Asteroid 2012 DA14 Close Enough to Smash Satellites in Orbit on February 15, 2013 - Added a few VIDEOS

I don't know. I don't know which communication satellites are in closest proximity to fly by.

Nice thread SS, we'll see what the day brings my friend.

Asteroid 2012 DA14 – Earth Flyby Reality Check02.15.13

Editor's Note: NASA statement on Russian meteor:
"According to NASA scientists, the trajectory of the Russian meteorite was significantly different than the trajectory of the asteroid 2012 DA14, making it a completely unrelated object. Information is still being collected about the Russian meteorite and analysis is preliminary at this point. In videos of the meteor, it is seen to pass from left to right in front of the rising sun, which means it was traveling from north to south. Asteroid DA14's trajectory is in the opposite direction, from south to north."

[link to www.nasa.gov]

Nasa says it wasn't the same.

From our buddy Luis.

Personally, I feel it may be uneventful. The odds are just so astronomical.

Fun day on GLP.
Theories and projections are coming in like meteorites..

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Thanks for the updates SS/SM!

:nacholibre:

Oh, if it happens to struck a few sats, will it change it's current course to earth?

No. But, the concern is the debris from hit satellites hitting and destroying other satellites.

My dear Septenary, if you look at Pet Goat 1 then on the blackboard you will see a 'space station' falling and that could well happen now with 'the space station'.
Please just enjoy the spectacle as if it was a film at the movies, as it actually is!
love
Stephen
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ERROR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this was not sunrise but sunset, therefore traveling in the same direction as DA.
Check the time!!!

is this just a lousy error or just obvious manipulation?

Probably, the ones with the nukes in them

There's a canuckistani on board.All will be fine.

So the guy from Boeing really did know something was gonna go down ?

Things are always going down.Keeps the world lubricated.

09:15 local time, dude.

Asteroid 2012AD14 at only 35000 km altitude right now, extremely near.
[link to www.satflare.com]

Everybody will benefit from the internet shutdown.

Anyone noticed that the closer this mama gets to earth the slower it is getting? last time I looked at the live tracking the speed had lessened by over 2kms per sec.... looking for a parking spot??

we are all going to die

:noblac:

i am about to walk my dog
i have binoculars
i have 1 rolled spliff
i have 2 cans of strongbow....................................
to wash away the dry feeling one has in the back of the throat
when a joint has been smoked.
i wish you all the very best
just in case