Earth had a close shave with a large Asteroid this weekend.

I'm not sure if I'd like to know if we were going to get a smack of it or not .

And anyway is Bruce Willis getting a bit old , so we'd be fcuked.

Celticfire wrote: »

We'd have been fcuked anyhow... 1 days notice isn't exactly enough time to formulate any sort of plan.

Ahem Superman has experience of these things.

As if there wasn't enough things trying to kill us on a daily basis, we know have to contend with rocks from outer space attempting to obliterate us to boot. I think I need to lye down.

Be fairly awesome to experience tbh. If the world didn't end when a similar object hit in 1908, this would hardly be judgement day.

I think we're fairly overdue a large impact like this anyway, so the odds of one landing in our lifetimes pretty big.

Thing is, for this to be a major cataclysm requires lots and lots of really unlikely things to happen at the same time. The area of the earth's surface actually occupied by people is tiny. A direct impact which causes lots of deaths, or even triggers a series of other events (such as earthquakes and tsunamis), is very improbable. Most likely it would come down just like it did in Tunguska - in a remote and sparsely populated area, or in an ocean a long way from land.

Akrasia wrote: »

It's kinda hard to see rocks floating in space, especially if they're coming at us from the wrong way (from the sunny side) all we'd see is a shadow against a black background.

That's why you should look for them at night time :pac:

If I'd known that I would have had the bullocks out for a shave.

worded wrote: »

I follow the saying .... beware if so called friends who throw rocks at you

The mother of all rocks, a belt of an asteroid, make sure your VHI aid up to date in case one hits you !

My name is worded .... and I’m glad I’m with VHI health care

Plans A7 and Family + now cover asteroid hits

Asteroid cover , just before hemoroid cover.

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

I think that was the most lucky place for it to land. The rest of the world is in fact - some deserts or artic /Antarctic regions aside, pretty heavily populated. Or sea. Which would mean a tsunami.

This one is actually pretty small, so hitting the sea might produce something of a ripple, but nothing world-ending in terms of waves.

In terms of population, 95% of the population lives in a total area that accounts for about 3% of the surface of the earth.

So it would in fact be incredibly unlucky for a meteor of this size to come down in a populated area where tens or hundreds of thousands would die. A Tunguska event is far more likely, though a death toll of tens or hundreds would not be unlikely.

VinLieger wrote: »

Think you are mistaken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_GE3

It's one of the Apollo asteroids though, they all cross the path of the Earth

Splat

Asteroids - The best a planet can get.

shaunr68 wrote: »

Even large impacts like Tunguska in 1908 are relatively insignificant on a global scale. 700 square miles of forest flattened sounds a lot but that's about the size of Leitrim. I doubt anyone would even notice.

The chance of it happening over a densely populated area like a major city are miniscule. Mind you I'm out in the sticks here, it will be just my luck if one drops on my house.

If it hit Leitrim they'd notice.