...that the Earth was almost hit by an Asteroid yesterday? It wasn't on the news nor on any of the news websites!!
(http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/03/armageddon.jpg)
So it wasn't the size of one that would have caused our extinction, but it was 50 meters wide (164 feet)! That's no small rock!
It reportedly passed 7 Times closer to us that the moon and glowed so brightly that you could see it through full cloud coverage!!!
According to the one paper that did report on it, the Sidney Harold, at 12.40 yesterday morning, as the city slept, a previously unknown asteroid swept about 60,000 kilometres over the south-western Pacific.
(http://images.smh.com.au/2009/03/03/403603/gr_earth-420x0.jpg)
"No object of that size, or larger, has been observed to come closer to the Earth," said Rob McNaught, of the Siding Spring Observatory, near Coonabarabran.
Come on people!!! This is some serious news!!! Why does noone seem to care?? How did we not know about this sooner???
Bruce is on it.
no worries
wow thats nutts!!
read about it on google news
they new it was gonna miss... [coffee]
Would you rather have had the media get ahold of the news beforehand, and let them blow it up and have everybody thinking the world was going to end?
Glad I didn't know, and nobody else did either. It missed. Couldn't have done anything anyways. Best just to let it go.
don't forget
our society doesn't register good news anymore only bad news count.
if USA woud race Russia in a heads on race and would win, the news wouldn't report that as we won,they would say we came in next to last,
same with the economy they constanty say how bad it is and how bad its going to be and scare everybody so the won't spend the $$ ,just shut up and ppl start spending again.
just my .02
Quote from: DucLeone on March 04, 2009, 11:40:00 AM
don't forget
our society doesn't register good news anymore only bad news count.
if USA woud race Russia in a heads on race and would win, the news wouldn't report that as we won,they would say we came in next to last,
same with the economy they constanty say how bad it is and how bad its going to be and scare everybody so the won't spend the $$ ,just shut up and ppl start spending again.
just my .02
+1
Quote from: Triple J on March 04, 2009, 11:46:34 AM
+1
In respect to the thread - lets keep on cue - no threadjacking.
the big rock in the sky is just whats needed
it'll do more damage than any cow fart or non twisty light bulb
it...will shut Al up.
and I will be happy
nobody cares because asteroids dont have boobies.
If it had hit, it would have been on par with the 1908 inpact in Siberia that wiped out about 1,250 square miles of forest.
Had that impacted a city or populated area in today's modern world:
(http://wearemoviegeeks.com/wp-content/terminator-salvation-city3-560x281.jpg)
The death toll would have been significant. To put that into perspective, at it's widest point, Texas is only 773 miles wide, so were talking an asteroid about 1 1/2 times the size of Texas.
(http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/hairraiser.gif)
Quote from: Monster Dave on March 04, 2009, 12:05:14 PM
If it had hit, it would have been on par with the 1908 inpact in Siberia that wiped out about 1,250 square miles of forest.
Had that impacted a city or populated area in today's modern world:
(http://wearemoviegeeks.com/wp-content/terminator-salvation-city3-560x281.jpg)
The death toll would have been significant. To put that into perspective, at it's widest point, Texas is only 773 miles wide, so were talking an asteroid about 1 1/2 times the size of Texas.
(http://smiley.onegreatguy.net/hairraiser.gif)
Yes, but Britney Spears is doing magic tricks on her new tour!
mitt
leave it to you guys to put in brevity where needed......
"Scientists at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia spotted 2009 DD45 and began tracking it in late February when it was about 1 million miles away.
Spahr said he knew within an hour of that discovery that it would pose no threat to Earth." -- A.P.
Quote from: Monster Dave on March 04, 2009, 11:54:10 AM
In respect to the thread - lets keep on cue - no threadjacking.
huh? ??? You asked why nobody cared...the answer I agreed with basically said because it missed us. The examples were a bit off topic, but the sentiment wasn't. The news ignored it because it was going to miss.
Quote from: Monster Dave on March 04, 2009, 12:05:14 PM
If it had hit, it would have been on par with the 1908 inpact in Siberia that wiped out about 1,250 square miles of forest.
The death toll would have been significant. To put that into perspective, at it's widest point, Texas is only 773 miles wide, so were talking an asteroid about 1 1/2 times the size of Texas.
Actually the asteroid was only 30-50 meters wide.
Also, 1,250 square miles is an area 35 miles by 35 miles...quite a bit smaller than the State of Texas. Damage would have only been a big deal if it hit a populated area.
two things: first, texas has an area of roughly 270,000 sq. miles, so a 1250 sq. mile devastation would
represent about 0.4% the size of texas. second, the key point about this thing is that none of the
asteroid cataloging surveys knew about this thing until 2 days prior to its closest approach.
Estimated at 60 meters across...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event)
http://www.escapeallthesethings.com/10th-planet-xena-2003-ub313.htm (http://www.escapeallthesethings.com/10th-planet-xena-2003-ub313.htm)
This guy thinks that there is a planet out there off the typically viewed axis that will come near the Earth in the not too distant future and what it carries in it's path (not the planet itself) will collide with the Earth and cause great devistation. He gives a citation in his book of an article in the NYT (or some other large newspaper?) that NASA reported the planet's existance and weeks later retracted their story.
It is based on Biblical prophesy so if that goes against your grain, don't click the link...But for the curious, this guy has many interesting interpritations of Biblical prophesy on his site and in his book.
Because I was way more concerned about Adriana Lima getting married to someone who wasn't me.
It was on the news in my market (LA).
Quote from: MrIncredible on March 04, 2009, 02:53:12 PM
Because I was way more concerned about Adriana Lima getting married to someone who wasn't me.
who?
Quote from: bobspapa on March 04, 2009, 04:32:38 PM
who?
she is the 28 y/o Victoria's secret virgin model
who is finally going to bump uglies with a creepy pinchy faced dewd
keep up with the important stuff man
Quote from: Old-Duckman on March 04, 2009, 02:44:52 PM
http://www.escapeallthesethings.com/10th-planet-xena-2003-ub313.htm (http://www.escapeallthesethings.com/10th-planet-xena-2003-ub313.htm)
Must...not...make...snarky...comment...
Blacking... Out...
>thud<
Quote from: Mother on March 04, 2009, 05:44:07 PM
she is the 28 y/o Victoria's secret virgin model
who is finally going to bump uglies with a creepy pinchy faced dewd
keep up with the important stuff man
I never did believe that!
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on March 04, 2009, 05:50:15 PM
Must...not...make...snarky...comment...
Blacking... Out...
>thud<
No blackouts, I just laughed....a lot.
Quote from: ZLTFUL on March 04, 2009, 01:27:32 PM
Estimated at 60 meters across...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event)
Dan Aykroyd: "You have been a participant in the biggest interdimensional cross-rip since the Tunguska blast of 1909!"
Rick Moranis: "Felt great!"
Harold Ramis: "We'd like to get a sample of your brain tissue."
Rick Moranis: "Okay."