Friday afternoon asteroid pass........

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N9JFE Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 8715 Credit: 11,398,748 RAC: 8,081	Message 1337771 - Posted: 13 Feb 2013, 15:52:40 UTC - in response to Message 1337675.
	Although NASA is assuring us that there is no change of impacting Earth, it will be the closest fly by of an asteroid this size ever recorded. Closer than many satellites orbiting our planet. 5,000 miles closer. 150-foot asteroid to zoom near Earth this week. "It will be 5,000 miles closer than the ring of weather, communications and GPS navigation satellites that orbit the Earth..." I thought the GPS sats were in low orbit. ____________ David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.
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James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 7595 Credit: 25,411,519 RAC: 38,180	Message 1337775 - Posted: 13 Feb 2013, 15:58:04 UTC
	I was going to ask if this close encounter would change the orbit. But reading the article, They have to see how that thing is rotating to get an idea if it will change. Im sure they will radar the heck out of that asteroid. ____________
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 28964 Credit: 7,854,094 RAC: 17,964	Message 1338474 - Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 15:14:54 UTC
	I think you are looking for spooks in the shadows Mark ..... There doesn't have to be an answer to something unexplained, it can just remain unexplained and wondered about.
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N9JFE Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 8715 Credit: 11,398,748 RAC: 8,081	Message 1338488 - Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 15:30:21 UTC - in response to Message 1338479.
	Actually, the asteroid pass is this afternoon (Central time, which you are), not yesterday. ____________ David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.
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Andy Worth Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 5778 Credit: 10,289,354 RAC: 2,676	Message 1338490 - Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 15:34:06 UTC - in response to Message 1338479.
	I think you are looking for spooks in the shadows Mark ..... There doesn't have to be an answer to something unexplained, it can just remain unexplained and wondered about. Just a simple coincidence then, eh? Two amazing events in planet Earth's history coming about at the same time? OK, Chris. It does look kinda suspicious doesn't it Mark? The Russian event has caused 950 injured people and hundreds of buildings damaged. That's a big event! ____________
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Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3200 Credit: 1,823,598 RAC: 138	Message 1338512 - Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 16:25:45 UTC
	The event in Russia is more common than you think, much more common than the big asteroid passing. We hear little or nothing about most meteor explosions in the atmosphere because most of them occur where there is no property or no humans. There is a group of astronomers here in Canada using a network of microphones to triangulate high altitude explosions like this, and they regularly locate explosions that nobody else reports. There will be more of these kinds of events reported as time passes as there are fewer unpopulated areas. We see the same thing happening with weather events in rural Canada. Where I grew up in central Alberta gets a few tornadoes every spring. For years nobody cared, because all they did was flatten the odd wheat field or tear up a bit of fence. In the last 20 years these have been more likely to hit towns and villages, just because there are now more towns and villages spread across the prairies. And finally, here's one for the conspiracy theories. A Russian web site claims their government tried to shoot down whatever it was, and that caused most of the damage. ____________
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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 28964 Credit: 7,854,094 RAC: 17,964	Message 1338527 - Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 17:05:16 UTC
	And finally, here's one for the conspiracy theories. A Russian web site claims their government tried to shoot down whatever it was, and that caused most of the damage. Don't encourage the natives Bill, there's a good chap!
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N9JFE Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 8715 Credit: 11,398,748 RAC: 8,081	Message 1338541 - Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 17:36:45 UTC - in response to Message 1338527.
	And finally, here's one for the conspiracy theories. A Russian web site claims their government tried to shoot down whatever it was, and that caused most of the damage. That I find to be plausible. Humans do a lot of stupid things. Don't encourage the natives Bill, there's a good chap! Don't worry, I won't believe it without some actual evidence. ____________ David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.
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Jim_S Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4452 Credit: 17,245,302 RAC: 10,961	Message 1338545 - Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 17:53:36 UTC
	Are there Any sites where We can watch the Actual Meteor Flyby? ____________ I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott
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Terror Australis Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 Feb 04 Posts: 1602 Credit: 198,426,701 RAC: 22,196	Message 1338549 - Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 18:01:53 UTC
	Only one hour to go till it's at its closest point to Earth (19:26 UTC) See you on the other side :) T.A.
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Zapped Sparky Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 5117 Credit: 1,059,959 RAC: 1,441	Message 1338558 - Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 18:17:49 UTC
	There's a decent vid of it from various angles on the Telegraph site. ____________ In an alternate universe, it was a ZX81 that asked for clothes, boots and motorcycle. Tropical Goldfish Fish 5: The severe case of HTML Client error 418: I'm a teapot
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Terror Australis Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 14 Feb 04 Posts: 1602 Credit: 198,426,701 RAC: 22,196	Message 1338560 - Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 18:19:39 UTC
	NASA TV also has it. T.A.
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rob smith Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 7402 Credit: 41,893,150 RAC: 65,455	Message 1338563 - Posted: 15 Feb 2013, 18:24:39 UTC
	Zapped - wrong space lump, that was far too early for the Friday afternoon's one (actually more like mid evening given its expected to fly-by over Eastern Europe) ____________ Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?
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