seasidemike]

no doubt all the end of the world doomsdayers will have something new to focus on.

I think it is cool, I wonder if it will be visable at all.

 

[wirelessguru1]

no doubt all the end of the world doomsdayers will have something new to focus on.

I think it is cool, I wonder if it will be visable at all.

This has nothing to do with doomsdayers but rather a scientific fact based on measurements...

 

[Evil Eye]

Gee, I can just about reach out and touch it...

 

[wirelessguru1]

They are saying that it will miss Earth by 15 minutes...

 

[Evil Eye]

Which is quite a lot at that speed

 

[wirelessguru1]

Which is quite a lot at that speed

Actually not a lot since it will be passing us around the orbit of the Earth Communication Satellites...

 

[Geoffrey]

This has nothing to do with doomsdayers but rather a scientific fact based on measurements...

That's true, but the doomsdayers will still say it's the end of the world and overreact to it. This is actually more of a reasonable thing to doomsday though compared to the Mayan crap and the other wrong predictions.

 

[Evil Eye]

Actually not a lot since it will be passing us around the orbit of the Earth Communication Satellites...

Anything that is farther than an hour's walk away, is a lot.

 

[Geoffrey]

Anything that is farther than an hour's walk away, is a lot.

You, sir, have a great sense of perception.

 

[wirelessguru1]

Anything that is farther than an hour's walk away, is a lot.

But this one is missing by 15 minutes and not an hour!

 

[Evil Eye]

But this one is missing by 15 minutes and not an hour!

An hour's walk, that's 5-10km, a bit less than the mentioned 27000km.

 

[wirelessguru1]

An hour's walk, that's 5-10km, a bit less than the mentioned 27000km.

Well, in outer space distances 27000km is almost nothing!

 

[Evil Eye]

Well, in outer space distances 27000km is almost nothing!

I know, I was just being cynical

 

[wirelessguru1]

..and here's another interesting article about asteroid hits, which, of course, are bigger rocks than meteors but smaller than comets:



http://news.yahoo.com/happen-asteroid-2012-da14-hit-earth-132801477.html

 

[wirelessguru1]

Urgent, the asteroid just hit the Earth in Russia!!!

 

[wirelessguru1]

..and here's a link to the story:



http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57569551/pieces-from-at-least-one-meteorite-fall-in-russia-officials-say/



More may happen in the next few hours!!!!!!!

 

[wirelessguru1]

..another link:



http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/15/russia-meteorite/1921991/

 

[wirelessguru1]

Injury reports increasing now!



http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4345317,00.html