November. In the UK. You think we might be able to see things in the sky other than unbroken grey cloud? BAHAHAHAHAA!
that's what i thought
i emailed the link to my dad either way as he has a telescope so you never knowB@
Huge Asteroid to Fly By Earth in November
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that's what i thought
i emailed the link to my dad either way as he has a telescope so you never knowB@
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if something like this hit the Moon would there be enough energy released for a glowing explosion or something ?
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Glowing? Not for very long, there's no oxygen to burn. But you can sometimes see things impacting on the surface, just as a flash. Can't find any examples at the minute, i'll get back to you
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Wouldn't mind if this landed on my next door neighbour. It's raining FFS! Put the mower away!
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So what would it take to blast such an object into smaller pieces, say max 20m across each, so if it were headed for us it could safely burn up in the atmosphere?
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If this was visble, would it be visibly by the human eye though? 1600ft isnt exactly huge and its only just this side the moon lol
Magnitude 11 according to the OP...
So no, it will be far too dim, even for modest telescopes to see. For comparison, the dimmest Neptune ever gets in our sky has an apparent magnitude of 8.02, and that's certainly not visible to the naked eye. Magnitude 11 is even dimmer than that.
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Will our mavity (earths or the moons) effect the path of this?
I did hear on TV today that the Earth's mavity will act as a magnet that could force the asteroid to hit the planet.
But I wouldn't take the guy too seriously. Was just some dude in a wheelchair with a robot voice.
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he has the scale all wrong
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Lol. I think a group of pretty smart physicists would somehow have figured out the need to account for mavity at some point 
Really though - to blow this into 20m chunks, what are we talking? I don't doubt we have the nuclear arsenal available to us for such a task, unfortunately.
Really though - to blow this into 20m chunks, what are we talking? I don't doubt we have the nuclear arsenal available to us for such a task, unfortunately.
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A comet in October than an asteroid in November. And still I bet the British weather stops us from seeing a single thing. If aliens ever come down and made contact, they'd better choose the day carefully otherwise nobody in this country would notice
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http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=99942&orb=1
This one (99942 Apophis (2004 MN4) ) is the monster asteroid that could hit us in 2036 bu
t take a look how close she is on 21/12/2012 the day the scaremongers bang on about lets hope these numbers are right or it don't bash anything and change orbit slightly.
This one (99942 Apophis (2004 MN4) ) is the monster asteroid that could hit us in 2036 bu
t take a look how close she is on 21/12/2012 the day the scaremongers bang on about lets hope these numbers are right or it don't bash anything and change orbit slightly.
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