Watch out for Apophis

Hope It will hit on London.

Why wouldnt they calculate the requisite angle to fire a weapon at it to put it off path? Other than that being problematically dangerous.

[link to www.virtualtelescope.eu]

Wow tomorrow... Freaky shiz.

So, I'm supposed to wait another 23 years for this thing to arrive?

Don't then, your funeral

Can i see with with the naked eye? What time PST please!

And that's what this Apophis thing looks like in the sky right now:
[link to astroblogger.blogspot.com.au]

just 16 Mag. despite closest approach about now



Herschel measures Apophis' albedo - the 23 instead of 33% mean the (in)famous NEA is bigger (but it's still harmless):
[link to www.esa.int]


Yarkovsky-driven impact risk analysis for asteroid (99942) Apophis
[link to arxiv.org]

This stone's called Apophis...





it brings, Apocalypse.

[link to www.bbc.co.uk]

i find that image interesting. just by doing some BASIC tweaking in an image editor, i can make those images more interesting than that.

just by tweaking the colours a bit, i can bring cool detail out in the blue one. now, question is, what the FUCK is the point of three indistinct blobs, in pretty colours, exactly?

are they trying to say 'this is the best we can do'? because i know for a fact that is BULLSHIT!

No, magnitude 16 is many times too dim to be seen by eye. You can't even see it in most amateur telescopes by eyepiece alone, it requires long exposure photographs.

When processing astronomical images you must be careful to not over-enhance or else all you're doing is bringing out "detail" of camera noise. Those images already look like they're at the limit of what can be "enhanced."

It'll miss.


Asteroid Apophis Takes a Pass in 2036

After tracking asteroid 99942 Apophis with NASA's giant Goldstone radar dish, astronomers are now certain that the threatening asteroid has no chance of striking Earth in 2036.
[link to www.skyandtelescope.com]

Nice! Thanks Halcyon.