Apparently, an asteroid is passing the Earth tomorrow night around 10:30pm BST and it might be closer to the moon :o

Apparently, an asteroid is passing the Earth tomorrow night around 10:30pm BST and it might be closer to the moon :o

Closer to the moon than what? Or do you mean it'll be closer to earth than the moon?

Will we be able to see it?

Closer to the moon than what? Or do you mean it'll be closer to earth than the moon?

Yes, the OP means closer to the earth than the moon.

Will we be able to see it?

Not without a telescope, sadly. It's only about 1300 feet in diameter and will pass by 190,000-ish miles away.

Here are a couple of links


http://news.sky.com/home/technology/article/16103728

http://www.freep.com/article/20111106/NEWS07/111106013/Quarter-mile-wide-asteroid-coming-close-Earth?odyssey=nav%7Chead

I think you can get some cream for asteroids.

Is this the Sheffield asteroid?

Is this the Sheffield asteroid?

Are you thinking of the Sheffield Star? It's a late-type star, in the constellation of Ragus Minor; a million light years from our world, it's really not very bright at all. It seems to be in perpetual danger of disappearing into its own black hole.

Where's Bruce Willis when you need him?

Making Die Hard 14 or something

Making Die Hard 14 or something


Think you mean Die Hard 22. :hihi: :hihi:

http://desktopdiva.i.ph/photo/d/1892-1/die-hard.jpg

Think you mean Die Hard 22. :hihi: :hihi:

http://desktopdiva.i.ph/photo/d/1892-1/die-hard.jpg

Liked that link, :D:D

Will they ever end? He is actually making another one that is due out at Christmas think.

Yep just checked - Die Hard 5 is out nexxt month

Apparently, an asteroid is passing the Earth tomorrow night around 10:30pm BST and it might be closer to the moon :o

Dont mean to be picky, but it is GMT now, not BST.

NASA animation:

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/images/2005_YU55_approach_movie.gif

Dont mean to be picky, but it is GMT now, not BST.

Only quoting Yahoo :hihi:

I think we will be ok, if not it was not a pleasure and it was not nice knowing any of you.

I think you can get some cream for asteroids.

Wots it come in, a tanker? The things 1300ft in diameter man.

NASA animation:

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/images/2005_YU55_approach_movie.gif

I was expecting blockbuster graphics there. My eyes hurt now. :mad:

I was expecting blockbuster graphics there. My eyes hurt now. :mad:

:hihi: stunning!

I think we will be ok, if not it was not a pleasure and it was not nice knowing any of you.
An asteroid that size is only capable of destroying a large city (say New York or London), so even if it hit the earth, it would only affect SF if it fell directly on Sheffield.

It could cause a 75 foot tsunami wave if it fell into the sea but again, our elevation above sea level would protect us.

This asteroid is quote small (about the size of an aircraft carrier) compared to the comet in Deep Impact (3 miles wide).

Apparently, an asteroid is passing the Earth tomorrow night around 10:30pm BST and it might be closer to the moon :o

Eh?

It will be within the moons orbit, closer than the moon.

It won't be visible to the naked eye, you need at least a 6 inch telescope apparently.

My wife bought one specially for the occasion - its 3 and half inches at most but she is insistent its 6 inches.

Will six inches still be big enough if the weather is cold ?

My wife bought one specially for the occasion - its 3 and half inches at most but she is insistent its 6 inches.

Will six inches still be big enough if the weather is cold ?

Light pollution is the biggest problem for astronomers, so she'll be insisting on turning the lights out before using it.

It won't be visible to the naked eye, you need at least a 6 inch telescope apparently.

Not only that, but it will be very dim and moving (compared to other objects in the sky) extremely fast, so any novice astronomer is unlikely to be able to find it before it's gone. I wouldn't rate my chances at all highly, for instance.