nurkvinny Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200910/3093/Earth-in-near-miss-asteroid-encounter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Awww... MISSED! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 "Happy Ending to Near CollisionMar 3rd, 2009 - 07:25:26 I got so excited by this asteriod coming so close that I nearly creamed myself! I spent that night imagining it flying by as I achieved just such an effect Honestly, nothing gets me harder then a near earth asteriod collision. I had to change the bedsheets this morning! That should tell you how much fun I had " Now thats jovial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopar Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Heard about it on the radio, whoever is supposed to watch for this crap failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted March 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Heard about it on the radio, whoever is supposed to watch for this crap failed. Nope, they have been tracking it for a long time. People are too busy reporting on missing NFL players, murders from 2001, and how the latest trillion dollars is being wasted to care about a country the size of Spain getting leveled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopar Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 In the article it said they discovered it on feb 27th. I don't know how fast asteroids go, but to me, that doesn't sound that long. O well at least it didn't hit, Corbin saved us again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted March 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 I stand corrected. I thought NBC news said it was tracked for over a year. Now the article is even scarier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRocket1647545505 Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92dropgt Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 i can only think of george carlins skit about near misses. a near miss means it actually hit. a near hit is something that missed. jeez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 i swear this has been watched for a while, and I also thought that this same comet was supposed to come close again and that they would know if it would strike the earth by what its orbit was this time around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Its possible that NBC's source was wrong. Amatures and Pros scan the skies 24/7 for asteroids. Its possible that some will slip by but as they get close they get much easier to spot and most get spotted at the distance of Jupiter. Its gravitational effect causes lots of asteroids to change their orbits and start either heading towards a collision with it or the sun eventually. On occasion our planet gets in the way which kinda sucks. Basically the way asteroids are located is photos are taken of the same area night after night and then overlaid to detect the movement of an object. If something is found to be moving they zero in on it, plot its course, and determine if its an already known object. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Sounds like we were just short of sending Bruce Willis into space with a nuke. That'd be an awful idea, not just because of Bruce Willis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopar Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Are asteriod particles covered on your auto insurance policy? It is on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acmebomb Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 i can only think of george carlins skit about near misses. a near miss means it actually hit. a near hit is something that missed. jeez. haha +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99FLHRCI Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 i can only think of george carlins skit about near misses. a near miss means it actually hit. a near hit is something that missed. jeez. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewhop Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 So how are we supposed to know if we are going to get smashed by a asteroid/misc flying objects? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHaze Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 So how are we supposed to know if we are going to get smashed by a asteroid/misc flying objects? These guys keep an eye out on such things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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