130,000 ton asteroid to make closest ever fly-by of Earth

"The snappily named 2012 DA14 will miss earth by a mere 17,200 miles when it passes the planet inside the orbit of many of our geosynchronous communication satellites."

That's pretty close!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/close-encounters-of-the-asteroid-kind-130000-ton-asteroid-to-make-closest-ever-flyby-of-earth-8480449.html

Best take an umbrella if you're going out. Not worth taking the risk. !7,200 miles is as good as a hit in Astronomical terms

Close? That's further away than Australia, that aint close.

Time to start watching Armageddon and Total Impact to get myself into the 'end is nigh' mindset.

OI.
IM THE RESIDENT ASTRONOMER ON HERE !!!!
(and i posted this on my debut anyway nanananana)
Dont forget the comet in the summer thro to nov
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/brighter-than-a-full-moon-the-biggest-star-of-2013-could-be-ison--the-comet-of-the-century-8431443.html

nugent wrote:OI.
IM THE RESIDENT ASTRONOMER ON HERE !!!!
(and i posted this on my debut anyway nanananana)
Dont forget the comet in the summer thro to nov
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/brighter-than-a-full-moon-the-biggest-star-of-2013-could-be-ison--the-comet-of-the-century-8431443.html

Another one we won't be able to see.

I'll be coming up the Mariner with you for the next one so's not to miss it.

Caldi Blue wrote:Close? That's further away than Australia, that aint close.

What they don't tell you is the measurement could be 20,000 miles out one way or another and that's no error in astronomical terms. They're just trying to tell us not to panic.

An alternative view is that it's the piece of rock that's going to screw up our promotion bid by hitting the stadium when the whole squad is there.

Judge dRed wrote:

Caldi Blue wrote:Close? That's further away than Australia, that aint close.

What they don't tell you is the measurement could be 20,000 miles out one way or another and that's no error in astronomical terms. They're just trying to tell us not to panic.

An alternative view is that it's the piece of rock that's going to screw up our promotion bid by hitting the stadium when the whole squad is there.

Damn it! I knew that would happen!

Steve R wrote:

nugent wrote:OI.
IM THE RESIDENT ASTRONOMER ON HERE !!!!
(and i posted this on my debut anyway nanananana)
Dont forget the comet in the summer thro to nov
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/brighter-than-a-full-moon-the-biggest-star-of-2013-could-be-ison--the-comet-of-the-century-8431443.html

Another one we won't be able to see.

I'll be coming up the Mariner with you for the next one so's not to miss it.

you wont miss the comet if it dont break up after going around the sun.
The asteroid might be tricky to spot. and in my experience it these sort of things get clouded out .

nugent wrote:OI.
IM THE RESIDENT ASTRONOMER ON HERE !!!!
(and i posted this on my debut anyway nanananana)
Dont forget the comet in the summer thro to nov
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/brighter-than-a-full-moon-the-biggest-star-of-2013-could-be-ison--the-comet-of-the-century-8431443.html

Bit more of a news story this week so keep you're eye on the ball!

I wonder how spectacular the comet later in the year will be?

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130127.html

nugent wrote:

Steve R wrote:

nugent wrote:OI.
IM THE RESIDENT ASTRONOMER ON HERE !!!!
(and i posted this on my debut anyway nanananana)
Dont forget the comet in the summer thro to nov
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/brighter-than-a-full-moon-the-biggest-star-of-2013-could-be-ison--the-comet-of-the-century-8431443.html

Another one we won't be able to see.

I'll be coming up the Mariner with you for the next one so's not to miss it.

you wont miss the comet if it dont break up after going around the sun.
The asteroid might be tricky to spot. and in my experience it these sort of things get clouded out .

Thinly veiled 'I don't want you out drinking with me' post imo

Now that would be a flying bumming incident if that hit... equivalent impact to Jon Parkin falling off the top matress on a bunkbed... allegedly

NN2Red2 wrote:

nugent wrote:OI.
IM THE RESIDENT ASTRONOMER ON HERE !!!!
(and i posted this on my debut anyway nanananana)
Dont forget the comet in the summer thro to nov
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/brighter-than-a-full-moon-the-biggest-star-of-2013-could-be-ison--the-comet-of-the-century-8431443.html

Bit more of a news story this week so keep you're eye on the ball!

I wonder how spectacular the comet later in the year will be?

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130127.html

lol theres still 10 days to go yet for our asteroid spotting. I really hope the comet will be spectacular.

Judge dRed wrote:

Caldi Blue wrote:Close? That's further away than Australia, that aint close.

What they don't tell you is the measurement could be 20,000 miles out one way or another and that's no error in astronomical terms. They're just trying to tell us not to panic.

An alternative view is that it's the piece of rock that's going to screw up our promotion bid by hitting the stadium when the whole squad is there.

Typical f'in City...

Arkay v2.0 wrote:

Judge dRed wrote:

Caldi Blue wrote:Close? That's further away than Australia, that aint close.

What they don't tell you is the measurement could be 20,000 miles out one way or another and that's no error in astronomical terms. They're just trying to tell us not to panic.

An alternative view is that it's the piece of rock that's going to screw up our promotion bid by hitting the stadium when the whole squad is there.

Typical f'in City...

It would make absolute sense in Cardiff City fashion, for our all defeating near promotion winning team to be defeated by some flying, inter-planetary Isle Of Wight.