Huge asteroid will pass closer to Earth than the moon on Tuesday 8th Nov 2011

[robut]

Huge asteroid headed for close encounter with Earth | Reuters

Earth's close encounter with Asteroid 2005 YU 55 will occur at 6:28 p.m. EST on Tuesday, as the space rock sails about 201,000 miles from the planet.

The asteroid is about 1,312 feet or 400 meters or Quarter of a Mile wide.

Man, thats close as in coat of paint close in cosmic terms.

I hope those science buffs have there calculations right and not like the Dept of Finance, that they havent Lost some info behind a couch

Robut


( MODS - wasnt quiet sure where to put this, closest was Environment I think. Sorry if in wrong place, if so please move or dump thread )

[rockofcashel]

Why do people worry about things like this ?

If an extinction level event is going to happen.. it's going to happen.. we will be powerless in the face of nature.. we will be royally fupped..

Just give us a few months notice to get the party on...

[Tea Party Patriot]

I hope those science buffs have their calculations right and not like the Dept of Finance, that they havent Lost some info behind a couch

Look on the bright side if they have their calculations wrong then we won't have to worry about the Department of Finance or the upcoming budget. Every cloud (or asteroid) has a silver lining.

[Analyzer]

Update : some experts have found some calculations that they never accounted for previously.....

[Munnkeyman]

We'll be grand though. It's also traveling on a slightly "upward" trajectory above the ecliptic plane.
So there was always very little chance that it would hit us.

But it is still a close call though. It's always a possibility that an asteroid such as this will lead to the end
us humans.

I think we're okay for the next 100 years anyway.
Current Impact Risks

[Tea Party Patriot]

Why do people worry about things like this ?

If an extinction level event is going to happen.. it's going to happen.. we will be powerless in the face of nature.. we will be royally fupped..

Just give us a few months notice to get the party on...

Quite true, it is doubtful even our most powerful nuclear missiles would be able to change its course.

[Kev408]

Remind me to duck.

[Bagman]

Do these things travel alone? anything comming behind it?

[Glucose]

Heading for Dave Cochrane's house

[Tea Party Patriot]

We'll be grand though. It's also traveling on a slightly "upward" trajectory above the ecliptic plane.
So there was always very little chance that it would hit us.

But it is still a close call though. It's always a possibility that an asteroid such as this will lead to the end
us humans.

I think we're okay for the next 100 years anyway.
Current Impact Risks

Theoretically we are still here because of our ancestors surviving similar in the past so in theory some of us would survive.