A near miss - and a new asteroid

[NutmegCT]

March 2, 2009. "Sky-watchers in Asia, Australia, and the Pacific islands welcomed a surprise guest earlier today: an asteroid that passed just 41,010 miles (66,000 kilometers) above Earth.

Discovered only days ago, asteroid 2009 DD45 zipped between our planet and the moon at 13:44 universal time (8:44 a.m. ET). The asteroid was moving at about 12 miles (20 kilometers) a second when it was closest to Earth."

Asteroid near-miss

Well that's comforting. With the bazillions of objects we *know* about, we just escaped a hit from one we *didn't* know about!

As long as everything's under control ...

 

[DrEntropy]

So I guess it's too late to duck, huh?

 

[SilentUnicorn]

what we don't know cant hurt us....right?

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[vagt6]

41K miles is not very far when one considers that the earth is flying thru space at about 60K MPH.

In that context, THAT was a heckuva close call!

And, one of those things that I'd rather not think about too much!

 

[texas_bugeye]

Little pieces of satillite would be nothing compared to this 10 story rock making a unexpected vist. can you imagine the devastation if it hit a populated area? wow!

 

[tomshobby]

And nobody knew it was coming! Kind of blows the thought that these things might be diverted.

 

[terriphill]

One more thing I just can't worry about....if I get hit by a ten story asteroid that no one knew was coming, I will have to believe it was just fate. And when you guys read about it, you will know that I probably had it coming!

 

[DrEntropy]

And about enuff time to think: "wazza..."


*POOF!*

 

[Stewart]

Dont worry guys if you didn't see it this time as it WILL be back. By the was it was pretty close to the same size as the one that formed Meteor Crater.

 

[roofman]

And I was worried about the economy.......

 

[bgbassplyr]

Bend over, grab your ankles, and kiss your GOODBYE, it's been nice to know ya.