Huge Asteroid To Creep Near Earth On Nov. 8

[Rustynailer]

http://simulator.down2earth.eu/ Try this site, just fill in the boxes and then don't forget to click the map to see the crater from a 200m size impact.

I know its not going to hit us as its 0.8 lunar distances from us at its closest approach. We wont even see it with the naked eye, but its still interesting to speculate

[feb1991blizzard]

http://simulator.down2earth.eu/ Try this site, just fill in the boxes and then don't forget to click the map to see the crater from a 200m size impact.

I know its not going to hit us as its 0.8 lunar distances from us at its closest approach. We wont even see it with the naked eye, but its still interesting to speculate

I think the general public who are not into astronomy are generally quite ignorant about how much damage even a small asteroid impact can do to our planet. Im not really into it myself greatly but as i understand it if an asteroid 1 mile wide by 1 mile length by 1 mile deep struck earth it would be the end of civilisation as we know it or would take hundreds of years to rebuild and if one 5*5*5 it would be game over so you would have to think that even one 200m would potentially kill millions of people depending on where it struck, its not the size of the object or even the mass but because its striking with such kinetic energy the effect is multiplied hugely. I would certainly place this as a far bigger threat to the planet than climate change.

[Crepuscular Ray]

Except that it's not going to it the Earth!

[feb1991blizzard]

Except that it's not going to it the Earth!

That particular one isnt but there are millions and millions of these around the universe and it is 100% that one will wipe out civilisation one day whereas we dont even know for sure that the planet will carry on warming up and even if it does we can do something about that like making sure people who live in uninhabitable countries are moved somewhere else before floods/heat strike and reproducing less.

[Crepuscular Ray]

And quite where do you see the political will for allowing mass migration from areas prone to drought or flooding to more temperate areas, such as, for instance, the UK? I agree that mass migrations are inevitable if sea levels rise or eastern Africa gets even more drought ridden. But which countries can you see having the resources to take in millions of refugees from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Somalia, etc., etc., etc.? As for forcing people to reproduce less... good luck.

Sorry, off topic, will shut up now.

[ZONE 51]

Will it collide with Nimiru?

Not that ive read anything about it doing that...conspiracy forums might give us a better idea..

[Jane Louise]

An interesting article which states what would happen if this asteroid did hit us! but we can all put our tin foil hats away as there is no chance whatsoever of a collision.

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An asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier will fly near Earth on Nov. 8. While there is no danger of it hitting the planet, a Purdue asteroid impact expert says a similar-sized object hitting Earth would result in a 4,000-megaton blast, magnitude 7.0 earthquake and, should it strike in the deep ocean, 70-foot-high tsunami waves 60 miles from the splashdown site.

NASA scientists reported this week that the asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass between the Earth and the moon and come within 201,000 miles of Earth on its closest approach.

Jay Melosh, an expert in impact cratering and a distinguished professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, physics, and aerospace engineering at Purdue, said the asteroid's orbit and trajectory mean there is no chance of an impact.

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Large_asteroid_to_pass_by_Earth_Nov_8_but_what_if_it_did_not_999.html

[stewfox]

No you wouldn't love to see that, because we would probably all be killed if it did.

Not to worry though, it won't be coming anywhere close to hitting us, or the moon.

http://www.nasa.gov/...55_approach.gif

http://astrobiology....stion/?id=18008

Tin hats back in the cupboard Jane! :lol:

Why would a 200m bit of rock hitting the moon kill us all ?

Tin Hat staying in cuboard

[pottyprof]

Why would a 200m bit of rock hitting the moon kill us all ?

Tin Hat staying in cuboard

I'm sorry. My foil hat is staying firmly on my head. It worked last time. It stops me getting bad vibes too.

[The watcher]

An interesting question for you Asteroid and Meteorite enthusiasts:

IF a 1x1x1 mile asteroid was to strike earth, where do you think would be the safest place for it to land with the least amount of destruction and loss of life, human and animal/plant.

[Backtrack]

An interesting question for you Asteroid and Meteorite enthusiasts:

IF a 1x1x1 mile asteroid was to strike earth, where do you think would be the safest place for it to land with the least amount of destruction and loss of life, human and animal/plant.

I would of thought a lake?

[A.J]

An interesting question for you Asteroid and Meteorite enthusiasts:

IF a 1x1x1 mile asteroid was to strike earth, where do you think would be the safest place for it to land with the least amount of destruction and loss of life, human and animal/plant.

To land on John Prescott....His amount of blubber would cushion the impact....lol

[weatherobsuk]

Number 10, to deflate David Cameron's ego trip. Outside of that either of the poles (North or South) would be fine with me, plenty of hills in the UK to head up escaping any tsunami threat, the 'so-called' global warming lobbyists would be put back in their place when the Pole annually reverbreates back to its average ice accumulation. And less chance of atmospheric pollutants from the sheer depth of ice absorbing the kinetic impact.

It would be one heck of a blow, but Earth has seen and survived through many times worse than a mile wide rock. Even the Arizona crater was only a localised impact happening the same time man was taking its first steps into civilisation across America.

[Aaron]

If it hit the ocean, it'd be game over for many people.

[Crepuscular Ray]

It would be one heck of a blow, but Earth has seen and survived through many times worse than a mile wide rock. Even the Arizona crater was only a localised impact happening the same time man was taking its first steps into civilisation across America.

The bolide that caused the Arizona crater is estimated to have been about 50 metres across; the crater is about 3/4 of a mile in diameter. A nearer equivalent to our hypothetical 1-mile meteor would be the one that caused the Nördlinger Ries; it was just under a mile across and left a crater 15 miles wide with ejecta splatted almost 300 miles away. The explosion's been estimated as being c. 1.8 million "Hirosima-equivalents".

But, to reiterate, the one that's due in the neighbourhood next week is 200 m across and won't approach any nearer than 4/5s of the distance to the Moon.

Edited November 4, 2011 by crepuscular ray

[The watcher]

I think a lake would be best also, maybe somewhere in Siberia/Northern Russia with it's large expanse of forests. The Tunguska exlposion which was believed to be a meteorite/asteroid collision landed here with very little loss of life but this asteroid wasn't a collision, it was an explosion that occured miles above the ground and left a 30km diameter flattening of forest land. An asteroid that explodes before impact would have more destruction power than one that impacts as the full force of the explosion bares down over a larger expanse. During an impact some of the force is absorbed or shot skyward and so less expansive destruction occurs at ground level. In the sea/large water expanses however the full force is absorbed by the water which being so fluid results in very large tsunamis and waves which can spread a very large distance, probably global with an impact of a 1x1x1 mile asteroid travelling at 10'000s kilometres/minute. Other factors that I would take into account are the asteroids structure, elemental makeup, angle of impact and how likely it is to break-up or percentage of it that will disintegrate when entering the atmosphere of Earth.

[Aaron]

It isn't going to hit earth.. so there's no need to contemplate where it should hit!

[The watcher]

It isn't going to hit earth.. so there's no need to contemplate where it should hit!

We know that, it was just something fun to think about and get the mind juice flowing. If it was going to hit I wouldn't be sitting here wasting my time on an internet forum.

[Winter Warmer]

Big Asteroid Approaching Earth Spotted by NASA Radar

http://www.space.com...adar-image.html

anyone going to try and check this out with there telescopes or is it to cloudy

Edited November 8, 2011 by willkani

[Dorsetbred]

Tonight it the best time to see this as it'll be on it's closest approach by then.

[Wynn D Woo]

Ahh its today we are all going to die (again) is it?

[Coast]

Tonight it the best time to see this as it'll be on it's closest approach by then.

I understand that you will still need more specialist equipment to view it and with the current cloud cover over the UK, even that is going to be difficult.

http://neo.jpl.nasa....ws/news171.html

Ahh its today we are all going to die (again) is it?

No, not even close. But if you are worried, you needn't be at 11.39 UTC tonight as it will have passed at its nearest point.

If it all turns out wrong, it's going to be down to Bruce to save us.........

[Backtrack]

Even if it was clear we probably wouldn't be able to see it.

But has anyone noticed that EVERY TIME something cool is going on, e.g. a meteor shower. The sky is ALWAYS cloudy?

[Tim B]

Happens all the time does this actually, a massive asteroid passed between us and the moon in 1997 (I think).

[picog]

Happens all the time does this actually, a massive asteroid passed between us and the moon in 1997 (I think).

I'm not quite sure I'd describe "every 15 years or so" as, "all the time" in human terms, although in astrological terms it probably is.