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.

"Now that's what I call a close encounter...."

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

If it hit Leitrim they'd notice.

Nobody else would.

I realise that it missed but if it did impact with earth, where would it have hit?