Asteroid 2011 ES4
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Kind of funny.
They say it could be as close as 75000 km or maybe it will be 16000000 km away. We are not sure. (Bit difference!!!)
BUT, it will not hit!!
LOL They are not so sure on how close it will be but somehow sure it will not hit. Just kind of funny to me.
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I know I’m the first person ever to say this but wow it’s amazing how lucky we are that this type of thing will pass us by.
@89th said in Asteroid 2011 ES4:
amazing how lucky we are that this type of thing will pass us by.
Are we really, though?
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Dammit!
I came this close.
A car-size asteroid flew within about 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) of Earth on Sunday.
That's a remarkably close shave – the closest ever recorded, in fact, according to asteroid trackers and a catalogue compiled by Sormano Astronomical Observatory in Italy.
Because of its size, the space rock most likely wouldn't have posed any danger to people on the ground had it struck our planet. But the close call is worrisome nonetheless, since astronomers had no idea the asteroid existed until after it passed by.
"The asteroid approached undetected from the direction of the Sun," Paul Chodas, the director of NASA's Centre for Near Earth Object Studies, told Business Insider.
"We didn't see it coming."
Instead, the Palomar Observatory in California first detected the space rock about six hours after it flew by Earth.
Chodas confirmed the record-breaking nature of the event: "Yesterday's close approach is closest on record, if you discount a few known asteroids that have actually impacted our planet," he said.
It's okay. The other one is only a couple of weeks away.
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Dammit!
I came this close.
A car-size asteroid flew within about 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) of Earth on Sunday.
That's a remarkably close shave – the closest ever recorded, in fact, according to asteroid trackers and a catalogue compiled by Sormano Astronomical Observatory in Italy.
Because of its size, the space rock most likely wouldn't have posed any danger to people on the ground had it struck our planet. But the close call is worrisome nonetheless, since astronomers had no idea the asteroid existed until after it passed by.
"The asteroid approached undetected from the direction of the Sun," Paul Chodas, the director of NASA's Centre for Near Earth Object Studies, told Business Insider.
"We didn't see it coming."
Instead, the Palomar Observatory in California first detected the space rock about six hours after it flew by Earth.
Chodas confirmed the record-breaking nature of the event: "Yesterday's close approach is closest on record, if you discount a few known asteroids that have actually impacted our planet," he said.
It's okay. The other one is only a couple of weeks away.
@Sweet-Meteor said in Asteroid 2011 ES4:
Because of its size, the space rock most likely wouldn't have posed any danger to people on the ground had it struck our planet.
Interesting. I thought something that size if it hit land would cause alot of damage.
The one in Siberia (1908 explosion) was about 150 -200 feet in diameter and did incredible damage. I know this one is much smaller, but still......
