Asteroid will come remarkably close to Earth today 15/2/12

[arista]

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02474/asteroid-earth_2474643k.jpg


Will it hit your area or will it be down the Hill.


"A 150-foot (45-metre)-wide asteroid will come remarkably close to Earth next week, even closer than high-flying communication and weather satellites. It will be the nearest known flyby for an object of this size. But don't worry. Scientists promise Asteroid 2012 DA14 will be at least 17,100 miles (27,518 kilometres) away when it zips past next Friday."

Picture: NASA/JPL-Caltech/AP

[Shaun]

eh, that wouldn't be big enough to be apocalyptic anyway would it?

[Shaun]

would probably put a hefty hole in a town I imagine.

[Ramsay]

45 metres is naaahtin

[arista]

eh, that wouldn't be big enough to be apocalyptic anyway would it?



But its going at Such a High Speed
it will Kill all it lands on.



There was a Massive one that hit Earth
and made it go Dark for many years
that killed off all the Dinosaurs

[AnnieK]

Hope Bruce Willis is in standby to save the earth then...

[arista]

45 metres is naaahtin

You are Wrong
as its such a High Speed
Instant Death in a second

[Glenn.]

Its the speed of the thing that would cause the damage. I think the news said it was traveling at about 18,000 mph.

[MTVN]

Is that thing about the dinosaurs actually true :suspect:

[Novo]

think i remember it on " Walking With Dinosaurs " actually

[Glenn.]

I remember watching something on the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.

Apparently the moment of impact with the earth, only 1% of the asteroid was under the atmosphere.

[Glenn.]

I think :suspect:

[Tom4784]

We could always use Xtina to block it I guess.

[Ammi]

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/maps_and_graphs/2013/2/8/1360341459863/Asteroid-near-miss-008.png

'The asteroid's closest approach will be at 7.24pm on 15 February, meaning that those gazing keenly at the dark skies of eastern Europe, Asia and Australia will stand the best chance of seeing it through telescopes or binoculars'

[Glenn.]

Its closer than the moon :eek:

[Saph]

We could always use Xtina to block it I guess.

:joker:

[Alf]

You are Wrong
as its such a High Speed
Instant Death in a second
I'd catch it and do a few keepy ups with it.

[arista]

Is that thing about the dinosaurs actually true :suspect:


Yes.

[Patrick]

eh, that wouldn't be big enough to be apocalyptic anyway would it?

45 Metres? No way

[Patrick]

Also, It wasn't the inital impact of the asteroid that wiped out the Dinosaurs :laugh: They died out over a period of time - due to the asteroid killing off plants and other times of vegetation for them to survive.

Hope Bruce Willis is in standby to save the earth then...

:love:

[Novo]

think the Asteroid is just one of many theories that Scientists think wiped out the Dinosaurs though, i'm sure another one was something about Volcanic Ash in the Atmosphere

[arista]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/02/11/article-2276771-0F7D742200000578-267_634x410.jpg

Capable of destroying London will pass within 17,000 miles from earth on Friday

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2276771/Asteroid-near-miss-Earth-Object-capable-destroying-London-pass-17-000-miles-earth-Friday.html#ixzz2KZryRVJc

[arista]

think the Asteroid is just one of many theories that Scientists think wiped out the Dinosaurs though, i'm sure another one was something about Volcanic Ash in the Atmosphere


But they know it started the Darkness
it amounted to thousands of Nukes going off.

No New Plants could grow

[arista]

Around 7PM tonight


My bunker is ready.



Chewy could be in the middle of Corrie
if it changes course and hits the Earth

[Josy]

7.25pm

[Locke.]

May I join you in your bunker please arista?

[Kizzy]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/15/meteorite-russia-key-questions-answered?intcmp=122

''The last time something major struck the Earth was in 1908, when an asteroid about 50 metres across exploded in the air above the Tunguska region of Siberia. It flattened forests over an area of hundreds of square miles.''

:eek:

[arista]

7.25pm


Yes at the end of Emerdale
Massive Sonic Boom sound is first if it hits Earth


Ch4News and SkyNewsHD Live
at that moment

[Kizzy]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/across-the-universe/2013/feb/15/asteroid-2012-da14
''Even though 2012 DA14 comes so close and is relatively large (about half the length of a football field), it is not going to become bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. Sky watchers can catch a glimpse of it using binoculars.

The object will be visible through binoculars for about four hours between 18:00 and 22:00 GMT. It is best seen from Australia, Asia and Europe and will be travelling quite quickly for a celestial object, crossing an area of the sky as wide as the full moon roughly every 30 seconds''

[Ramsay]

4ZxXYscmgRg

b0cRHsApzt8

COOOL!!!

[Ammi]

4ZxXYscmgRg

b0cRHsApzt8

COOOL!!!

..the first vid is incredible..I would so love to see that....

[Ramsay]

It is amazing..but for about 5 seconds i'd think it was the end of the world and freak out :laugh:

[Ninastar]

jesus, the sound of it hitting is insane!

[lostalex]

There's probably tons of these things happening all the time, but because most of the world is covered by the oceans, or ice, we never hear about them or see them.

[arista]

jesus, the sound of it hitting is insane!

yes the Sonic Boom
just before.



But Tonight at 7:25PM
this Massive Asteroid , if it changes course
and hits the Earth
it would Take Out a City.

[Ninastar]

There's probably tons of these things happening all the time, but because most of the world is covered by the oceans, or ice, we never hear about them or see them.

wouldn't it cause tsunami's/tidal waves though? and surely NASA pick up on this kind of stuff?

[arista]

7:25PM

The Sky Sat just went Blank
Black Screen on my LED TV's

But came back.

[SharkAttack]

Well that was anticlimactic.

[Ninastar]

I saw nothing :sad:

[Omah]

Is it safe ..... :puzzled:

[arista]

Is it safe ..... :puzzled:


Yes CNN just showed it Super Fast
going past Earth


On Ch4News now

[Shaun]

AAAAAAGH I'VE BEEN HIT :bawling:

[King Gizzard]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/4fdca3b8f23d001bdc2412f25acb2a2c/tumblr_mh0cn37rSU1raquwwo1_400.gif

[arista]

AAAAAAGH I'VE BEEN HIT :bawling:


Get a Damp Cloth
and wipe the spunk off your Face

[Mrluvaluva]

Can I come out from under the table now?

[arista]

Can I come out from under the table now?



Yes its long gone

[Mrluvaluva]

Boring. I was at least hoping for a small Yorkshire village to be hit. :rolleyes:

[King Gizzard]

help!!!!!!!!!!

[Omah]

Well, we've had a meteoroid and an asteroid - what next ..... a haemorroid?

[Saph]

did I miss it?

[Ammi]

5M01GB_GspU

..I think this is the real one....

2tH7gcCFhW8

[michael21]

Around 7PM tonight


My bunker is ready.



Chewy could be in the middle of Corrie
if it changes course and hits the Earth

yes bunker are fine for war attacked but Asteroid will smash in to the ground