Posted on 12/27/2022 7:28:30 PM PST by BenLurkin
A 500-foot-wide asteroid called 2010 XC15 will pass by Earth on December 27.
Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and NASA want to examine the 2010 XC15 space rock to test their preparation against Apophis. This dangerous asteroid might hit our planet in 2029.
The researchers will use the HAARP (High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program) array to shoot 9.6 megahertz radio waves at the 2010 XC15 asteroid. HAARP is a government-funded research program that generally studies the ionosphere (part of Earth’s atmosphere at 50 to 400 miles above the surface).
However, this will be the first time it will be employed to examine an asteroid.
Astronomers have been shooting radio waves in space to spot asteroids; figure out their shape, trajectory, structure of their surface, and many other characteristics. For this purpose, they use radio waves having frequency ranges either in the S-band (2,000 to 4,000 MHz) or X-band (8,000 to 12,000 MHz).
Interestingly, for probing 2010 XC15, the researchers are using waves of much lower frequency (9.6 MHz) and longer wavelengths because, this time, they don’t just want to explore the surface of the asteroid. They want to know what’s inside.
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What in the heck does, “9.6 million radio waves” even mean. The urinalists and their editors these days are pathetic. This could mean they send a 9.GHz frequency beam for 1 second and finished.
Make that MHz not GHz.
Additional Nerd facts:
Frequency is the term for expressing the number of complete wave cycles that occur in one second for a given wavelength and is expressed in Hertz (Hz).
Wavelength is the term used for the physical length of a single complete wave expressed in meters. To convert one to the other divide the speed of light (300,000,000 meters per second) by the known value to get the unknown value:
300000000/96000000 = 31.25 meters in wavelength.
I took it to mean they were 1 Hz waves and the scientists were going to send them for 9.6 million seconds. I’m so confused.
My head mega-hurts after reading that.
Johnny Fever here. Here is 50,000 watts coming to you from WKRP!
There ya go. That’s much more funny than I was aiming at.
>>Astronomers have been shooting radio waves in space <<
What are they shooting them with; and what is their hit:miss ratio?
Since the waves are invisible, how do they know if they hit them or not?
What happens to the radio waves they do hit, and how does that help detect anything, Mr. Brahambhatt?
Not real exciting - just a chirp. Heard it.
They aren’t getting any smarter out there...
Yes. Who writes these headlines.
Where does it say this in the Bible.
Bible says the opposite.
Liberal twaddle.
Why do you think there would be an effect?
We bounced radar off of Venus back in the 1960s.
Literally millions of 'em!
And they were electromagnetic waves! (They're the worst kind!)
So far, no counter-attack from the Venusians!
Those Weicheier!
Seriously: That's how its rotational period was first determined.
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Regards,
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The radio waves did did come back to earth. Hams like me worldwide listened and heard them on 9.6. It was a sweeping signal every 2 seconds......zoooot.....zooot......zooot.
In science class, they were taught social justice.
In astronomy class, they were taught social justice.
In journalism, they were taught social justice.
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