E.L.E ASTEROID ALERT ONLY FOUND 28TH AUGUST THREE TIMES FOOTBALL FIELDS TO PASS EARTH AND MOON. | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22684376 Bulgaria 09/05/2012 02:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID: A relatively large asteroid, just discovered on August 28th, will fly past the Earth-Moon system on Sept 14th only 2.8 million km (7.4 lunar distances) away. 2012 QG42 is about as wide as three football fields and comes to us from just beyond the orbit of Mars. Astronomers who are now monitoring the space rock say it shines about as brightly as a 15th magnitude star. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23185250 --------------------- I had a strong vision of this hitting the Atlantic Ocean. link. [link to www.spaceweather.com] What part of "7.4 lunar distances" you don't understand? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 22481746 United Kingdom 09/05/2012 02:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID: A relatively large asteroid, just discovered on August 28th, will fly past the Earth-Moon system on Sept 14th only 2.8 million km (7.4 lunar distances) away. 2012 QG42 is about as wide as three football fields and comes to us from just beyond the orbit of Mars. Astronomers who are now monitoring the space rock say it shines about as brightly as a 15th magnitude star. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23185250 --------------------- I had a strong vision of this hitting the Atlantic Ocean. link. [link to www.spaceweather.com] What part of "7.4 lunar distances" you don't understand? I guess it would be the bit that puts it further away than the Moon. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 9231012 United States 09/05/2012 03:23 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Too far away to be a bother. Nice size though, and size really doesn't matter too much, it is the velocity that counts too! Have someone toss a marshmallow at you, and it just bounces to the floor. Now, have that marshmallow fired at you at 200,000 mph and it's going to kill you. The only thing frightening here is the lateness the object was found. I've always had the feeling if we ever get hit by a true ELE it will be coming so far we barely get notice or no notice at all. |
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