Posted 11 February 2013 - 03:34 PM
It's 50 yards wide and will pass within 17,500 miles. To put this in perspective the Moon is @ 238,000 miles from Earth. It will be close enough that there is a slight chance it could impact some Satellites in geocentric orbit; GPS and Communication Satellites.
http://www.telegraph...your-phone.html
Posted 11 February 2013 - 08:26 PM
This is really close; a true near miss. Imagine if it compromises a communication satellite or two!
They say it would be equivalent to the Russian asteroid strike in 1909 (I think that was the year). They also said that if it would hit a major city, that city would be gone. The 1909 incident flattened 824 (ish) square miles around the impact location.
It could, it is flying just below the line of satellites.
I saw a news anchor say that the asteroid is the result of Goebbals Warming.
Now that is absurb. 
Posted 12 February 2013 - 12:10 AM
No big deal, that's one they could actually destroy in space if they had to....one well placed nuclear missile later.
and thousands of pounds of newly radioactive rock would rain down on the planet over a wide area
Posted 12 February 2013 - 12:39 AM
No big deal, that's one they could actually destroy in space if they had to....one well placed nuclear missile later.
He saw the spinning lights he knew it was a sign....
Posted 12 February 2013 - 02:13 AM
and thousands of pounds of newly radioactive rock would rain down on the planet over a wide area
Actually, no. A 50 yard asteroid would be vaporized by even a low-yield nuclear weapon. Plus, if there happened to be anything leftover, it would burn up during entry into the atmosphere....
Posted 12 February 2013 - 03:04 AM
No way, it's Bruce Willis' job.
Actually, no. A 50 yard asteroid would be vaporized by even a low-yield nuclear weapon. Plus, if there happened to be anything leftover, it would burn up during entry into the atmosphere....
Posted 12 February 2013 - 08:35 AM
Posted 12 February 2013 - 08:40 AM
Posted 12 February 2013 - 12:10 PM
The Tunguska Blast was an air burst, not an impact. There is no way to determine how a rock will reach it's end. Granted, both are devastating, but an impact is far worse since it would fill the air with dirt and create a climatic impact that could be felt for decades.
Posted 12 February 2013 - 01:58 PM
The Tunguska Blast was an air burst, not an impact. There is no way to determine how a rock will reach it's end. Granted, both are devastating, but an impact is far worse since it would fill the air with dirt and create a climatic impact that could be felt for decades.
Posted 12 February 2013 - 03:07 PM
Do you think the powers that be would/should notify the people if they knew a "small object" impact was unavoidable?
well, severe weather warnings and evacuations do happen, so they probably would notify the people in the event of a small object impact. and, yes they definately should.
Posted 12 February 2013 - 04:30 PM
Actually, no. A 50 yard asteroid would be vaporized by even a low-yield nuclear weapon. Plus, if there happened to be anything leftover, it would burn up during entry into the atmosphere....
I had a feeling that particular warning I saw about that kind of thing on the science channel was a bit of hyperbole... I'm crushed 
(I didn't realize they were probably talking about larger ones )
Posted 12 February 2013 - 04:34 PM
pros: save lives
cons: create mass hysteria
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tin foil hat answer: it wouldn't be an asteroid, but rather a top secret bomb detonated in a large populated area, later reported to be an asteroid impact, with the purpose of reducing the population at the hands of the skull and bones society, profit!
Posted 12 February 2013 - 06:56 PM
What if it detonates inside the stratosphere and then rains down neutrons frying our electrical grid and gadgets? That would be a giant whoopsie, wouldn't it?
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!? 
DO YOUR RESEARCH MUTHA FUHKER...BRUCE MUTHA FUKIN WILLIS WILL NOT LET FUHKIN NEUTRONS HIT THE MUTHA FUCKIN EARTH!!! 
Posted 12 February 2013 - 09:21 PM
What if it detonates inside the stratosphere and then rains down neutrons frying our electrical grid and gadgets? That would be a giant whoopsie, wouldn't it?
Posted 13 February 2013 - 04:01 PM
You are thinking of an EMP. An airburst asteroid is capable of doing this (thought not in every instance) but still less of a detriment to life on the planet overall than a dirt-induced mini ice age.
a 150 foot assroid would not cause a mini ice age.
Posted 13 February 2013 - 04:21 PM
Russian Scientists have discovered an Asteroid large enough to do significant damage to the Earth,on a collision course,and will impact in the year 2028...................................Of course Russian Scientists look at the Stars through Empty Vodka Bottles...............
Posted 13 February 2013 - 04:23 PM
Russian Scientists have discovered an Asteroid large enough to do significant damage to the Earth,on a collision course,and will impact in the year 2028...................................Of course Russian Scientists look at the Stars through Empty Vodka Bottles...............
Awesome, another end of the world prediction.This time by assroid. Epcot.
