Large 'Spooky' Asteroid to Narrowly Miss Earth on Halloween

Accuweather ^ | October 20, 2015 | Brian Lada

[BigEdLB]

If it hit Mecca, however...

[Menehune56]

If it hit the ocean the tsunami wouldn’t be trivial either.

[editor-surveyor]

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Yer s’posta be scared real bad!
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[editor-surveyor]

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I got close to 350k out of a ‘65 mustang, and lots of those were the hard miles of an immature American male behind the wheel.
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[editor-surveyor]

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They shoulda ordered that thing with more corrosion protection.

[stormer]

The Moon is not in a geosynchronous orbit. For that to be the case the Moon’s revolution would have to match the Earth rotation, i.e., the Moon would travel a path that kept it continuously above the same point on Earth.

[stormer]

Twinkling, or to use the astronomical term, scintillation, is a product of the atmosphere, not the observed body. With clear, cold air scintillation is minimal, but given an atmosphere that is thermally unstable, all objects twinkle. Planets however, are actually tiny discs rather than a point light source, so in marginally unstable air, their scintillation averaged out over a larger area, so they appear to less twinkly.

[Jim from C-Town]

Good to know. Thanks!

Sorry, I am not an astrophysicist I just like to play one on Free Republic!

[Jim from C-Town]

I am also not a mathematician. Nor capable of grade school level division.

Damn Common Core!

[huldah1776]

That makes sense since they are not the source but a reflection of the source which also twinkles from a very far distance! LOL I see double so I see lots of stars.

[Mom MD]

Venus has actually been visible after sunrise. DH pointed it out to me about 8 AM the other day in full daylight. First time I have seen that!

[Politicalkiddo]

What a pity.

[DavidLSpud]

If one hits anywhere in particular...

Deep space probes can put down on

an asteroid ... add a little push to speed up or

slow down...lots of computational power in

super computers...

as an engineer once said...it only takes

time and money.

[SunkenCiv]

Cue the Classics IV.

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[terycarl]

There was closer a few years ago. Within the orbit of the moon.

Do you realize that every planet in the solar system would EASILY fit between the Earth and the moon???

[terycarl]

Wow! I would love to get 302,000 miles out of a car. That would be a pretty good car if it lasts that many miles.

When I was traveling for Chilton Book Company, I drove a Ford Ranger and sold it with 357,000 miles on it.....with the original exhaust system still intact!!!!!!