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Asteroid 2012 DA 14
http://rt.com/news/paint-asteroid-earth-nasa-767/
NASA confirms the 60-meter (197-feet) asteroid, spotted by Spanish stargazers in February, has a good chance of colliding with Earth in eleven months.
The rock's closest approach to the planet is scheduled for February 15, 2013, when the distance between the planet and space wanderer will be under 27,000 km (16,700 miles). This is lower than the geosynchronous orbit kept by the Google Maps satellite.
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2012da14.html
It is big and it is close. 1/10 of distance to the moon. This one has potential
Time to call Bruce and Ben in some oil rig?
Dont worry, it only could strike earth in February of 2013. Earth would be destroyed in December of 2012 so we will be gone by then already.
This will wipe out the ones that survive December 2012.Originally Posted by Nyusu
Impact Probability: 2.2e-04
0.022000000% chance of Earth impact
or
1 in 4,550 chance
or
99.97800000% chance the asteroid will miss the Earth
Only 60? Wake me up when it can surpass a H-bomb.
^^^^ would it be affected by gravitational pull in the later stage?
less probabilistic chance does not mean no chance at all.....since asteroid have the capability to bring apocalypse,we have to be extremely careful.
same as the lottery, but there are people who win
I say mount an attempt to destroy it anyway. Good practice, and a good way to re-energize NASA.
Hahaha no......a H bomb is a fusion bomb which is triggered by an initial fission reaction.....A 60 meter asteroid impact cannot produce the same yield.
The height of 27000km is about the height of the orbit of the GPS satellites. Well they are at 20000km.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17248959
Meteor witnessed across Britain
A "huge fireball" was reported travelling from northern Scotland to southern England at about 21:40 GMT, amid fears a plane had crashed.
Police received reports of a "bright light" and "orange glow", but aircraft-related incidents were ruled out.
The Met Office tweeted: "Hi All, for anyone seeing something in the night sky, we believe it was a meteorite."
Meteors are particles from space that burn up as they plummet through Earth's atmosphere, sometimes emitting light, creating a "fireball" effect.
Meteorites are larger, more durable objects that survive heating in the atmosphere and land on Earth. It is not known if that happened on Saturday.
Beginning of the end???
If it was going to hit earth, wouldn't it lose some size by passing through the atmosphere?
60m? Meh. That's about the size that made Meteor Crater. Wherever it landed I'd hope they film it in HD.
Depends on it's composition.
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