Asteroid 2004 FH

Spaceweather.com ^ | 3/18/2004 | NASA

[Orlando]

Newly-discovered asteroid 2004 FH is going to fly-by our planet TODAY, March 18th , 2200 GMT) 5:08 pm, est. only 43,000 km , which is only 26,500 miles from Earth.

[cmsgop]

Really????

[cogitator]

Maybe, but I saw the same effect with a large Perseid about five years ago. It was the only audible terminating explosion I've ever heard for a meteor. A couple of years ago I saw a naked-eye fireball -- I thought it was a flare, because it was BRIGHT red and white.

[RightWhale]

Is it over? Did we survive?

[Phil V.]

I'm giving it AT LEAST another 24 hours.

There MAY BE a CIA/Bush/Cheny/Rummy trick afoot.

I'd advise against outside activities.

[StriperSniper]

Did we survive?

We must have, this can't be Heaven. ;-)

[Argh]

It missed us, but I can't believe it missed Hillary's ass.

[cyborg]

Not when I still see Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer as my senators.

[RightWhale]

They say many don't even notice when they pass, just like that Bruce Willis movie. Wouldn't hurt to ask now and then. :)

[b4its2late]

I would've loved to have been able to see it.....

[tet68]

I just saw something go whizzing by the trailor.
Was that it? I wouldn't be surprised if it was,
I have all my tornado decoys set out.(Inflatible
Doublewides.)

[capitan_refugio]

Prudent move. Very prudent.

[b4its2late]

You sound prepared for just 'bout anythin'! LOL!

[blam]

"Consider that two-thirds of the surface is ocean, which would mean the only evidence of such a hitg would be tidal waves. We might have no knowledge of the Siberian hit except for a few curious scientists. It wasn't even suspected of being a meteorite or comet until the 1950s."

The midnight sky in London was bright enough to read the newspaper after the Tunguska event.

[blam]

Shep Smith on Fox News said it had passed and we survived. Pictures tomorrow.

[StriperSniper]

They say many don't even notice when they pass,

That would make John Garfield one very happy dead man.

[blam]

Evidence Of Tunguska-Type Impacts Over The Pacific Basin Around The Year 1178AD

[RightWhale]

A reference to 'Between Two Worlds'?

[StriperSniper]

A reference to 'Between Two Worlds'?

I don't think so, because I never heard of 'Between Two Worlds'.

He died 'in the saddle', so to speak. The first I ever heard of him was when a broker I used to work with set me up with one of his clients. We were in a cab to her place and she told me that it was he grandmother who was 'with' him at the time of his passing. That didn't last long enough for me to find out if that was true, or if she inherited any 'special talents' from grandma. ;-)

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Good graphic. Just to put it in perspective for you, the current Earth-Moon distance is: 377,819.69 kilometers or 234,766.271 miles. This asteroid came considerably closer!

[RightWhale]

Might be true. Sure beats Elvis.