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Anonymous Coward
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11/7/2009 4:28 PM
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www.spaceweather.com

Anonymous Coward
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11/7/2009 4:33 PM

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ASTEROID NEAR MISS: On Nov. 6th at 2132 UT, asteroid 2009 VA barely missed Earth when it flew just 14,000 km above the planet's surface. That's well inside the "Clarke Belt" of geosynchronous satellites. If it had hit, the ~6-meter wide space rock would have disintegrated in the atmosphere as a spectacular fireball, causing no significant damage to the ground. 2009 VA was discovered just 15 hours before closest approach by astronomers working at the Catalina Sky Survey.

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 803665
11/7/2009 4:50 PM

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We are so screwed, when a really big one flys by that would end all life, our NASA astronomers will just see it before impact!!!

CRYSTAL in MATRIX
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11/7/2009 4:52 PM

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but they know about a 6 cm piece of debri in the orbit of the ISS? WTF?!

MrMurphy
User ID: 812914
11/7/2009 5:00 PM

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Would we at least have time to send a few nukes at a big one even on short notice?

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 812855
11/7/2009 5:08 PM

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damnit, missed again

The Commentator
User ID: 587619
11/7/2009 5:09 PM

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We are so screwed, when a really big one flys by that would end all life, our NASA astronomers will just see it before impact!!! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 803665 What does NASA have to do with astronomy? Why don't you blame the universities who own and operate the largest and most powerful telescopes? Oh right, you just want to rant with no effort of knowledge required. non sufficit Orbis

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 810124
11/7/2009 5:12 PM

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Whats with calling everything an asteroid? I think anything below the size of an aircraft carrier should be called a meteor.

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 812198
11/7/2009 5:28 PM

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but they know about a 6 cm piece of debri in the orbit of the ISS? WTF?! Quoting: CRYSTAL in MATRIX Yes. You said it: "in orbit". The passages are repeated and they can be tracked by radar. An approaching meteor is another thing altogether. The speed is enormous and the trajectory is completely different.

Anonymous Coward
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11/7/2009 5:30 PM

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Quoting: The Commentator

Yes, with no effort of knowledge. The sky is immense, do you know? And the higher the resolution of your instruments the narrower is the angle they observe.

In science-fiction all is easy. Reality is another thing and we, humans, are not as powerful as we like to think of ourselves.

The Commentator
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11/7/2009 6:20 PM

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What does NASA have to do with astronomy? Why don't you blame the universities who own and operate the largest and most powerful telescopes?

Oh right, you just want to rant with no effort of knowledge required.

Yes, with no effort of knowledge. The sky is immense, do you know? And the higher the resolution of your instruments the narrower is the angle they observe.

In science-fiction all is easy. Reality is another thing and we, humans, are not as powerful as we like to think of ourselves.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 812198

And you, if your comments are to be believed, have no power whatsoever.

Evasion noted, kid.

non sufficit Orbis

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 738509
11/7/2009 6:22 PM

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Whats with calling everything an asteroid? I think anything below the size of an aircraft carrier should be called a meteor. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 810124 They should really be called Hemorrhoids....

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 812198
11/7/2009 6:24 PM

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And you, if your comments are to be believed, have no power whatsoever. Evasion noted, kid. Quoting: The Commentator My comments are not to be believed, but considered. We have SOME power, but not to the extent that we suppose and, most of all, not in the way that we suppose. I am happy that you call "kid" to my 51 years of age. That's a good sign!

The Commentator
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11/7/2009 6:26 PM

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And you, if your comments are to be believed, have no power whatsoever.

Evasion noted, kid.

My comments are not to be believed, but considered. We have SOME power, but not to the extent that we suppose and, most of all, not in the way that we suppose.

I am happy that you call "kid" to my 51 years of age. That's a good sign!

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 812198

It was not in reference to your chronological years, rather your knowledge/experience level.

Hope we have cleared that up now, sparky.

non sufficit Orbis

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 812198
11/7/2009 6:28 PM

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It was not in reference to your chronological years, rather your knowledge/experience level. Hope we have cleared that up now, sparky. Quoting: The Commentator And you can say all that without even knowing me? Wow, you must be a very "nice" person! You are just confirming what I said about most humans. Only arrogance. Arrogance that will soon meet its limits. You will see.

The Commentator
User ID: 587619
11/7/2009 6:31 PM

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It was not in reference to your chronological years, rather your knowledge/experience level.

Hope we have cleared that up now, sparky.

And you can say all that without even knowing me? Wow, you must be a very "nice" person!

You are just confirming what I said about most humans. Only arrogance. Arrogance that will soon meet its limits. You will see.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 812198

Sure, kid.

Now run along and play on the freeway.

non sufficit Orbis

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 812198
11/7/2009 6:32 PM

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Sure, kid. Now run along and play on the freeway. Quoting: The Commentator Yes, that's a very "rational" argument and it surely confirms the powers of humanity!

Anonymous Coward
User ID: 812198
11/7/2009 6:33 PM

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Sure, kid. Now run along and play on the freeway. Yes, that's a very "rational" argument and it surely confirms the powers of humanity! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 812198 ... as well as a high "knowledge/experience level"!

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