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03-06-2012, 03:02 PM
From Victor's List:
JPL/NASA's "NEAR EARTH OBJECT PROGRAM -- IMPACT RISK of ASTEROILD 2012
D14:
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http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2012da14.html
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http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/03/04/no-asteroid-2012-da14-will-not-hit-us-next-year/
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http://spyghana.com/science-and-technology-news/asteroid-2012-da14-not-hit-earth-year-says-astronomer/
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http://www.webpronews.com/asteroid-da14-earth-seek-and-destroy-2012-03
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_DA14
"The Daily Mail, Tuesday, March 6, 2012
A 150-foot asteroid orbiting Earth called 2012 DA14 will pass so close
to Earth it will fly UNDER man-made satellites orbiting our planet.
NASA's Impact Risk report said that the odds of the space rock actually
hitting our planet are very low indeed -- but on February 15 next year
it will pass just 17,000 miles from Earth, closer than "geostationary"
satellites. IF an asteroid of that size hit our planet, it would cause
an explosion similar to a NUCLEAR BLAST."
Some reports suggested that on February 15 next year an impact was a
possibility, but U.S astronomer Phil Plait, the creator of the Bad
Astronomy blog, has ruled out an impact.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/03/04/no-asteroid-2012-da14-will-not-hit-us-next-year/
"He wrote: "Asteroid 2012 DA14 is almost certainly NOT going to hit Earth
next February. And by 'almost certainly,' I mean it. The odds of an
impact are so low they are essentially zero. This does not rule out an
impact at some future date, but for now we're safe."
"The space rock will come within 17,000 miles of Earth, which is closer
than some of our satellites, but Plait says this is NOTHING to worry
about."
He adds: "Seventeen thousand miles is well beneath many of our own
orbiting satellites. To the best of my knowledge, this is the closest
pass of a decent-sized asteroid ever seen before the actual pass itself.
However, let's again be very clear -- it will miss. In astronomical
terms, 17,000 miles is pretty close, but in real human terms it's a
clean miss."
Victor's report continues: "Last night a space rock caused panic across the UK, with police forces
inundates with calls after spotting it in the sky and mistaking it for a
burning aircraft. Police forces across the UK were inundated with calls
last night after a large fireball, thought to be a meteor, was spotted
in the sky.
http://www.theoutpostforum.com/tof/showthread.php?495-Huge-fireball-crosses-the-UK-skies-9-40pm-3rd-March-2012&p=7756#post7756
Reports of a "bright light" and an "orange glow" were received by police
across Scotland and the north of England at about 9.40 p.m. yesterday.
The Met Office tweeted: "Hi all, for anyone seeing something in the
night sky, we believe it was a meteorite."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ojnWnY4ADck#!
The Kielder Observatory also reported the sighting of a "huge fireball"
travelling from north to south over Northumberland. The Observatory
posted on Twitter: "Of 30 years observing the sky, fireball best thing I
have ever seen period."
JPL/NASA's "NEAR EARTH OBJECT PROGRAM -- IMPACT RISK of ASTEROILD 2012
D14:
/
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2012da14.html
/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/03/04/no-asteroid-2012-da14-will-not-hit-us-next-year/
/
http://spyghana.com/science-and-technology-news/asteroid-2012-da14-not-hit-earth-year-says-astronomer/
/
http://www.webpronews.com/asteroid-da14-earth-seek-and-destroy-2012-03
/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_DA14
"The Daily Mail, Tuesday, March 6, 2012
A 150-foot asteroid orbiting Earth called 2012 DA14 will pass so close
to Earth it will fly UNDER man-made satellites orbiting our planet.
NASA's Impact Risk report said that the odds of the space rock actually
hitting our planet are very low indeed -- but on February 15 next year
it will pass just 17,000 miles from Earth, closer than "geostationary"
satellites. IF an asteroid of that size hit our planet, it would cause
an explosion similar to a NUCLEAR BLAST."
Some reports suggested that on February 15 next year an impact was a
possibility, but U.S astronomer Phil Plait, the creator of the Bad
Astronomy blog, has ruled out an impact.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/03/04/no-asteroid-2012-da14-will-not-hit-us-next-year/
"He wrote: "Asteroid 2012 DA14 is almost certainly NOT going to hit Earth
next February. And by 'almost certainly,' I mean it. The odds of an
impact are so low they are essentially zero. This does not rule out an
impact at some future date, but for now we're safe."
"The space rock will come within 17,000 miles of Earth, which is closer
than some of our satellites, but Plait says this is NOTHING to worry
about."
He adds: "Seventeen thousand miles is well beneath many of our own
orbiting satellites. To the best of my knowledge, this is the closest
pass of a decent-sized asteroid ever seen before the actual pass itself.
However, let's again be very clear -- it will miss. In astronomical
terms, 17,000 miles is pretty close, but in real human terms it's a
clean miss."
Victor's report continues: "Last night a space rock caused panic across the UK, with police forces
inundates with calls after spotting it in the sky and mistaking it for a
burning aircraft. Police forces across the UK were inundated with calls
last night after a large fireball, thought to be a meteor, was spotted
in the sky.
http://www.theoutpostforum.com/tof/showthread.php?495-Huge-fireball-crosses-the-UK-skies-9-40pm-3rd-March-2012&p=7756#post7756
Reports of a "bright light" and an "orange glow" were received by police
across Scotland and the north of England at about 9.40 p.m. yesterday.
The Met Office tweeted: "Hi all, for anyone seeing something in the
night sky, we believe it was a meteorite."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ojnWnY4ADck#!
The Kielder Observatory also reported the sighting of a "huge fireball"
travelling from north to south over Northumberland. The Observatory
posted on Twitter: "Of 30 years observing the sky, fireball best thing I
have ever seen period."