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Asteroid TX68 is approaching!
Posted on 02/17/2016 2:03:07 AM PST by djf
Asteroid TX68 is coming!
OK, it's probably gonna miss... but maybe not!
Asteroid TX68, from it's name 2013 TX68 was discovered in 2013. It is supposed to approach closer than anything else recently, at .044 times the Lunar distance, or about 11,000 miles.
Not sure why they use LD as a measurement because LD changes all the time, but so it goes...
Comments or thoughts are always appreciated!
TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 2013tx68; asteroid; asteroidtx68; catastrophism; globullwarmthing; space; teotwawki; tx68
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posted on
02/17/2016 2:03:07 AM PST
by
djf
To: djf
Oh, and btw, I call it an asteroid, but really it’s an NEO, or near-Earth object.
It’s dimensions are not all that huge, only being about 30 mtrs in diameter.
Not life on Earth ending size.
Bit would make a great 4th of July event!
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posted on
02/17/2016 2:07:07 AM PST
by
djf
("It's not about being nice, it's about being competent!" - Donald Trump)
To: djf
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posted on
02/17/2016 2:11:14 AM PST
by
Duchess47
("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
To: Duchess47
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posted on
02/17/2016 2:12:25 AM PST
by
djf
("It's not about being nice, it's about being competent!" - Donald Trump)
To: djf
Calculations based on available data indicates that at closest approach to Earth on March 5, 2013 TX68 could pass as far away as 9 million miles (14 million kilometers) or as close as 11,000 miles (17,000 kilometers).
Quite a wide margin.
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posted on
02/17/2016 2:13:44 AM PST
by
maddog55
(America Rising a new Civil War needs to happen.)
To: djf
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posted on
02/17/2016 2:16:47 AM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: maddog55
You would think by now they would be able to predict these things better.
I was getting all calm and not bothered about it until I read on Wiki about the Russian meteorite that exploded over Chelyabinsk.
It is estimated to be about 20 mtrs in diameter.
And it produced an atmospheric blast of 500 KT.
So... see ya on March 6th!
Hopefully!
;-)
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posted on
02/17/2016 2:25:43 AM PST
by
djf
("It's not about being nice, it's about being competent!" - Donald Trump)
To: djf
Thanks, step-son’s birthday, I ought to remember that.
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posted on
02/17/2016 2:26:50 AM PST
by
Duchess47
("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
To: djf
Since I am tired and cannot think straight - what differentiates an asteroid from a NEO or for that matter a flying rock? Is it the size or the distance?
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posted on
02/17/2016 2:32:35 AM PST
by
Nailbiter
To: djf
If you haven’t read Lucifer’s Hammer, I recommend it highly. Or any of the Niven-Pournelle collaborations, for that matter. The Mote in God’s Eye is probably their best, but they’re all really good.
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posted on
02/17/2016 2:32:57 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Nailbiter
Well, I’m thinking it’s not exactly like it’s from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, so technically it’s not an asteroid. But it might actually be an asteroid, albeit a small one. I can check my Flamarrions to see if there is anything there.
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posted on
02/17/2016 2:37:25 AM PST
by
djf
("It's not about being nice, it's about being competent!" - Donald Trump)
To: FreedomPoster
Thanks. I did read it many, many years ago. Great book!
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posted on
02/17/2016 2:39:44 AM PST
by
djf
("It's not about being nice, it's about being competent!" - Donald Trump)
To: djf
Changes by an inch or two a year(slowly moves away). Also changes all the time by orbit shape. Still averages 240 000 miles ( some just round up to a quarter million miles).
Not enough change to not say LD
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posted on
02/17/2016 3:06:22 AM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: djf
And it produced an atmospheric blast of 500 KT.Consider me a NIMBY too. If it hits, I'd prefer it hit elsewhere and far away.
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posted on
02/17/2016 3:07:54 AM PST
by
Sirius Lee
(Cruz or Lose 2016)
To: djf
Any chance we can place it on top of Mecca?
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posted on
02/17/2016 3:12:00 AM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Sirius Lee
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posted on
02/17/2016 3:16:16 AM PST
by
djf
("It's not about being nice, it's about being competent!" - Donald Trump)
To: djf
"March 5th."
Hmmm, good timing - I'll be at Langley AFB for a wedding.
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posted on
02/17/2016 3:41:45 AM PST
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: djf
Not sure why they use LD as a measurement because LD changes all the time, but so it goes...
...
The average distance is fairly consistent, and everybody is familiar with the Moon and its relationship to Earth. I think that’s why they use it.
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posted on
02/17/2016 3:52:09 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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posted on
02/17/2016 4:05:51 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
To: djf
Are we all gonna die this time?
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posted on
02/17/2016 4:14:46 AM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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