Asteroid....did anyone see it?

[ramblingboy42]

An 8metre wide asteroid just flew past us less than 40,000km away.

I dont know how close one can get before it affects us.....interesting.

[V8Ian]

Mick Marsh mentioned it the other day.

[ramblingboy42]

this only today, like right now

[V8Ian]

DUCK!

Can we see it?

[V8Ian]

Just been out for a squizz, there's

a bright light, high in the western sky
a dull flashing light to the north
and a big amber street light low on the north-western horizon.

[Roverlord off road spares]

At least with an imminent plane crash they advise you to duck your head between your legs and kiss your bum goodbye, but something like an asteroid passes close and they keep it a secret, don't want to scare people. Do these object just sneak up on us, even though billions are spent on space stuff.

[StephenF10]

40,000km is more than twice the distance from Sydney to London. Good luck seeing an 8m object at that distance.

[ramblingboy42]

there are actually 5 asteroids bypassing us today , the closest being only 380,000kms.

[Dark61]

I might be looking at a Defender at the weekend with more k's on it than that!
Cheers,
D

[goingbush]

Im thinking if an 8m asteroid collided with earth, the world would be blaming Trump for playing with his nukes.

[gofish]

I read yesterday that a Russian astronomer believes part of the Nibiru system is due mid Feb. I find all this stuff interesting. Check out John Moore's discussion on "climate change".

[ramblingboy42]

At least with an imminent plane crash they advise you to duck your head between your legs and kiss your bum goodbye, but something like an asteroid passes close and they keep it a secret, don't want to scare people. Do these object just sneak up on us, even though billions are spent on space stuff.

No, they are all tracked. Information always available.

The truth is out there.

[ramblingboy42]

just thought I'd add to the lookout duck thing

there are currently 1071 known satellites revolving just a few km's above us.

any one of those could lose there stability/nav systems and swoop down into your house while you are asleep....

[bob10]

Im thinking if an 8m asteroid collided with earth, the world would be blaming Trump for playing with his nukes.

No, he would be too busy playing with something else

[ramblingboy42]

Just to add a little more fuel, another one whizzed by 2 days ago just .4 lunar distance from us.

And, there are currently 1773 potentially dangerous asteroids being tracked.

[ramblingboy42]

45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova (http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=132092)

this comet may become visible to the naked eye, look high in the eastern sky before dawn with binoculars or telescope, near the constellation Hercules.