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Asteroid Fly-By This Week?
14 Feb 2013 15:40 #5
by Moonchild
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The moon is worth that and more! 
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14 Feb 2013 19:12 #6
by otisptoadwater
It will whiz past Earth on Feb. 15, going about 5 miles per second. At its closest approach, it will be only about 17,200 miles above the surface of our planet. That's far nearer to us than the moon, and even closer than some weather and communications satellites.
It will come closer than satellites in a geosynchronous orbit around 22,000 miles up, but is extremely unlikely to hit any of those as it goes by.
Read more: http://www.npr.org/2013/02/08/171412450/close-shave-asteroid-to-buzz-earth-next-week
I'm not sure I would want to play chicken with a chunk of rock this big moving at 5 miles a second, if it does hit something on orbit I wonder if there would be anything left of it.
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It will whiz past Earth on Feb. 15, going about 5 miles per second. At its closest approach, it will be only about 17,200 miles above the surface of our planet. That's far nearer to us than the moon, and even closer than some weather and communications satellites.
It will come closer than satellites in a geosynchronous orbit around 22,000 miles up, but is extremely unlikely to hit any of those as it goes by.
Read more: http://www.npr.org/2013/02/08/171412450/close-shave-asteroid-to-buzz-earth-next-week
I'm not sure I would want to play chicken with a chunk of rock this big moving at 5 miles a second, if it does hit something on orbit I wonder if there would be anything left of it.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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15 Feb 2013 07:11 #8
by LOL
WOW -check out the pic. What a shock wave too!
Bet there was a lot of Vodka consumed last night! LOL
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/a ... 689332.ece
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FredHayek wrote: Looks like a different meteorite caused damage in Russia today. Could the big meteor be bringing debris with it? Normally we get meteor showers.
WOW -check out the pic. What a shock wave too!
Bet there was a lot of Vodka consumed last night! LOL
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/a ... 689332.ece
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