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10-11-2010, 08:58 AM
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Heads up, asteroid fly-by
Don Yeomans, Manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program Office replied to an inquiry about the object and said the newly discovered NEO 2010 TD54 is approximately 5-10 meters in size, and is now predicted to pass about 46,000 km from Earth’s surface at about 07:25 EDT (11:25 UT) on Tuesday, Oct 12, 2010. It was discovered by Catalina Sky Survey on Saturday morning.
Read more here:
http://www.universetoday.com/
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10-11-2010, 10:54 AM
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10-11-2010, 01:04 PM
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Duck.
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10-11-2010, 01:10 PM
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catch it
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10-11-2010, 01:30 PM
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Whew!
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10-11-2010, 02:38 PM
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Very, VERY close. What would make it even better would be if it passed just before sunrise, in sucha an orbit as to be lit a bit by the sun & close enough to see.
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10-12-2010, 08:21 AM
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A small asteroid will fly past Earth early Tuesday within the Earth-moon system. The asteroid, 2010 TD54, will have its closest approach to Earth's surface at an altitude of about 45,000 kilometers (27,960 miles) at 6:50 EDT a.m. (3:50 a.m. PDT). At that time, the asteroid will be over southeastern Asia in the vicinity of Singapore. During its flyby, Asteroid 2010 TD54 has zero probability of impacting Earth. A telescope of the NASA-sponsored Catalina Sky Survey north of Tucson, Arizona discovered 2010 TD54 on Oct. 9 at (12:55 a.m. PDT) during routine monitoring of the skies.
2010 TD54 is estimated to be about 5 to 10 meters (16 to 33 feet) wide. Due to its small size, the asteroid would require a telescope of moderate size to be viewed. A five-meter-sized near-Earth asteroid from the undiscovered population of about 30 million would be expected to pass daily within a lunar distance, and one might strike Earth's atmosphere about every 2 years on average. If an asteroid of the size of 2010 TD54 were to enter Earth's atmosphere, it would be expected to burn up high in the atmosphere and cause no damage to Earth's surface.
More here:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-332
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10-12-2010, 04:18 PM
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That missed the Earth by just over three planetary diameters. In astronomical terms, that bullet parted our hair.
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Last edited by Ought Six; 10-13-2010 at 02:22 AM.
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