Asteroid Se58

[TEITS]

Only 0.0023AU and this is tomorrow!

What I don't understand is this asteroid didn't even appear on spaceweather.com until today!

[Crepuscular Ray]

Presumably, given the fact that it's teeny, they only discovered it on Friday and only had enough observations to calculate a rough orbit today. No worries, though: it's not a vast amount closer at closest approach than the Moon (as in well over 200,000 miles). Or, possibly it was hiding behind a giant comet or brown dwarf...

Edited September 26, 2011 by crepuscular ray

[TEITS]

Presumably, given the fact that it's teeny, they only discovered it on Friday and only had enough observations to calculate a rough orbit today. No worries, though: it's not a vast amount closer at closest approach than the Moon (as in well over 200,000 miles). Or, possibly it was hiding behind a giant comet or brown dwarf...

Relatively speaking its still a close call and I find it concerning what else could be out there.

I will add I don't know why you mention the comet. We will have much bigger problems in the near future than a disintergrating comet!!

[Crepuscular Ray]

I will add I don't know why you mention the comet. We will have much bigger problems in the near future than a disintergrating comet!!

I was joking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest]

Relatively speaking its still a close call and I find it concerning what else could be out there.

That's exactly what the dinosaurs said 65 million years ago

[pottyprof]

I was joking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You were Jo King? Well I don't know that.......

[Backtrack]

It's 7 meters long. Would you be able to spot something that small in a realm of unlimited space?

[Crepuscular Ray]

It's 7 meters long. Would you be able to spot something that small in a realm of unlimited space?

No, with my eyesight, I'd be hard pressed to spot it at 500 yards.

Given that NASA couldn't keep track of their - bigger - satellite as it fell to Earth, I'd say it's amazing that they managed to spot and track something so small, that far away, at all.

[bobbydog]

Relatively speaking its still a close call and I find it concerning what else could be out there.

I will add I don't know why you mention the comet. We will have much bigger problems in the near future than a disintergrating comet!!

what problems would they be? a bigger comet?

[Aaron]

7 meters long, what? What a pathetic asteroid!

[yamkin]

Only 0.0023AU and this is tomorrow!

What I don't understand is this asteroid didn't even appear on spaceweather.com until today!

ASTEROID 2011 SE58 POSSIBLE IMPACT 27th SEPTEMBER 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvNHdXT2d68&feature=uploademail

[Aaron]

Does that mean we're all going to die today?

[Backtrack]

Does that mean we're all going to die today?

No. The asteroid is 7 meters long. It would just be like 2 cars falling to earth, infact the satellite that fell to Earth was larger.

Edited September 27, 2011 by Backtrack

[Aaron]

No. The asteroid is 7 meters long. It's will just be like 2 cars falling to earth, infact the satellite that fell to Earth was larger.

Aw.. I wanted impending doom.

[Backtrack]

You do?

Play World of Warcraft. That'll settle the craving lol.

[Coast]

No. The asteroid is 7 meters long. It would just be like 2 cars falling to earth, infact the satellite that fell to Earth was larger.

[Love Snow]

http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/09/breaking-news-neos-close-approach.html