[ronnie raygun]

We need this to be diverted and helped along to hit congress

[NormsRevenge]

Should make for a nice display, hope it’s bigger and not too small.

I’ll post pics and links later or feel free to post what ya see.

[djf]

Ruh Roh!!

Oct 7th!!!

[fso301]

It’s going to start out as a very cold rock and then get hot real fast, so fast that rapid thermal expansion will cause it to fragment into smaller pieces.

[apastron]

Maybe Khadafi's house will get hit........

again.

[TexasNative2000]

Small asteroid about to burn up in sky over Africa....

....Women and minorities hardest hit.

[CE2949BB]

Spaceguard.

[NormsRevenge]

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/

CfA Press Release

Release No.: 2008-19

For Release: Monday, October 06, 2008

Boulder-sized Asteroid Will Burn Up in Earth’s Atmosphere Tonight

Cambridge, MA - A tiny asteroid discovered just hours ago at an Arizona observatory will enter Earth’s atmosphere harmlessly at approximately 10:46 p.m. Eastern time tonight (2:46 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time). There is no danger to people or property since the asteroid will not reach the ground. It is between 3 and 15 feet (1-5 m) in diameter and will burn up in the upper atmosphere, well above aircraft heights. A brilliant fireball will be visible as a result.
“We want to stress that this object is not a threat,” said Dr. Timothy Spahr, director of the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center.

“We’re excited since this is the first time we have issued a prediction that an object will enter Earth’s atmosphere,” Spahr added. Odds are between 99.8 and 100 percent that the object will encounter Earth, according to calculations provided by Andrea Milani of the University of Pisa.

When a meteoroid (small asteroid) enters the atmosphere, it compresses the air in front of it. That compression heats the air, which in turn heats the object, causing it to glow and vaporize. Once it starts to glow, the object is called a meteor.

“A typical meteor comes from an object the size of a grain of sand,” explained Gareth Williams of the Minor Planet Center. “This meteor will be a real humdinger in comparison!”

The meteor is expected to be visible from eastern Africa as an extremely bright fireball traveling rapidly across the sky from northeast to southwest. The object is expected to enter the atmosphere over northern Sudan at a shallow angle.

“We’re eager for observations from astronomers near the asteroid’s approach path. We really hope that someone will manage to photograph it,” said Williams.

The Minor Planet Center, which is located at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, serves as the worldwide clearinghouse for asteroid and comet observations. It collects, checks and disseminates observations and calculates orbits.

Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) is a joint collaboration between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory. CfA scientists, organized into six research divisions, study the origin, evolution and ultimate fate of the universe.

[Old Sarge]

"And behold, a light appeared in the skies as a slashing blade of Change, and the Sheep arose with a great voice, crying, 'Who is like unto The One (piss be upon Him), who shall bring Change unto us?" And The One did grin, and the Sheep did feast upon the sloths and carp and anchovies..."

[Deaf Smith]

"a fiery but harmless dive into Earth's atmosphere"

We'll know later if they got the measurements correct.

"15 Meters? I thought you meant feet when I calculated that. You didn't tell me we were going metric this week." /sarc?

[Red_Devil 232]

It is allah's will

Hopefully it will break up on entry or else we will have the making of another shrine.

[Plutarch]

Small asteroid about to burn up in sky over Africa

Just as the Washington Post reputedly will report when the world ends: Minorities hardest hit.

[dfwgator]

I had a small asteroid once, but I used this and it cleared right up.

[gop4lyf]

Any chance it can be diverted to Mecca, Medina, or the al Aqsa mosque?

[unspun]

Perhaps God will have it land on Barack’s cousin, Odinga.

[ajwharton]

It will fall on Joe Biden. Problem solved!

[SunkenCiv]

Note: these topics are (mostly) from early October.

Major Bolide Forecast Tonight; No Damage Expected
SkyandTelescope.com | 10/06/2008 | Tony Flanders
Posted on 10/06/2008 6:25:00 PM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2099188/posts

Great balls of fire
- Astronomers discover and track incoming asteroid for the first time
Nature News | 8 October 2008 | Ashley Yeager
Posted on 10/08/2008 6:28:48 PM PDT by neverdem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100982/posts

Why the World Needs Asteroid Insurance: Resident Astronaut {sky is falling alert}
Popular Mechanics | 10/9/2008 | Thomas D. Jones
Posted on 10/11/2008 7:05:35 AM PDT by shove_it
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103080/posts

Satellite Sees Atmospheric Asteroid Strike (Oct 7);
Ethiopian Volcano Lava Covers 115 Square Miles
October 7 and November 6
Posted on 11/06/2008 7:18:08 AM PST by cogitator
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2126980/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/asteroid/index