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This Is The Asteroid That Didn’t Hit Us
universetoday.com ^
| Jason Major
Posted on 03/13/2015 12:51:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The video above shows the passage of 2015 ET across the sky on the night of March 1112, tracked on camera from the Crni Vrh Observatory in Slovenia. Its a time-lapse video (the time is noted along the bottom) so the effect is really neat to watch the asteroid racing along in front of the stars
but then, it was traveling a relative 12.4 km/second!
The description on the video reads:
The asteroid starts as tiny dot just below the centre of the right image and drifts gradually downwards. Due to a software glitch a correction which was meant to bring it back to the centre was not applied and the asteroid was subsequently lost. Nevertheless, the telescope kept tracking at the rate of the asteroid movement, just to illustrate the effect of sky motion. Towards the end, when the asteroid would be too faint again, the clouds rolled in and the observations were terminated. (Source: YouTube)
(Excerpt) Read more at universetoday.com ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; crnivrh; slovenia
Impressive tracking, IMO
Asteroid is teeny tiny dot on the video
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posted on
03/13/2015 12:51:46 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
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posted on
03/13/2015 12:52:37 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/13/2015 12:54:10 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
That is some fine telescope control.
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posted on
03/13/2015 12:55:23 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
To: Steely Tom
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posted on
03/13/2015 12:56:29 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
FTA: The asteroid is described as “subway-car sized”. They estimate it would produce an event similar to Chelyabinsk.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/13/2015 1:01:49 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
To: BenLurkin
I could not see it, no matter how many times I watched.
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posted on
03/13/2015 1:04:09 PM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: cuban leaf
I had to expand to full screen and look real close. It is a tiny white dot. Pretty much stays in the center of the screen while the dashes flash past it.
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posted on
03/13/2015 1:09:05 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Crni Vrh ("Black Peak") is about 20 miles west of Maribor. I have a map that marks it as a scenic spot.
Eric Holder needs to start an investigation into whether the name of the mountain is racist.
To: BenLurkin
12.4KM/SEC.?
THAat is flat out boogeying!
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posted on
03/13/2015 1:27:48 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: BenLurkin
Unfortunate. D.C. needs to be hit by an asteroid.
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posted on
03/13/2015 1:39:34 PM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
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To: left that other site; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; ...
Thanks left that other site, extra to APoD.
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posted on
03/13/2015 1:51:33 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: NormsRevenge
Crni VrhSomebody please ship these people Vanna White and a coupla vowels. mmdtli
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posted on
03/13/2015 1:52:08 PM PDT
by
Kenny Bunk
(Obama kept his promises. Has your Republican Congressman done the same?)
To: 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; Avoiding_Sulla; ...
Thanks left that other site.
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posted on
03/13/2015 1:52:10 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: Verginius Rufus
Since there’s a telescope there, it should be called “Black Peek”.
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posted on
03/13/2015 1:53:22 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: Kenny Bunk
"Crni Vrh!"I think that's a Gaelic war cry, isn't it?
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:10:21 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I think that's a Gaelic war cry, isn't it? Dnt knw, bt sr svs lts spc!
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:13:49 PM PDT
by
Kenny Bunk
(Obama kept his promises. Has your Republican Congressman done the same?)
To: BenLurkin
why do they call them Hemorrhoids? they should be called asteroids
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posted on
03/13/2015 2:41:01 PM PDT
by
Bob434
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