NASA Confirms Asteroid DOOM in Feb 2013.

DOOM ON?!?

Any chance of a better link than some dudes Youtube?

If there is a NASA confirmation, can we get a NASA link or something?

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Astro confirmed no contact. Contact with satellites could cause minor doom, however.

27000km of distance. That's not 100% sure. Besides, the rock can disintegrate itself, passing through the atmosphere.

[link to www.youtube.com]

That was one solid confirmation of doom right there!

It is coming up from behind the Earth moving in the same direction and will be close enough to be pulled in by Earth’s gravity.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MR. ASTEROID - STRIKE THE EARTH.

Relax we are speculating here. There is a bigger chance of doom than 21 12

Ah ok, thanks dude, I did some searching myself.

Direct hit is debatable I suppose but if that fucker hits any of our junk up there it could cause the legendary cascade effect... that would not be fun.

Aim for Big Ben

Doomtards abound!

[link to echo.jpl.nasa.gov]

2012 DA14 was discovered by the La Sagra Sky Survey in Spain on February 23, 2012.
This object will make an extremely close approach to within 0.00024 AU of Earth on February 15, 2013.
That is only about 0.09 lunar distances or about 4.5 Earth radii above Earth's surface.
The uncertainties in plane-of-sky position, Doppler frequency, and time delay will grow dramatically
during the approach, but even so, this object will not impact Earth.

Not much is known about this object except its absolute magnitude of 24.4, which suggests a diameter
within a factor of two of 50 m. Due to the extremely close approach, this object will be a very
strong radar target at Goldstone and we hope to image it with the highest resolution available
(3.75 meters) from the chirp system.

2012 DA14 will approach from the south and will enter Goldstone's declination range on February 16, 2013,
shortly after the closest approach. Afterward it will be a circumpolar object as it recedes from Earth.

Radar observations at Goldstone are scheduled on 2013 Feb. 16 and 17 and additional tracks may be added.

We need additional astrometry to improve the orbit. As a result, below we list circumstances for optical
observations starting many months before the encounter in order to help facilitate observations
by optical observers. The apparent magnitudes will be fainter than 22nd until until the beginning of
February, but the solar elongation will be only about 60 degrees, so obtaining optical astrometry
will be challenging. In addition, the asteroid will be at far southern declinations until Feb. 15
when it rapidly moves from about -75 deg to +75 deg in only a few hours.

This object will not be observable at Arecibo because it will rapidly move through Arecibo's
entire declination range in slightly more than one hour while Arecibo is pointed in a different direction.

2012 DA14 is too small to be classified as a "Potentially Hazardous Asteroid" (PHA), but it's comparable in size to the
object that formed Meteor Crater in Arizona, so clearly the Minor Planet Center should change the definition of a PHA.

Orbital and Physical Characteristics
orbit type Apollo
semimajor axis 1.002 AU
eccentricity 0.108
inclination 10.4 deg
perihelion distance 0.893 AU
aphelion distance 1.110 AU
absolute magnitude (H) 24.4
diameter ~0.05 km (+- a factor of two)
rotation period unknown
pole direction unknown
lightcurve amplitude unknown
spectral class unknown

Last update: 2012 November 15

Forget the tomato plants bring in the space station and call Bruce Willis

It is coming up from behind the Earth moving in the same direction and will be close enough to be pulled in by Earth’s gravity.

It's not going to hit anything.

[link to blogs.discovermagazine.com]

Slap yourself mounty

Ho does something come "behind" an object that is constantly rotating

Same people who say dint trust nasa are now hanging on their word?

Hypocrites

Local doom PERHAPS. Not a very big chance though.

Moving in the same direction from the same direction at a higher speed. Dam did I really need to spell that out

Local yes but what if it hits an area like Yellow Stone

True. But i still don't think anything special would happen if it hit a place like YS. But if you have any theories concerning that matter, please enlighten me!

I think this will sum it up nicely. Some of you might remember this from Sept. Others might not have seen it.

Thread: 2012 DA14 Orbit Update (It Will Still Not Hit Earth in February)

[link to www.youtube.com]

Hey, Fuckhead:

Quit linking youtube videos as "proof" of ANYTHING.

Bingo..when they said "get a reliable link like NASA" I couldn't stop laughing hahahaha and while you're at it see if fox news is covering the story hahaha

It all comes down to what it is composed of, even if somehow it gets pulled in by the earth's gravity, if it has the right composition, it could cause a decent amount of damage.