Near earth Asteroid 2012 KP24 0.1 LD!

You are linking to this one.. 2012 Guo Shou-Jing (1964 TE2), which is no where near us.

condition code 9


[link to ssd.jpl.nasa.gov]

Last Edited by Petrus on 05/24/2012 08:23 PM

Here is the correct JPL information for 2012 KP24 [link to ssd.jpl.nasa.gov] KP24&orb=1

see third post..

that was weird...

Try again

[link to ssd.jpl.nasa.gov] KP24&orb=1

Pin

Weird stuff going on at JPL with redirect from the correct page wooowooo

[link to ssd.jpl.nasa.gov]

Not sure how the link was wrong but i have fixed it now.
Thanks for the pin!?!

Last Edited by Spickets on 05/24/2012 08:32 PM

THis is what it says at the bottom of your link

"lower-limit; Result based on fragmentary lightcurve(s), may be completely wrong.
Published Reference List:
[Behrend, R. (2010) Observatoire de Geneve web site, [link to obswww.unige.ch]

[link to ssd.jpl.nasa.gov]

bump. an asteroid more than 75ft diameter could cause some trouble if it hits in the right spot. plus with the condition code, it's just too close for comfort.

kinda reminds me of the stories we have been hearing for years now from various sources about an asteroid busting up some of the antarctic ice shelf.

ok, i admit it, i'm a bimbo. so i get this asteroid is close, but really close? is it going to hit us? on the 28th?
i noticed on rsoe they aren't showing any asteroids after today, i thought that was kind of weird... what would the impact be like? do we have any idea where it might hit?

could prove interesting, and we are in the middle of some alignments

Thread: AMAZING new discovery... earthquakes influenced by asteroids!

Decent sized rock....hope their calculations hold

The data arc span is one day. They just found it yesterday, so the certainty of the trajectory for this one is far from conclusive.

This is a 26 M asteroid that is travelling at 13 km/s. If it is an iron meteorite (less common than a stony meteorite), but for the sake of looking at the worst case scenario lets calculate that it is. We can then get a look at what this collision would resemble.



The average interval between impacts of this size somewhere on Earth is 351.4 years

Energy before atmospheric entry: 6.22 x 10^15 Joules = 1.49 MegaTons TNT

The projectile begins to breakup at an altitude of 9540 meters = 31300 ft
The projectile reaches the ground in a broken condition. The mass of projectile strikes the surface at velocity 5.46 km/s = 3.39 miles/s
The impact energy is 1.1 x 10^15 Joules = 0.26 MegaTons.
The broken projectile fragments strike the ground in an ellipse of dimension 0.223 km by 0.16 km



Crater shape is normal in spite of atmospheric crushing; fragments are not significantly dispersed.
Transient Crater Diameter: 520 meters ( = 1700 feet )
Transient Crater Depth: 184 meters ( = 603 feet )
Final Crater Diameter: 650 meters ( = 2130 feet )
Final Crater Depth: 138 meters ( = 454 feet )
The crater formed is a simple crater.
The floor of the crater is underlain by a lens of broken rock debris (breccia) with a maximum thickness of 64.1 meters ( = 210 feet ).
At this impact velocity ( < 12 km/s), little shock melting of the target occurs.


Most ejecta is blocked by Earth's atmosphere.

Seismic Effects:
Richter Scale Magnitude: 4.2

Last Edited by tomasgod1 on 05/24/2012 09:16 PM

wasnt there a link yesterday about an asteroid drill in oklahoma city and ft worth?

Nice Rack of Info

Here it is:
Thread: Emergency Readiness: OKC an Fortworth "METEOR STRIKE" Scenario

Thats not very reassuring...thats the biggest "were not sure" they have.

Wouldnt it be just dandy if it landed right smack on Fuku..

:verydamned:

What a coincidence...NOT!

good catch OP. a truly close encounter. condition code 9

I thought this was pinned?

Nothing like watching an astronomer drop his slide rule and slowly back away

See how fast these motherfuckers can STILL sneek up us?

+1 Bad ass info...you win...

OP in this thread states they received email (works at FAA) and they would be conducting an emergency preparedness drill May 24 (today)and the scenario was:
NASA notifies FAA of a "meteor strike"

No link in thread, i could see why they would not post an email. That said, its odd it was posted about 24 hrs before this and the term meteor was used and not asteroid. it is one added degree to link the two.