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[fred555]

Asteroid Will Pass Agonizingly Close To Earth

Space hits the headlines once again this week and this time it doesn’t concern far away objects or potential missions to Mars, but rather an asteroid.

In fact this particular space story involves an object that will pass incredibly close to Earth. An asteroid is set to fly past our planet on March 7, passing within 11,000 miles.

According to scientists, there is no danger that we will be hit by the space rock. However it will fly underneath some communications satellites. The 100 foot wide space rock has been christened Asteroid 2013 TX68.

http://www.valuewalk.com/2016/02/asteroid-will-pass-agonizingly-close-to-earth/

BTW: A 21-foot wide meteor blew up with the force of Hiroshima over the Atlantic last week.

 

[N5XZS]

Where is the link about 21 foot meteor inpact in Atlanta ocean?

 

[fred555]

Where is the link about 21 foot meteor inpact in Atlanta ocean?

It exploded in the atmosphere of the coast of Brazil:

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2016...xploded-over-atlantic-earlier-this-month.html

 

[N5XZS]

Thank Fred555,

Since Fox new did have much more details on the meteor it's looks like I will dig into deeper, I am surprised that major news media did not pick up this inportant story.

 

[KE4EST]

I am surprised that major news media did not pick up this inportant story.

Without getting anymore political...An election year is not a good time to cause mass hysteria.

 

[fred555]

Thank Fred555,

Since Fox new did have much more details on the meteor it's looks like I will dig into deeper, I am surprised that major news media did not pick up this inportant story.

I had seen it on a more obscure sight earlier, but all I could find to post quickly for you was the Fox story. Please post more details here.

 

[waylew]

Without getting anymore political...An election year is not a good time to cause mass hysteria.

The mass media is already massly hysterical

 

[fred555]

I have seen reports that this object is now stated to be moving faster, but then going to arrive later,
the 8th not the 5th. The uncertainty is a slight bit disconcerting:

http://www.space.com/32113-asteroid-2013-tx68-earth-flyby-uncertainty.html

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/

 

[FTA4PA]

I have seen reports that this object is now stated to be moving faster, but then going to arrive later,
the 8th not the 5th. The uncertainty is a slight bit disconcerting

Agree, three days and 15,000 miles vs 3,000,000 miles is a $%** of a difference.

 

[Radioguy41]

I have seen reports that this object is now stated to be moving faster, but then going to arrive later,
the 8th not the 5th. The uncertainty is a slight bit disconcerting:

http://www.space.com/32113-asteroid-2013-tx68-earth-flyby-uncertainty.html

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/

OK, first the space.com article says it could come much closer than at first anticipated but later it says it will be more difficult to see (with a telescope) because it will be farther away than previously believed and therefore dimmer. Can't have your cake and eat it too. Maybe space.com needs to hire some proof readers who will question such obviously contradicting statements.

 

[lfp302]

Well, we made it. The asteroid passed at around 2.5 million miles. The article also explains the difficulty of tracking this one--it was traveling in daylight glare.

http://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-2013-tx68-uncertain-trajectory-closest-earth-mar-5-2016