Asteroid Yu55

[Backtrack]

What do you guys make of this?

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news171.html

Interesting, or scary?

[Snowangel-MK]

Well as they say I’m sure YU55 poses no threat to the Earth at all

……. and by the time the next event of this type happens again in 2028 we will have all been dead 16years !

I wouldn't worry about it, after all it’s only four times closer and a bit bigger (at 400 meters) than XC15 was (at 100 meters) and that passed us by 35 years ago, just try not to read too much into the fact that in 1976....

WE HAD 7 MAJOR EARTHQUAKES

Edited May 9, 2011 by MKsnowangel

[Backtrack]

Well as they say I’m sure YU55 poses no threat to the Earth at all

……. and by the time the next event of this type happens again in 2028 we will have all been dead 16years !

I wouldn't worry about it, after all it’s only four times closer and a bit bigger (at 400 meters) than XC15 was (at 100 meters) and that passed us by 35 years ago, just try not to read too much into the fact that in 1976....

WE HAD 7 MAJOR EARTHQUAKES

You have too many conspiracy theories you do.

They say that the gravitational pull from this will have no effect though.

Edited May 9, 2011 by Funnel

[Snowangel-MK]

You have too many conspiracy theories you do.

Not me - but I couldn't resist that one !!

.....sorry

[BornFromTheVoid]

Another Nasa page on it here

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/asteroid20110502.html

Use this link My link to see how it might affect a neighbourhood near you!

[Jane Louise]

It really doesn't bother me at all. If we all gotta go we all got to go lol. No point in worrying over something we can't control lol ( that's if it were to hit us of course):o:lol:

[The watcher]

A 400m asteroid wouldn't make us extinct, even if it did impact, after coming through the atmosphere it would lose a bit of its size.

Currently, this asteroid will be 0.85LD from us, which is approximately 326742.55 (approximately ) Kilometres distance away from earth. It will not be close enough and won't remain in our vicinity long enough to be affected by our gravitational pull.

[Polar Maritime]

Looking at the trajectory path its more likely to hit the moon :blink:

[The watcher]

It's a bit more complicated than just looking at a 2d trajectory image, you also need to look at the Ecliptic plane view which shows the asteroid to be above

However, it would be VERY interesting to see such an object impact the moon, we'd witness one of the closest large asteroid impacts EVER seen by mankind and it would change the shape of our moon, forever.

[SP1986]

There is also a chance that pieces of moon rock might be ejected towards the Earth, which is not such a good outcome. This is unlikely though.

I'd be much more concerned about the return of Apophis in 2036.

Despite the chance of Apophis hitting being very slim, it's still more likely than being killed in a plane crash.

[Backtrack]

NASA expects Aphophis to pass harmlessly 30.5 million miles from earth in 2036

[VillagePlank]

Watch out for March 16th 2880!

[The watcher]

There is also a chance that pieces of moon rock might be ejected towards the Earth, which is not such a good outcome. This is unlikely though.

I'd be much more concerned about the return of Apophis in 2036.

Despite the chance of Apophis hitting being very slim, it's still more likely than being killed in a plane crash.

Apophis passes closer in 2028 does it not, 0.6LD I think.

True, some moon rock could be ejected towards us, but would create a very minimal threat and more than likely just cause an utterly fantastic light show.

[Ja23]

its going to pass close but i dont think it will hit if it aims towards us we can blow it up it may send lots of of rocks after the explosion but they would be small enough to burn up.