Asteroid to just miss the Earth on February 15 and other asteroid related discussions

[Skillmister]

One with bonus glass shattering Holy crap it was loud

 

[anything I don't mind]

 

[Skillmister]

This is seriously cool too. It's like a days worth of sun movement in 6 seconds

 

[R5GTT]

The russia meteor thread was closed and linked to itself ?

Yep, strange that. Considering they are not related

 

[Suarez7]

Holy **** that blast wave had some force!

 

[R5GTT]

11:30 GMT: Parts of the Chelyabinsk meteorite are 'on sale' on some Russian websites. "Will sell meteorite pieces cheap, photos later," an announcement read.

 

[Raymond Lin]

/awaits gillywibble and his "report"

 

[anything I don't mind]

It was Putin!

 

[TurnipHead]

Am I the only one who noticed the original video is dated 31/12/2012?

 

[Iraklis F.C.]

makes you think how insignificant are we in the cosmic scale, a joke really, almost non existant. A planet the size of an atom with 6 billion souls fighting each other for money.

 

[Suarez7]

Am I the only one who noticed the original video is dated 31/12/2012?

This is russia even the camera drinks vodka.

 

[Lysander]

Tonight will be close, but not as close as this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4581_Asclepius

Asclepius passed by Earth on March 22, 1989, at a distance of 0.00457 AU (684,000 km; 425,000 mi).[2][3] Although this exceeds the Moon's orbital radius, the close pass received attention at that time, especially since the asteroid passed through the exact position of Earth only six hours earlier.

 

[NeilF]

Live coverage of 2012DA14 later tonight - http://www.bareket-astro.com/live-astronomical-web-cast/asteroid-2012-da14-flyby-webcast.html

 

[NeilF]

Tonight will be close, but not as close as this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4581_Asclepius

No tonight is closer! 2012DA14 will only be about 17,000 miles away!

It misses us by about 15mins!

 

[Vulcan]

Will we be able to see anything here in England?

 

[R5GTT]

Will we be able to see anything here in England?

If we have clear skies which are likely then yes maybe.

see here DA14 how to spot it

 

[Fus Ro Dah]

Apparently not but there is a nasa live stream here http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

 

[Westyfield2]

So what's the story with this Russian one? Is it part of DA14 broken off early, or is it another one that we hadn't spotted? (I thought they spot them all to warn the ISS crew?)

 

[NeilF]

Will we be able to see anything here in England?

With binoculars or better yes - http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/across-the-universe/2013/feb/15/asteroid-2012-da14

But it is very faint! But the live footage (above) I imagine will show live telescope footage I hope!


You're better off watching the two excellent space station passes coming up. Saturday and Monday early evening!!!

 

[NeilF]

So what's the story with this Russian one? Is it part of DA14 broken off early, or is it another one that we hadn't spotted? (I thought they spot them all to warn the ISS crew?)

Who knows - Probably just random X meter wide object...