Asteroid hits Earth just hours after discovery

AOL ^ | February 13, 2023 | LI COHEN

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

While the U.S. was busy celebrating the Super Bowl on Sunday night, Europeans had their own spectacle. Early Monday morning, a bright flash streaked across the skies over Western Europe as an asteroid discovered just hours earlier made its impact with Earth's atmosphere.

The asteroid, dubbed Sar2667, was first detected on the evening of Feb. 12 by astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky in Hungary. He told Space.com that he found the asteroid during a routine near-Earth object hunt using a 2-foot telescope.

"It was immediately obvious that it was an NEO, but it wasn't particularly fast across the sky," he said, "as it was heading right towards us, and it was faint."

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I searched and did not see this posted elsewhere. This article answers the question, "Are any asteroids discovered before they hit the earth?" Enjoy.

[Telepathic Intruder]

An asteroid can be described as anything bigger than a pebble. Most meteors are no bigger than a grain of sand. Most of them are dust sized which you can see on a clear night.

[twister881]

A sign that 99.8% of the world’s population indeed preferred fiery destruction over the Chiefs or the Iggles winning the Super Bowl.

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

“Don't Look Up” 😜

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I worked with a woman at Lincoln Labs who had managed the LINEAR program. She had an asteroid named after her. She was the only person I ever met or knew who had an asteroid named after them.

[Sirius Lee]

While the U.S. was busy celebrating the Super Bowl on Sunday night, Europeans had their own spectacle.

Oh yeah? Well anybody who watched the Super Bowl witnessed a giant hemorrhoid blaze across their screens at halftime.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I switched over to Murder She Wrote during halftime. I haven't seen a decent (in both senses of the word) halftime show in decades.

[COBOL2Java]

How soon before they try to tell us it’s because of climate change?

[CIB-173RDABN]

I switched over to Murder She Wrote during halftime. I haven’t seen a decent (in both senses of the word) halftime show in decades.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_halftime_shows

In the beginning they had the university bands play during half time and slowly they began getting big name entertainers popular (or well known) at the time. I suspect the older we get the less in touch with “popular” music we become.

[Roccus]

This was the third consecutive SB I’ve missed after seeing every one that preceded it. In all that time I can honestly say that I NEVER watched a halftime SB show...not a one.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

You misplaced your quotes. Should have been popular “music.” There’s no musicality to it.

[eartick]

There was a super bowel ?

[Telepathic Intruder]

Nice. Now if she could download her neural synaptic pathways into that asteroid she might achieve a truer form of immortality. I guess that will do for now, however.

[moovova]

“I suspect the older we get the less in touch with “popular” music we become.”

I, for one, am still in touch with “good taste”.

[adorno]

Are we dead? Are we all now just spirits of our former selves?

[cuban leaf]

I thought the super bowl was in January.

[cuban leaf]

Yep. None of that long hair hippie music for me. No sir. 🤣

[daler]

As I watched the SB halftime show, I commented to my spouse “that’s just a bunch of noise!”

And quickly realized those were my dad’s exact words when describing the music I was listening to in the ‘60’s.

[MortMan]

We are spirits in a material world.

[woodbutcher1963]

2005-2010 had a good string of classic bands:

Paul McCartney

Rolling Stones

Prince

Tom Petty

Springsteen

The Who

I know some people here do not like their politics, but these were all Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame acts