Bus-Size Asteroid Gives Earth Super-Close Shave Today, Second in 2 Days

Yahoo ^ | 2/6/14 | Mike Wall -Space.com

[NormsRevenge]

For the second day in a row, a space rock is going to zip close by Earth within the orbit of the moon, and you can watch the encounter live online.

[NormsRevenge]

Oops.. on delay of thread. looks like we missed it..

I mean. Whew!!!

[NormsRevenge]

The orbits shown in this diagram color coded. The planets are white lines, and the asteroid/comet is a blue line. The bright white line indicates the portion of the orbit that is above the ecliptic plane, and the darker portion is below the ecl

[Red Badger]

Bus size?

Would tat be a Grayhound, school or a Double decker?.....

[LostInBayport]

Bus size? Grayhound, school or a Double decker?

Hopefully it is not the size of the bus that Obama has thrown so many people under, 'cause we'd be in big trouble!

[NormsRevenge]

GooGle knows

[blam]

Any guess why two so close together?
A swarm, maybe?
More to come?

[Red Badger]

2014 EC, which was discovered just Tuesday (March 4), is about half as wide as the asteroid that exploded over Russia in February 2013, injuring about 1,500 people.

Lets us know that these things can show up unexpectedly anytime, day or night.............

[Red Badger]

Mating season?.........

[who knows what evil?]

Repent, America. You never know...

[Focault's Pendulum]

This could have been Ceres!

[smoothsailing]

[NormsRevenge]

Dude. art bell retired years ago. but Mysteries didn’t. ;-}

Niburu..?

The Ancient Ones tossing pebbbles..?

Karma?

Life is a mystery.

and then we uhhh.. suck it up.

[lurk]

The big question is, which city or country is most deserving of a God-directed thumping by such a rock?

[Iron Munro]

You never know...

You have to be smart enough to recognize a warning when you hear it or see it.

That's something we are woefully short of at the top.

[blam]

"The big question is, which city or country is most deserving of a God-directed thumping by such a rock?"

Iraq got it last time.

How about Iran this time.

Disaster That Struck The Ancients

[stars & stripes forever]

Repent, America. You never know...

http://patburt.com/

[lepton]

Thread? Where are the dragon-riders?

[Izzy Dunne]

Any guess why two so close together?

Global warming, of course.

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[Linda Frances]

The big question is, which city or country is most deserving of a God-directed thumping by such a rock?

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Be sure to live in a red state.

[RayChuang88]

The major danger is more than just an impact. What happens if a relatively small meteor explodes during atmospheric entry at speeds above 33,000 mph at just the right altitude? Imagine a meteor exploding with the force of the W80 warhead from the AGM-86 ALCM cruise missile at maybe at most a mile off the ground--the shockwave from the circa 150 kT equivalent blast could could flatten wooden and brick buildings and severely damage steel-and-concrete structures.