Near earth astroid 2-15-2013

[parsimonious]

This asteroid is what I call scary close.
0.09 lunar distance, which means it will shoot between earth and our gps satellites!
Here is a really cool video I found.
You may wish you hadn't watched it though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7YTmS6U8WM&feature=player_detailpage

 

[slowG]

I guess in a perspective of space it's close but still 21,000 miles away.

 

[parsimonious]

that is 21000 miles away from the approximate center of earth.
no need to panic, I don't think.

 

[Spanky46151]

Are you kidding me? I just got my stuff dug up from the whole Mayan deal!!!

 

[SMiller]

Lol, I got a god belly chuckle out of that!

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

Take that satelites!!!

 

[Paul30]

We may have to hire a bunch of oil drillers to fly up there and drill a hole in it so we can nuke it apart before it gets here, from the best movie ever.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zje91xTd6Lc

 

[Libertarian01]

To All,

It is 22,000 KILOMETERS, not miles!

That translates to less than 14,000 miles and is extremely close by space distances.

We can thank Jupiter for protecting us from most of the junk that comes in from the outer solar system. Its gravity tends to draw in and suck down many of the problems that would make it to the inner solar system.

If it did hit that would be a big badda boom. I don't know how much of a 40 meter object would survive our atmosphere but it could be bad.

Regards,

Doug

 

[Shadow]

 

[Justin Case]

It's path takes it between us and our GPS satellites? That's a little too close for me!

 

[eldirector]

40 meters would make a mess, but not anything like an extinction event. For reference, the Tunguska Event was an object on the order of 100 meters. I wouldn't want to be UNDER it, but it is still "just" a local event.

If you need to worry, check out Apophis:
99942 Apophis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

300+ meters, and a VERY near approach in 2029 and then an exceptionally good chance (well, in astronomer's terms) of an impact in 2036 if it passes through the right spot in 2029.

 

[Hookeye]

This stone's called Apophis it brings Apocalypse

http://youtu.be/_qyZQDuUJyk

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Are you kidding me? I just got my stuff dug up from the whole Mayan deal!!!

So the Mayans were only off by a couple of months...

 

[JettaKnight]

It's path takes it between us and our GPS satellites? That's a little too close for me!

Are you sure?

I believe, GPS satellites are are in orbit @ 20 km - which is closer than geostationary orbits. Geostationary satellites include weather and communication satellites.

 

[slowG]

To All,

It is 22,000 KILOMETERS, not miles!

That translates to less than 14,000 miles and is extremely close by space distances.

We can thank Jupiter for protecting us from most of the junk that comes in from the outer solar system. Its gravity tends to draw in and suck down many of the problems that would make it to the inner solar system.

If it did hit that would be a big badda boom. I don't know how much of a 40 meter object would survive our atmosphere but it could be bad.

Regards,

Doug

35k kilometers 21k miles


Asteroid 2012 DA14 to sweep close on February 15, 2013 | Space | EarthSky

Do you have a link to your info?

 

[miguel]

Hopefully it splashes down just off Long Island...

 

[Justin Case]

Are you sure?

I believe, GPS satellites are are in orbit @ 20 km - which is closer than geostationary orbits. Geostationary satellites include weather and communication satellites.

 

[eldirector]

I'm betting we won't be able to see it, though? Too bad. That would be kinda neat.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

The talk radio show guys are saying that the Federal Government will run out of money on the same day. How prophetic!

 

[inccwchris]

If we all aim at the sky and fire at the same time, we should be able to take care of it. When in doubt, empty your mag.