leeby   10 #1 Posted February 7, 2013 Is it right what I've just seen on the news.. a meteor heading for earth 15 metres long missing earth by 17000 mile and the suns abit upset throwing some kind of storm and sending some kind of wave to earth knocking all the satellite's down ect..nasa say its the closest one were getting from many decades... kimd of scary if you ask me.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared   315 #2 Posted February 7, 2013 15 meters? Thats tiny in asteroid terms.  Are you sure it's not 15 miles or kilometres across? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
pecsaetan   10 #3 Posted February 7, 2013 Must be a slow news day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Riannon   10 #4 Posted February 7, 2013 Is it right what I've just seen on the news.. a meteor heading for earth 15 metres long missing earth by 17000 mile and the suns abit upset throwing some kind of storm and sending some kind of wave to earth knocking all the satellite's down ect..nasa say its the closest one were getting from many decades... kimd of scary if you ask me..  Not much to be scared about if it's passing by 17000 miles away. It's the ones that hit us you need to worry about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
leeby   10 #5 Posted February 7, 2013 May be wrong in the measurement but it was on the news Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
pecsaetan   10 #6 Posted February 7, 2013 Not much to be scared about if it's passing by 17000 miles away. It's the ones that hit us you need to worry about.  Exactly.  Absolute pointless story, nothing more than scare mongering of the "what if" type. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
quisquose   10 #7 Posted February 7, 2013 (edited) 45 metres wide. Look towards The Plough at about 21:30 on 15th February.  http://www.activeastronomy.org/your-guide-to-tonight-s-sky/asteroid Edited February 7, 2013 by quisquose added link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
speleo1 Â Â 10 #8 Posted February 7, 2013 http://rt.com/news/paint-asteroid-earth-nasa-767/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
leeby   10 #9 Posted February 7, 2013 15 metres though..wouldn't that do some big damaged to us all? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Rampent   10 #10 Posted February 7, 2013 Not much to be scared about if it's passing by 17000 miles away. It's the ones that hit us you need to worry about.  Most land on Eskimos - they don't count. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
best sheff   10 #11 Posted February 7, 2013 I blame the Government, for these meteors' tonight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
leeby   10 #12 Posted February 7, 2013 Blimey 45 metre...crikey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...