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Large asteroid zips past Earth overnight

#1 Postby Brent » Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:59 am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060703/ap_ ... _encounter
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#2 Postby coriolis » Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:46 pm

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Good thing it was a miss.
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#3 Postby O Town » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:01 pm

Cool. The thought of something that size hitting earth is a bit scary to say the least, but watching one pass is kinda cool.
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#4 Postby Brent » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:10 pm

In 2029:

Friday, April 13 - The asteroid 99942 Apophis (previously better known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) will pass within 30,000 km (18,600 mi) of the Earth, very briefly appearing as bright as 3rd magnitude. Not only is this rather close, but it happens to fall on a Friday the 13th.

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18,600 miles vs. 269,000 miles. :eek: How close are the satellites?
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#5 Postby WindRunner » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:35 pm

Brent wrote: How close are the satellites?


I believe a geosynchronus orbit is around 23,500 miles . . .
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#6 Postby wxmann_91 » Mon Jul 03, 2006 10:37 pm

Brent wrote:In 2029:

Friday, April 13 - The asteroid 99942 Apophis (previously better known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) will pass within 30,000 km (18,600 mi) of the Earth, very briefly appearing as bright as 3rd magnitude. Not only is this rather close, but it happens to fall on a Friday the 13th.

:shocked!:

18,600 miles vs. 269,000 miles. :eek: How close are the satellites?


WOW!!! That's scary... :eek:
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#7 Postby Extremeweatherguy » Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:21 pm

wxmann_91 wrote:
Brent wrote:In 2029:

Friday, April 13 - The asteroid 99942 Apophis (previously better known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) will pass within 30,000 km (18,600 mi) of the Earth, very briefly appearing as bright as 3rd magnitude. Not only is this rather close, but it happens to fall on a Friday the 13th.

:shocked!:

18,600 miles vs. 269,000 miles. :eek: How close are the satellites?


WOW!!! That's scary... :eek:
I now know when the earth will end... :lol: I think I'll mark that on my calendar. :wink:
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#8 Postby HurricaneBill » Tue Jul 04, 2006 12:40 am

I remember reading one passing within 100,000 miles of the Earth back in 1993. Fortunately, that asteroid was also one of the smallest asteroids on record. It had a diameter of about 20 ft.
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#9 Postby Scorpion » Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:21 am

How big is that asteroid that will come close in 2029?
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