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.
31,000 mph (50,000 km/h)
So...what is figure in “feet per second”?
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?
And there’s no video surveillance footage of this explosion? No dashcams or home security systems?
Fastest ever seen in recorded history, not necessarily fastest ever seen.
DUCK!!!
5.56mm