Asteroid 2012 DA14: Watch tomorrow, but watch out!

[nuune]

An asteroid half the size of a football field is nearing Earth.

 

Tomorrow’s asteroid near-miss is only a hint of what’s really out there

 

Asteroid due to zoom past Earth could be worth £125 billion, space miners say,

 

Scientists said the asteroid, known as DA-14, will fly very close to Earth on Friday 15th February 2013

 

Asteroid 2012 DA14 is likely to contain a variety of valuable resources including metals such as iron and nickel

 

 

 

2012 DA14 will linger in the so-called Earth/moon system for roughly 33 hours.

 

At it nearest point, the asteroid will be over the eastern Indian Ocean, off the island of Sumatra.

 

Asteroids this big get close to Earth about once every 40 years.

 

Earth gets hit by asteroids this size about once every 1,200 years.

 

Scientists believe there are approximately 500,000 near-Earth asteroids the size of 2012 DA14. Of those, less than 1 percent have been discovered.

 

Travelling at between 12,427mph (20,000kph) and 18,641mph (30,000kph) - around five miles (8km) a second, or eight times the speed of a rifle bullet - the asteroid will fly inside the orbits of high geostationary satellites some 22,000 miles (35,406km) above the Earth.

 

 

 

 

2012 DA14 will pass inside the band of weather and communications satellites which orbit the Earth, some 22,200 miles above the planet's surface. At its closest point, the flyby will get as close as 17,150 miles above the Earth and constitute the closest approach for a known object of this size.

 

 

 

 

Source: More than 10 sources.

[Tallaabo]

Halkaan ka galaa dee bahalkan soo socda? Buundo ma la hoos gali karaa?

[nuune]

^^ Naf Jaceyl miyaa, anigana if I had the power to be on top of that asteroid, I would have done it, but will be willing to invoive any future asteroid hunting Inshaa Allaah.

 

 

For those in Somalia will have a good look at that asteroid, make sure you are in a higher built area to have the full visibility of the asteroid, if you can find a telescope, then you have the advantage of seeing its burning tails etc.

[N.O.R.F]

It has landed early in Russia and injured 500 people.

 

I saw one back in September '12 over northern UK on a clear night. Fantastic.

 

 

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[nuune]

RT.

 

The Russian Urals region has been stricken by a sudden cosmic attack. Unidentified flying objects exploded over several major cities, including Chelyabinsk, where the blast waves blew out windows and disrupted mobile connections.

 

*The Emergency Ministry said the incident was caused by a shower of meteorite debris. Unconfirmed reports suggested that a meteorite was shot down by Russian air defenses. Multiple dashboard videos appeared online, showing huge fireballs flying over buildings and exploding with a strong blast. A local zinc factory was the worst-hit, with some of its walls collapsed.

 

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[N.O.R.F]

Whats going Nuune? Is this the same meteorite?

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/15/meteorite-explodes-over-russian-urals-live-updates?intcmp=122

 

Amazing videos in there

[nuune]

It seems not, some are suggesting it is another one but the Russian defense forces shot it down, some are also suggesting that it was a big space junk debris and was diverted from falling into Moscow to that region by a laser technology before it was shot down by a missile.

[nuune]

If this incident overr Russia was indeed the real Asteroid brwaking up, then sientists and astronomers made HUGE mistake on calculation.

[Tallaabo]

^ So my fears were justified afterall?

[N.O.R.F]

Doesn't look like it was shot down. Amazing pictures.

[Tallaabo]

nuune;918512 wrote:

It seems not, some are suggesting it is another one but the Russian defense forces shot it down, some are also suggesting that it was a big space junk debris and was diverted from falling into Moscow to that region by a laser technology before it was shot down by a missile.

I doubt missiles are fast and effective enough to destroy an asteroid so close to the earth's surface. They could however be used in space when they gain high velocity and momentum.

[nuune]

The two incident are different, confirmed.

 

It came out of nowhere, very rare.

 

 

Tallaabo, reports are suggesting it was shot down, Russians won't admit though for fear of that technology to be copied.

[Tallaabo]

nuune;918409 wrote:

An asteroid half the size of a football field is nearing Earth.

 

Tomorrow’s asteroid near-miss is only a hint of what’s really out there

 

Asteroid due to zoom past Earth could be worth

£125 billion

, space miners say,

 

Scientists said the asteroid, known as DA-14, will fly very close to Earth on Friday 15th February 2013

 

Asteroid 2012 DA14 is likely to contain a variety of valuable resources including metals such as iron and nickel

 

 

 

2012 DA14 will linger in the so-called Earth/moon system for roughly 33 hours.

 

At it nearest point, the asteroid will be over the eastern Indian Ocean, off the island of Sumatra.

 

Asteroids this big get close to Earth about once every 40 years.

 

Earth gets hit by asteroids this size about once every 1,200 years.

 

Scientists believe there are approximately 500,000 near-Earth asteroids the size of 2012 DA14. Of those, less than 1 percent have been discovered.

 

Travelling at between 12,427mph (20,000kph) and 18,641mph (30,000kph) - around five miles (8km) a second, or eight times the speed of a rifle bullet - the asteroid will fly inside the orbits of high geostationary satellites some 22,000 miles (35,406km) above the Earth.

 

 

 

 

2012 DA14 will pass inside the band of weather and communications satellites which orbit the Earth, some 22,200 miles above the planet's surface. At its closest point, the flyby will get as close as 17,150 miles above the Earth and constitute the closest approach for a known object of this size.

 

 

 

 

Source:

More than 10 sources.

I thought Apophis was already unleashed on us!! Was he posting from space all these months?