Visualization of the trajectory and impact of asteroid 2024 BX1, which exploded over Germany Jan. 21, 2024.Image credit: European Space Agency
Posted on 05/05/2024 8:21:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Scientists have calculated the rotational speed of asteroid 2024 BX1, which exploded over Berlin earlier this year, by letting it trail in images of the sky. It turns out, 2024 BX1 was spinning faster than any other near-Earth object ever seen...
The space rock, dubbed 2024 BX1, turned into a fireball and exploded over Berlin in the early hours of Jan. 21. Although small asteroids on collision courses with Earth are typically detected only when they crash into the atmosphere, scientists spotted this one roughly three hours before impact.
That's not the only way 2024 BX1 was unusual, according to a paper published to the preprint database arXiv on April 5. Researchers think the asteroid, which was traveling 31,000 mph (50,000 km/h), was rotating once every 2.6 seconds — the fastest spin ever seen for an asteroid.
Previously, the record for the fastest-spinning asteroid belonged to a flying rock called 2020 HS7, which showed a rotation period of 2.99 seconds. That asteroid measured between 13 and 24 feet (4 to 8 meters) in diameter, which is slightly bigger than 2024 BX1 and may explain why the latter spun faster...
Devogèle and his colleagues studied the rotational speeds of three asteroids, including 2024 BX1, using images they took as the objects approached Earth. The other two asteroids, 2023 CX1 and 2024 EF, were described based on close calls with our planet recorded on Feb. 13, 2023, and March 4, 2024, respectively.
The researchers developed a new technique to visualize the asteroids' dizzying rotational speeds. The method involved adjusting the size of the aperture — the hole light passes through to enter a camera — to keep the starry background sharp and let the asteroid appear as a trail of light.
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Visualization of the trajectory and impact of asteroid 2024 BX1, which exploded over Germany Jan. 21, 2024.Image credit: European Space Agency
No, no, no, no, NO!
Increase mass, reduce velocity, set for lower latitude to adjust trajectory for impact 2800 miles west right on the coastline of Martha’s Vineyard.
Nice cover with the science angle, albeit a bit corny (re ‘spin’).
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Rotating at the dizzying speed of once every 2.6 seconds. More like a knucleball. Everything’s relative.
The Mahdi is supposed to climb out of a well...
31,000 mph (50,000 km/h)
So...what is figure in “feet per second”?
Oh, well. LOL
The Mahdi is supposed to climb out of a well...
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He need a very strong scent of blood to encourage him to begin the arduous climb from the 7th century to the 21st.
Which is why Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons so they can start a full scale nuclear war, creating enough blood to get him out of the well and on to extermination the entire human race, wait that’s supposed to be bringing the human race to Paradise.
If one asteroid wants to hit another an impart spin, then, I mean, who are we to stop them? And really, from their POV, isn’t it really we who are spinning? Bot of compassion, folks. Is that too much to ask?
Interesting because the book of Revelation prophesies demonic creatures coming out of the earth as well.
And there’s no video surveillance footage of this explosion? No dashcams or home security systems?
Spot on: for a fastball, a good spin rate is between 2,200 to 2,600 RPM, and for sliders, it ranges from 2,500 to 2,900 RPM (for context, 2,400 RPM would be 40 revolutions per second)
A million billion kazillin.😋
Fastest ever seen in recorded history, not necessarily fastest ever seen.
...he’s supposed to be born of a man, out the poop-chute (REALLY!)
Ewww
Right, because they’re scientists talking only about observations.
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