I didn’t notice the asteroid what with all the left wing
hemorrhoids feeding us the news about poor little Jimmy
Comey.
Haven’t checked bpearthwatch or terral03/terral blackstar to see if they’re making up fantasy about this asteroid yet.
I liked how Ison, Elenin, and YU55 killed us all.
(And how they insisted that YU55 was actually one of the previous comets..)
well, if it hadn’t, the headline would have been totally unnecessary. hell, the whole story would have been unnecessary.
Darn. I was hoping to read that it hit Chappaqua.
However, as now know from 2013 over Russia, a house-sized meteor sometimes can survive entry into the Earth’s atmosphere at an initial entry speed of over 34,000 mph—more than twice the speed of an Earth-orbit spacecraft entering the Earth’s atmosphere on re-entry. As such, the result in s very powerful sonic boom shockwave that can cause concussion wave damage on the ground, and there is fear with a 20-foot diameter meteor either hitting the ground or exploding at low altitude with the force or a W80 nuclear warhead (around 150 to 200 KT explosive yield). That type of impact or atmospheric explosion could flatten cities.
Even an object this “small” can make some humans have a very bad day depending on how much burns through entry to Earth.
That's what, about a million miles away? Much ado about very little.
That's what, about a million miles away? Much ado about very little.
Somebody please cue up the scene from The Wizard of Oz where Dorothy’s house fell on the WIcked Witch of The West...
Who’s house? I mean, are we talking something like my 600 square foot bungalow starter home or Al Gore’s 10,000+ square foot mansion?
ISS real damp inside now.
Another consequence of global warming no doubt.
“House-Sized Asteroid”
Someone is playing Zathura again!