DA 14 is on its way

http://rt.com/news/paint-asteroid-earth-nasa-767/

On Mar 5, 2:31*pm, bob haller wrote:
http://rt.com/news/paint-asteroid-earth-nasa-767/

Blast it or paint it: Asteroid to threaten Earth in 2013

A dangerous asteroid heading to the Earth was spotted by stargazers
three years after it had got onto its current orbit

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To avert a possible catastrophe – this time set for February 2013 –
scientists suggest confronting asteroid 2012 DA14 with either paint or
big guns. The stickler is that time has long run out to build a
spaceship to carry out the operation.

*NASA's data shows the 60-meter asteroid, spotted by Spanish
stargazers in February, will whistle by Earth in 11 months. Its
trajectory will bring it within a hair’s breadth of our planet,
raising fears of a possible collision.


The asteroid, known as DA14, will pass by our planet in February 2013
at a distance of under 27,000 km (16,700 miles). This is closer than
the geosynchronous orbit of some satellites.

There is a possibility the asteroid will collide with Earth, but
further calculation is required to estimate the potential threat and
work out how to avert possible disaster, NASA expert Dr. David Dunham
told students at Moscow’s University of Electronics and Mathematics
(MIEM).

“The Earth’s gravitational field will alter the asteroid’s path
significantly. Further scrupulous calculation is required to estimate
the threat of collision,” said Dr. Dunham, as transcribed by Russia’s
Izvestia. “The asteroid may break into dozens of small pieces, or
several large lumps may split from it and burn up in the atmosphere.
The type of the asteroid and its mineral structure can be determined
by spectral analysis. This will help predict its behavior in the
atmosphere and what should be done to prevent the potential threat,”
said Dr. Dunham.

In the event of a collision, scientists have calculated that the
energy released would equate to the destructive power of a thermo-
nuclear bomb.

In response to the threat, scientists have come up with some ingenious
methods to avert a potential disaster.

*Fireworks and watercolors

With the asteroid zooming that low, it will be too late to do anything
with it besides trying to predict its final destination and the
consequences of impact.
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imagine its to cross geo sync orbit, it could make the clarke belt
unusable.

wierdly it was first spotted in february but as far as i know this was
the first coverage by the media

It will NOT hit us in 2013, and in 2020 probably not either:


http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...-us-next-year/

On Mar 5, 1:13*pm, jacob navia wrote:
It will NOT hit us in 2013, and in 2020 probably not either:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...04/no-asteroid...

But if it did hit, that might be a game changer for the various
national
space programs.

Le 06/03/12 00:44, | a écrit :
On Mar 5, 1:13 pm, jacob wrote:
It will NOT hit us in 2013, and in 2020 probably not either:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...04/no-asteroid...

But if it did hit, that might be a game changer for the various
national
space programs.

Maybe but it would be the equivalent of a 2MT atomic bomb...

It would really be a nasty event. Better not.

And anyway, if it is determined that it *could* hit us in 2020
it would be a boost anyway since we would have to change its course
in a time window of 4-5 years.

"bob haller" wrote in message
...


imagine its to cross geo sync orbit, it could make the clarke belt
unusable.

Seriously what are you smoking? Even a worse case scenario, it hit a
satellite crossing inbound and outbound it would do no such thing.

How do you sleep at night with such paranoia.?



wierdly it was first spotted in february but as far as i know this was
the first coverage by the media



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On Mar 5, 1:36*pm, Bbo Hallr wrote:

The asteroid, known as DA14, will pass by our planet in February 2013
at a distance of under 27,000 km (16,700 miles). This is closer than
the geosynchronous orbit of some satellites.

....Golly gee-whiz jeepers and gosh! It won't matter because the
world's supposed to end (again) on December 12, 2012. We'll all be
gone and - except for trolls and nutjobs like Bbo, Guthie and the rest
of their ilk - joined the Choir Invisible for two months already by
the time the damn thing hits!

[shakes head in utter dismay]

OM

On Mar 6, 2:31*pm, "Greg \(Strider\) Moore"
wrote:

How do you sleep at night with such paranoia.?

....Greg, ol' buddy, you may have hit the nail on the head there. He
doesn't sleep. It's all paranoia induced by chronic sleep deprivation.
Nothing 100mg of Zolpidem forcibly administered before he's allowed to
touch a computer wouldn't cure.

Oh sure, it'll put him out like a light, but if it does so before he
has a chance to post, that's just one troll less to deal with...

OM

In article
,
B0b Mosley wrote:

On Mar 5, 1:36*pm, Bbo Hallr wrote:

The asteroid, known as DA14, will pass by our planet in February 2013
at a distance of under 27,000 km (16,700 miles). This is closer than
the geosynchronous orbit of some satellites.

...Golly gee-whiz jeepers and gosh! It won't matter because the
world's supposed to end (again) on December 12, 2012. We'll all be
gone and - except for trolls and nutjobs like Bbo, Guthie and the rest
of their ilk - joined the Choir Invisible for two months already by
the time the damn thing hits!

[shakes head in utter dismay]

OM

That altitude would place its perigee closer than ALL geosynchronous
satellites (about 23000 miles).