*** COUNTDOWN TO ASTEROID 2011 MD PASS-BY/ IMPACT ***

anyone think the south pole telescope can see it? wish they had a live feed or something like that

the earth is also speeding at about 66,660 miles per hour (107278.87 km/h) in its revolution around the sun

[link to geography.about.com]

Asteroid’s trajectory is well established; there cannot be 3 1/2 hour change except in your delusional mind. Are you ready to put your money where your mouth is and bet against me?

A say this asteroid will cause no direct effect on the Earth.

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Is it really irrelevant? Scientists know that there are bands of electromagnetic energy that seem to join the Sun and planets. Would it be too great of an assumption to say that this asteroid could be being influenced by one of these magnetic bands and would it then be irrelevant to say that the incoming asteroid, which seems to be slowing down, would be bucking one of these magnetic bands? Slowing itself down because of it and changing its trajectory?

I meant the asteroids orbit, stupid smart ass.

Yes.
:2011md:

If the trajectory has been established, why are they changing the time it will pass?

The one closest to it when it passes....no?

You should go drop off a resume at NASA. Those idiots obviously didn't factor that in to their equations, hence it OBVIOUSLY is going to hit the earth...
If anything, they'll hire you for the simple fact you're full of shit... you'd fit right in there.

Maybe you can run some overtime in genius mode and tell us exactly where it's going to hit?
I ran some calculations myself and if I carried the 0 right... it should make landfall at around 1:11 and bury itself right up your ass.

We are about to find out whether 2011 MD is code for:
2011 Mass Destruction

No, the gravity undoubtedly keeps planets in their orbits not “electromagnetic energy” – I advise you to learn basic scientific facts, before venturing into wild speculations.

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I never said that electromagnetic bands in space kept the planets in their orbits smart butt!
I said that scientists have found that these bands seem to interconnect within our solar system.
And if an asteroid was passing along one of these bands it may cause some kind of friction after awhile and slow it down, which could also alter its path.

Why is it people have to complicate everything, its simple logic.

New UPDATE for 5:35 p.m. ET: NASA has recalculated the time of closest approach for this event to be about 3 1/2 hours later than initially reported. The change is reflected below. [link to www.space.com]

*** THERE IS LESS THAN 07:55 +/- TO ASTEROID 2011 MD PASS-BY/ IMPACT ***




Old UPDATE for 1:00 PM EDT [link to www.space.com]

*** THERE IS LESS THAN 03:20 +/- TO ASTEROID 2011 MD PASS-BY/ IMPACT ***

Complacent blind sheep shit! :D

"Every newly-found asteroid gets a provisional name based on the year of discovery, the half-month in which it was discovered and the order of discovery within that half month. The first letter in its name represents the half-month. For example, the letter “A” applies to any asteroid found in the first half of January, the letter “B” the second half. The letter ‘I’ is not used. Since the last half of December is ‘Y’, the letter ‘Z’ can’t be a first letter, but can be a second letter when a 26th asteroid is discovered in a two-week period.

For example, an asteroid discovered on March 20 would start with “F”. 2011 MD was found in the second half of June, so its first letter is “M”. The second letter indicates the order of discovery. “D” is the 4th letter of the alphabet, so 2011 MD would be the 4th asteroid discovered in the second half of June 2011. In addition, there are subscripts when more than 25 asteroids are discovered over a 2-week period. A hypothetical 2011 MD1 would be the 29th asteroid to be discovered in the second half of June."

[link to astrobob.areavoices.com]

nothing will happen, lads. carry on.

Nobody relevant is changing actual time; the difference is in different time zones and in understanding what the "passing by" means.

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[link to news.xinhuanet.com]

No chance for 2011 MD asteroid to enter the Earth's atmosphere

English.news.cn 2011-06-27 15:27:36 FeedbackPrintRSS

CANBERRA, June 27 (Xinhua) -- There is no chance for an asteroid, which is set to pass within 12,000 kilometers of Earth on Monday night, to enter the Earth's atmosphere, Australian astronomer said on Monday.

Asteroid 2011 MD, a chunk of rock roughly calculated to have width in the range of 25 to 55 feet, is set to pass by the Earth on Monday night (Australia Time). Scientists at National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the asteroid will pass at a distance of less than 7,500 miles (12,000 kilometers) above the surface of the Earth.

Fred Watson from the Australian Astronomical Observatory said there is no chance it will enter the Earth's atmosphere, and would pose no threat to life on Earth.

"Absolutely no possibility," he told ABC News on Monday.

"Its orbit is very well defined. Its nearest approach will be 12,000 kilometers. It's nowhere near the vicinity of the Earth."

He said the asteroid will, however, come close to several communications satellites.

"There is no danger of a collision though," he said.

"On the incoming trajectory of the asteroid it will pass outside the geosynchronous satellite and when it's outgoing it will pass inside.

HI Ice !8-)

[link to www.universetoday.com]

Accomplished amateur astronomer and blogger Peter Lake, a.k.a “AstroSwanny” from Australia captured some of the first images of what will be a very close pass of Earth by asteroid 2011 MD. He actually took the image at 07:00 UTC on June 26th with a 20 inch telescope in New Mexico controlled via his iPhone, through the Global Rent-A-Scope program. Ahh, the wonders of technology! As Peter says, “Its not every day, that an asteroid misses by less than 3-5 earth Radii.”

The asteroid, which was only detected last week, is about 25 to 55 feet (8 to 18 m) across, is expected to pass less than 8,000 miles above Earth’s surface around 1 p.m. EDT (17:00 UT) on Monday, June 27th. The time of closest approach will be observable from South Africa and parts of Antarctica, but the approach will be visible across Australia, New Zealand, southern and eastern Asia, and the western Pacific.

hey

im just chilling and watching

waiting on Nut to say All Clear

Ice, welcome back to reality; against all odds it isn’t all that bad, right?

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looking up often these days

yeh its gonna do us all a favour and plough straight into israel!!!

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Not much bigger than a city bus.