Giant meteorite over columbia

this happened today, it was heard in several towns etc.

also another one is due to hit earth 2010rf12 to hit sept 8th.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7k9LcSNQ2Q&feature=player_embedded#!


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

CrazyBiscuit

According to that table the one due to pass on the 8th will come within 70,000-80,000 kilometres of the Earth, one fifth of the distance to the moon?
With a diameter of 6.3m-14m that would be absolutely devastating.

skelliser

its .2 of the distance to the moon, so ~75,000km

ToniTuddle

That is beyond awesome! :eek: And scary.

Like that table has a serious amount of objects coming our way.
Fascinating stuff.

CrazyBiscuit

skelliser wrote: »

its .2 of the distance to the moon, so ~75,000km

Sorry, was messing around with the numbers.
It's still pretty close though.

Very close indeed .

ToniTuddle

ToniTuddle wrote: »

That is beyond awesome! :eek: And scary.

Like that table has a serious amount of objects coming our way.
Fascinating stuff.

heres another one you might enjoy

http://spaceguard.iasf-roma.inaf.it/SSystem/SSystem.html

CrazyBiscuit

NASA has it as an impact threat.

af_thefragile

CrazyBiscuit wrote: »

According to that table the one due to pass on the 8th will come within 70,000-80,000 kilometres of the Earth, one fifth of the distance to the moon?
With a diameter of 6.3m-14m that would be absolutely devastating.

I think that's quite small to do any damage if it gets trapped in earths gravity. It'ld most probably break up into several smaller fragments and disintegrate. Maybe a small bit might hit the ground. It might be a good sight if it does fall onto earth. Though i really doubt it would do any damage.

Very high probability because of it's size it'll just get slightly deflected by earths gravity and will drift off into space. Which is what will probably happen.

CrazyBiscuit

af_thefragile wrote: »

I think that's quite small to do any damage if it gets trapped in earths gravity. It'ld most probably break up into several smaller fragments and disintegrate. Maybe a small bit might hit the ground. It might be a good sight if it does fall onto earth. Though i really doubt it would do any damage.

Very high probability because of it's size it'll just get slightly deflected by earths gravity and will drift off into space. Which is what will probably happen.

It's thought that the Chicxulub crater in Mexico was created by an object 6 miles in diameter and was a major step (perhaps with other impacts) in wiping out the dinosaurs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater
If you scroll down to Effects you can see how devastating it is thought to have been.

af_thefragile

Yeah but isn't this one 6-14meters?
Which is smaller than the space shuttle...

I know a meteor a km wide can be close to apocalyptic...

CrazyBiscuit

af_thefragile wrote: »

Yeah but isn't this one 6-14meters?
Which is smaller than the space shuttle...

Is it?
Thats a fail on my behalf then, I will now facepalm.

EDIT: Ah yes, just checked. The larger ones are listed in kilometres and smaller ones in metres. Two muck ups in one thread.
We're not all going to die this week.

af_thefragile

CrazyBiscuit wrote: »

Is it?
Thats a fail on my behalf then, I will now facepalm.

EDIT: Ah yes, just checked. The larger ones are listed in kilometres and smaller ones in metres.

There's still time for that 2012 esque stuff to happen...

ToniTuddle

CrazyBiscuit wrote: »

We're not all going to die this week.

\o/





Think I will join the Astronomy club this year in college find out more about all this stuff.

So if it landed somewhere in Columbia...can't they roughly pinpoint where it could have landed and find it?

Columbia

*ducks*

af_thefragile

^someone might have probably nicked it by the time the scientists get to it. And then they'ld turn into a giant green monster. To be captured by a secret military department and later recruited to fight off a diabolical alien planing on taking over the planet...

Just a beautiful video. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zvCUmeoHpw&feature=player_embedded#!

Asteroid Impact. very beautiful

lord lucan

Jake1 wrote: »

Just a beautiful video. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zvCUmeoHpw&feature=player_embedded#!

Asteroid Impact. very beautiful

That's something to look forward too!:pac:

Could this be what its all about LOL.
Please listen to video, he actually says..'Jesus' at one point. Otherwordly...
Please dont let the name of video put y'all off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kur36SWZhsA&feature=player_embedded#!
:eek:

Oops neva mind, just saw its from the Onion.
Nuff said. LOL

ToniTuddle

Jake1 wrote: »

Just a beautiful video. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zvCUmeoHpw&feature=player_embedded#!

Asteroid Impact. very beautiful

Excellent video.

So it says earth will become uninhabitable within one day....but once everything is burnt and the atmosphere begins to settle again....how long would it take for life to begin again like grass and things like that?

Or micro-organisms?

ihavequestions

Effin typical!! Cloudy at 9.12 when it was passing and completely clear now .
aaagh

Cú Giobach

Jake1 wrote: »

Just a beautiful video. Enjoy.

Really good thanks.
Brilliant the way it showed Japan being ripped up.
If something like that was to happen in my own lifetime, would be nice to have a good view.