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‘Moby Dick’ Asteroid 2000 EM26 is Missing – Help Astronomers Find It
universetoday.com ^
| February 18, 2014
| Bob King on
Posted on 02/18/2014 2:00:32 PM PST by BenLurkin
Sloohs robotic telescope attempted to recover the asteroid and share its speedy travels with the world but failed to capture an image at the predicted position.
Now nicknamed Moby Dick after the elusive whale in Herman Melvilles novel of the same name, the asteroids gone missing in the deep sea of space. Earthlings need fear no peril; its not headed in our direction anytime soon. Either the asteroids predicted path was in error or the object was much fainter than expected. More likely the former.
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Rather than throwing their hands up in the air, the folks at Slooh are calling upon amateur astronomers make a photographic search for the errant space rock in the next few nights.
Since the asteroid was last observed 14 years ago for only 9 days, it isnt too surprising that uncertainties in its position could add up over time, shifting the asteroids position and path to a different part of the sky by 2014. According to Daniel Fischer, German amateur astronomer and astronomy writer, the positions were off by 100 degrees! As Paul Cox, Sloohs Observatory Director, points out:
Discovering these Near Earth Objects isnt enough. As weve seen with 2000 EM26, all the effort that went into its discovery is worthless unless followup observations are made to accurately determine their orbits for the future.
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: 2000em26; catastrophism
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Hmmm....
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posted on
02/18/2014 2:00:32 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
ask James Carville and Senator Waxman. they should know where it is.
To: BenLurkin
Captain Aayehab weel find er, right Captain.
To: BenLurkin
can we send the starship enterprise out there?
To: Uncle Chip
we need all them (tITLAPD) pirates lookin', aye cap'tun?
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posted on
02/18/2014 2:20:16 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: BenLurkin
Did Chris Christie eat it?
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posted on
02/18/2014 2:23:00 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/18/2014 2:23:10 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: BenLurkin
What about the asteroid they were going to name after Trayvon Martin?
To: Dilbert San Diego
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posted on
02/18/2014 2:36:54 PM PST
by
nesnah
(Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
To: skinkinthegrass
Word is that Starbuck is readying the Pequod with supplies.
Ishmael and Queequeg are rounding up a crew.
Shipping out shortly to find and harpoon that elusive critter.
To: BenLurkin
I don't know where it is but this guy was on it when it disappeared from view:
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
02/18/2014 3:11:05 PM PST
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: BenLurkin
If it changed course, that's bad news.
Next we'll see it hovering over New York, issuing ultimatums. Or worse.
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posted on
02/18/2014 4:02:18 PM PST
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: BitWielder1
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posted on
02/18/2014 5:45:10 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin; 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
Thanks BenLurkin. Zero warning is good for ya, keeps ya alert. ;')
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posted on
02/18/2014 7:28:55 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: SunkenCiv; All
It’s missing? Don’t look it me, I didn’t take it. I’m innocent!
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posted on
02/18/2014 7:33:52 PM PST
by
rdl6989
To: BenLurkin
Moby Dick?
They should have named it "Social Security Trust Fund."
To: BenLurkin
There it is - and it’s heading straight for Earth. Aaaaaagh!
To: Uncle Chip
Aye Capt'um! ..ready that thar scowl..
what no sails, it's powered by what?
a bloody firecracker! ..better naval rocket!
(*muttering* ..shiver me timber)
umm.. yes..i did volunteer you
scurrilous scalawag..no..thar be no mutiny
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posted on
02/19/2014 12:40:25 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: BenLurkin
Earthlings need fear no peril; its not headed in our direction anytime soon. Either the asteroids predicted path was in error...If the predicted path may have been in error, how do they KNOW it's not headed in our direction anytime soon?
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posted on
02/19/2014 6:29:12 AM PST
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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