To: RightGeek
What the heck, 24,800 miles? Thats just outside geosync orbit.. that is very, very close, for comfort. 32 footer? That would make a nice, big boom.
4 posted on
09/07/2016 9:24:31 AM PDT by
Paradox
(Opinions can evolve, but Principles should be immutable.)
To: Paradox
Sounds really ####ing close, even to a layman like me!!!
no danger?!?!
10 posted on
09/07/2016 9:28:37 AM PDT by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: Paradox
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What the heck, 24,800 miles? Thats just outside geosync orbit.. The good news is that geostationary is a very narrow ring and even if the asteroid travelled within that radius, the likelihood of collision with a comms sat is vanishingly small.
The bad news is, as you say, that's awful damn close. And we only had one days' advance notice... If it hit a city it'd make one hell of a mess.
15 posted on
09/07/2016 9:32:58 AM PDT by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: Paradox
It could make a new ‘Great Lake’ real quick..
34 posted on
09/07/2016 9:43:36 AM PDT by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
To: Paradox
32 footer ? Not really. The 2013 Chelyabinsk Meteor was about twice the size (~60 feet) when it hit the upper atmosphere.
Not even CLOSE to a SMOD. . . .
70 posted on
09/07/2016 10:48:53 AM PDT by
Salgak
(You're in Strange Hands with Tom Stranger. . . .)
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