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humuhumunukunukuapuaa (OP) User ID: 1259577 United States 02/12/2011 05:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. sorry, but 400 metres is nowhere near big enough for mass extinction Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1258372it wouldn't be pleasant, but mass extinction. no You are correct. Major regional damage....I corrected the original post. Through honesty, we make peace. |
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humuhumunukunukuapuaa (OP) User ID: 1259577 United States 02/12/2011 05:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. is this the one in the hopi prophecy maybe??? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1260503I Hopi not. Sorry. Bad Joke. No disrespect intended. Last Edited by humuhumunukuapuaa on 02/12/2011 05:53 PM Through honesty, we make peace. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1253704 United States 02/12/2011 05:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. . ... I track the Hebrew/Jewish feasts ... . ... something SPECIAL should happen on a NON-feast day ... . ... roughly figuring ... November 8 of this year would come before the full moon of Kislev ... IF we don't have an Adar II this year ... . ... my reading of Revelation gives me to understand the two witnesses come at Nisan 1 and the beast will counterfiet The One Nisan 10 ... . ... we are approaching Nisan 1 in one or two lunar months ... . ... I think there is too much that would have to happen for a SPECIAL Nisan 1 ... . ... so ... this November 8 is a good candidate for Seal 6 ... . ... and then Nisan 1 of 2012 would be the arrival of the two witnesses ... . |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1258372 United Kingdom 02/12/2011 06:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. can you see what I'm getting at? in the summer and winter, the tilt is either facing directly from and toward the sun. Maybe it is FAR harder for any planet changes to happen then? bear with me now, cos this idea is just leaking into my brain MAYBE, events periodically happen, like this comet, every 36000 years. it comes in on the ecliptic, as has been said, and creates holy hell here on earth, because when it comes in, it upsets the delicate balance of our tilt. during the EQUINOXES the tilt is at a 90 degree angle to the sun, so we are at our most vulnerable for an event to occur? maybe this object will come in, around the equinox, and start some mechanism off whereby the earth will tilt TOWARD the sun, instantly, and subtle, but locally huge changes will occur in countries positions with respect to latitude and longitude? we would instantly go from northern hemisphere spring to mid summer, instantly, and southern hemisphere Autumn to winter, instantly, and certain areas would move to warm/hot areas, and others would move into frigid areas? what do you think? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1258372 United Kingdom 02/12/2011 06:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. do you think there's a chance, however small, that the earth, at the equinox, is more VULNERABLE to being pulled or pushed over in it's tilt? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1258372can you see what I'm getting at? in the summer and winter, the tilt is either facing directly from and toward the sun. Maybe it is FAR harder for any planet changes to happen then? bear with me now, cos this idea is just leaking into my brain MAYBE, events periodically happen, like this comet, every 36000 years. it comes in on the ecliptic, as has been said, and creates holy hell here on earth, because when it comes in, it upsets the delicate balance of our tilt. during the EQUINOXES the tilt is at a 90 degree angle to the sun, so we are at our most vulnerable for an event to occur? maybe this object will come in, around the equinox, and start some mechanism off whereby the earth will tilt TOWARD the sun, instantly, and subtle, but locally huge changes will occur in countries positions with respect to latitude and longitude? we would instantly go from northern hemisphere spring to mid summer, instantly, and southern hemisphere Autumn to winter, instantly, and certain areas would move to warm/hot areas, and others would move into frigid areas? what do you think? sorry OP, that post was about comet elenin. |
humuhumu (OP) User ID: 1259577 United States 02/12/2011 06:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. do you think there's a chance, however small, that the earth, at the equinox, is more VULNERABLE to being pulled or pushed over in it's tilt? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1258372can you see what I'm getting at? in the summer and winter, the tilt is either facing directly from and toward the sun. Maybe it is FAR harder for any planet changes to happen then? bear with me now, cos this idea is just leaking into my brain MAYBE, events periodically happen, like this comet, every 36000 years. it comes in on the ecliptic, as has been said, and creates holy hell here on earth, because when it comes in, it upsets the delicate balance of our tilt. during the EQUINOXES the tilt is at a 90 degree angle to the sun, so we are at our most vulnerable for an event to occur? maybe this object will come in, around the equinox, and start some mechanism off whereby the earth will tilt TOWARD the sun, instantly, and subtle, but locally huge changes will occur in countries positions with respect to latitude and longitude? we would instantly go from northern hemisphere spring to mid summer, instantly, and southern hemisphere Autumn to winter, instantly, and certain areas would move to warm/hot areas, and others would move into frigid areas? what do you think? sorry OP, that post was about comet elenin. Found this interesting q&a 44. Can an Asteroid Impact Change the Earth's Orbit? I am 14 years old and enjoy doing physics a lot. I have read books on mechanics and quantum mechanics .etc. I have also been onto many physics websites. Yours is a very good one. I have a question for you. Do not laugh at it for I am only 14. If a meteor of significant mass hit the earth wouldn't this cause the earth in turn to move. Would its orbit be disrupted? Reply Dear Edward To give a short answer to your long question--not likely. Asteroids are far too small. An asteroid with a 10 km radius would have a volume less than one part in 200 million of the Earth, and if its mass were similarly scaled, the impact on the Earth would negligibly affect its orbit. Anything large enough to shift our orbit would have to be larger than any known asteroid, and the collision would be violent enough to wipe out all life. However.... you know that the Moon always presents Earth with the same face. If you read my section "The Moon--the distant view" you know that the reason is a slight elongation along the Earth-Moon line, and that the Moon's long axis slowly swings back-and-forth around the direction of Earth, like a pendulum ("libration"). I do not know the theory of those swings--they may be linked to the equatorial bulge of the Earth--but I vaguely recall an article in "Science," maybe 20-30 years ago, claiming that an asteroid impact started them, even identifying the crater which that impact produced. The rotation of the Moon or the Earth contains much less energy than the orbital motion, it can be affected by a slanting blow, and the Moon is so much smaller than Earth, so THAT is possible. Enjoy your physics, as well as other things that interest 14 year olds, and don't let your grades in other subjects slip! . [link to webcache.googleusercontent.com] |
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humuhumunukunukuapuaa (OP) User ID: 1259577 United States 02/13/2011 06:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. Just one problem, Elenin is a Comet not an Asteroid. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1085869Yes. This makes YU55 more dangerous. Asteroids v. Comets, an easy way to decipher. [link to amazing-space.stsci.edu] Through honesty, we make peace. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1265206 Bulgaria 02/14/2011 03:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. If it is a radar target, what will we use to hit it? Quoting: humuhumunukunukuapuaaRadar? :) For fuck's sake, you even linked to a page titled "2005 YU55 Goldstone Radar Observations Planning". If you haven't noticed, that website is about observing asteroids with radar. [link to echo.jpl.nasa.gov] Check out the pictures on the front page. And it's 2005 YU55, the year is a part of the designation: [link to en.wikipedia.org] |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1259577 United States 02/14/2011 07:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. Hm, yeah, I wonder why we don't talk about MOON-COLLIDING ASTEROIDS more often, the moon is ALSO in the firing line of this dusting of asteroids, no? Quoting: Free PlanetYes it is, and a hit by an asteroid could change its orbit closer or further from the Earth. |
OsirisDarkstone User ID: 1159350 United States 02/14/2011 07:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. Very good work connecting the dots here! 5 stars & pin request! I bet a TR-3B could give it a lil nudge into the atmosphere. Last Edited by OsirisDarkstone on 02/14/2011 07:40 PM As long as we exist within duality and separate ourselves from our higher consciousness, forever believing that the creator is the ultimate authority in the universe and that we cannot ever be a part of that creative process so that we must always rely on something above us we will be forever trapped within and never transcend this dimension. I am a human spiritual being and I am united with fellow human beings that are unjustly treated. This truth should be self evident. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1259577 United States 02/14/2011 07:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. If it is a radar target, what will we use to hit it? Quoting: humuhumunukunukuapuaaRadar? :) For fuck's sake, you even linked to a page titled "2005 YU55 Goldstone Radar Observations Planning". If you haven't noticed, that website is about observing asteroids with radar. [link to echo.jpl.nasa.gov] Check out the pictures on the front page. And it's 2005 YU55, the year is a part of the designation: [link to en.wikipedia.org] 1. Yes, I have a friend who goes hunting each year, but he only uses his camera. I also have friends that go to hunt for sport, meat or survival. |
humuhumu (OP) User ID: 1259577 United States 02/14/2011 10:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. Very good work connecting the dots here! 5 stars & pin request! I bet a TR-3B could give it a lil nudge into the atmosphere. Quoting: OsirisDarkstoneThanks....I like the quote on your signature line. I agree completely. |
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HumuHumu (OP) User ID: 1259577 United States 02/14/2011 11:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. The minimum closest next approach of 2005 YU55 according to NeoDys is the 2011 pass at 94,294 miles. NASA has the minimum distance at 92,155 miles. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1168836What is their success record regarding their predictions? Orbits can be affected by unknowns such as objects the asteroid hits during their long orbits. |
Humu (OP) User ID: 1259577 United States 02/14/2011 11:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. The minimum closest next approach of 2005 YU55 according to NeoDys is the 2011 pass at 94,294 miles. NASA has the minimum distance at 92,155 miles. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1168836Also, if it took the closest path to earth, how much closer would the minimum distance be to the moon? Remember, NASA predicts the pass by the moon to be even closer. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1224336 Australia 02/15/2011 02:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. sorry, but 400 metres is nowhere near big enough for mass extinction Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1258372it wouldn't be pleasant, but mass extinction. no depends on its density,of its origin,eg: a marshmallow against a lead sinker. makes all the difference in the world. |
humuhumunukunukuapuaa (OP) User ID: 1270126 United States 02/28/2011 10:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. sorry, but 400 metres is nowhere near big enough for mass extinction Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1258372it wouldn't be pleasant, but mass extinction. no depends on its density,of its origin,eg: a marshmallow against a lead sinker. makes all the difference in the world. True. Elenin is a comet....therefore not as dense. YU55 is an asteroid, much more dense. It is also 4x larger than Elenin. Through honesty, we make peace. |
humuhumunukunukuapuaa (OP) User ID: 1270126 United States 02/28/2011 11:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. sorry, but 400 metres is nowhere near big enough for mass extinction Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1258372it wouldn't be pleasant, but mass extinction. no depends on its density,of its origin,eg: a marshmallow against a lead sinker. makes all the difference in the world. True. Elenin is a comet....therefore not as dense. YU55 is an asteroid, much more dense. It is also 4x larger than Elenin. Latest entry from NASA: 2005 YU55 closest approach: [link to neo.jpl.nasa.gov] Through honesty, we make peace. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 5017576 United States 11/09/2011 07:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 11/8/11 -- Asteroid YU55 to be NASA Radar target -- 4 x bigger than Elenin -- closest @ biggest since 1976. I'm glad the asteroid was 200,000 mi from striking Earth, but no one seems to want to mention how close YU55 came to striking the moon, which would have been a major catastrophe. Anyone have the figures on that? Sparky. |