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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Lizzie_Zoom on 07 February 2013, 19:36:37
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No one seems to have posted what could be the answer to all the World's problems. An asteroid is coming to call - well within 17,200 miles of us - on February 15th.
Watch this video and think, "what if the scientists have missed off a figure in their calculation". No, don't worry scientist never get anything wrong!! ::) ::) ::) :D :D :D
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2013/feb/07/asteroid-earth-animation
Bruce Willis is on call apparently to deal with it ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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'Twas on the beeb on the 4th
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21325992
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'Twas on the beeb on the 4th
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21325992
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Ah right! We should be safe then as it was on the BBC ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;) :y
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What I found interesting is "more info" in a week. What info? :o
I wonder if it will cause some sector of the planet problems but no point in causing mass panic just yet!
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Yes 17,000 odd miles is a pretty long way-unless you're talking about such things as this-in which case it becomes a very near miss!Just hope they're not a fraction out with their calculations I have other things planned than getting squished by an asteroid!!!
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If you are worried about the one in February .. then don't read about this one .....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20961003
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Just makes you think how vulnerable we are :(
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better get my crash helmet out then :D :D :D
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If you are worried about the one in February .. then don't read about this one .....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20961003
:) :) :)
This one says 14 million km but could hit but the other is 17000 km but safe. I guess the timing makes the error on this one so much larger. Come back in 20 years and reassess!
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"The impact of a 50-meter asteroid is not cataclysmic--unless you happen to be underneath it."
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/28jan_2012da/ (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/28jan_2012da/)
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Closer than a geostationary satellite! So .. that's pretty close, then.
Maybe it'll take out some of Sky's babies on the way through ;D
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dam means i have to finish the work on the house after all >:(
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If you are worried about the one in February .. then don't read about this one .....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20961003
:) :) :)
Scarry! :o :o :o :o
Still reading on it states "astronomers say there is still a one-in-200,000 chance that it could strike Earth in 2036." That's ok then as I will be 82, and that will be enough for me! You other younger buggers can just get on with it! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Closer than a geostationary satellite! So .. that's pretty close, then.
Maybe it'll take out some of Sky's babies on the way through ;D
That had occurred to me: how far out do our satellites orbit the Earth? Could it take out the Sky satellites? Thank God I use BT vision via an aerial! ::) ::) :D :D :D ;)
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Closer than a geostationary satellite! So .. that's pretty close, then.
Maybe it'll take out some of Sky's babies on the way through ;D
That had occurred to me: how far out do our satellites orbit the Earth? Could it take out the Sky satellites? Thank God I use BT vision via an aerial! ::) ::) :D :D :D ;)
Geostationary orbit is ~22,000 miles above sea level at the equator - which is where Sky, communications and so on live. There's plenty of other stuff between the earth and that point, though (and higher) - lots of tasty targets to hit!
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Closer than a geostationary satellite! So .. that's pretty close, then.
Maybe it'll take out some of Sky's babies on the way through ;D
That had occurred to me: how far out do our satellites orbit the Earth? Could it take out the Sky satellites? Thank God I use BT vision via an aerial! ::) ::) :D :D :D ;)
Geostationary orbit is ~22,000 miles above sea level at the equator - which is where Sky, communications and so on live. There's plenty of other stuff between the earth and that point, though (and higher) - lots of tasty targets to hit!
Maybe if it nudges it a bit Ralf will get a better signal ;D
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Closer than a geostationary satellite! So .. that's pretty close, then.
Maybe it'll take out some of Sky's babies on the way through ;D
That had occurred to me: how far out do our satellites orbit the Earth? Could it take out the Sky satellites? Thank God I use BT vision via an aerial! ::) ::) :D :D :D ;)
Geostationary orbit is ~22,000 miles above sea level at the equator - which is where Sky, communications and so on live. There's plenty of other stuff between the earth and that point, though (and higher) - lots of tasty targets to hit!
It could be interesting then! :o :o :D :D ;)
I am glad I don't use a sat nav! ;D ;D ;D
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Pretty much no comms are via satellite these days (apart from the rare useage of sat phones) so no worries there
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"The impact of a 50-meter asteroid is not cataclysmic--unless you happen to be underneath it."
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/28jan_2012da/ (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/28jan_2012da/)
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You wouldn't like it landing on your big toe Nick! the nail would be black for ages :D ;D
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"The impact of a 50-meter asteroid is not cataclysmic--unless you happen to be underneath it."
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/28jan_2012da/ (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/28jan_2012da/)
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Very interesting :y :y Like the look of the later comet that is going to run close to the sun. That could be quite a sight 8) 8) 8)
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Would the world governments tell their people if the asteroid was going to skim the earths surface - lets say Tashkent?
No. There would be mass panic.
I am still waiting for the "more info". ;D ;D
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so should i carry on with the kitchen or leave it ::) :) :)
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Would the world governments tell their people if the asteroid was going to skim the earths surface - lets say Tashkent?
No. There would be mass panic.
I am still waiting for the "more info". ;D ;D
Well that would be one way of clearing the over population down here! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Where the hell was Bruce Willis ! Where was America ? >:(
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The BBC said this morning it is tonight. Absolutely no info on where to look and when for whom. Most strange ::)
Anyone know?
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They were wrong
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116
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They were wrong
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116
Wow! :o :o :o :o :o
That was impressive, and a very rare example of humans being hurt by a meteor. :o :o
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They were wrong
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116
Who was wrong? ???
This has nothing to with the asteroid.
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You are probably right. I was watching it on the news and they did say it wasn't the same one as in the OP but its a coincidence that this one hit the same day as the other was predicted
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You are probably right. I was watching it on the news and they did say it wasn't the same one as in the OP but its a coincidence that this one hit the same day as the other was predicted
That is how I saw it. The asteroid is something else, but this meteor shower was very unusual in the way it has damaged property and injured up to 500 people. It is extremely rare for this to transpire as usually they fall into the sea or in uninhabited areas of the World, with the meteorite if ever found, another rarity, being just a small rock. :y
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Just goes to show if we are hit by these meteor showers there is no place to hide ::) Frightening to say the least :(
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Sky reporting numerous videos from Russia, people going about their daily lives to be interrupted by huge pressure waves from the meteor braking windows and one instance blowing in a large and sterdy factory door.
Well, I say huge, relative to the size of the vapour trail. The passing meteor seemed ewuivelant to a bomb going off in the next street.
Impressive. :o
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That landing on your head would certainly ruin your day. :o :o :o :o
Just goes to show that none of us know when the grim reaper is going to call. :o :o :o :o
Impressive picture and very lucky near miss for the people of Chebarkul. Would have probably been much worse with a much bigger shock wave if it had landed on land rather than water. Fortunately, Cherbarkul seems to be largely surrounded by lakes.
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It is strange to recall that the last large explosion of an incoming meteor was also in Russia, in 1908:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiXpp-i442s
I will always be startled by the pictures we first saw at school of the acres of flattened trees caused by this event. Then though it was in a very sparsely populated area of Russia, unlike this latest strike.
We can only imagine what the asteroid strike was like 65 millions years ago that doomed the large dinosaurs to history. ;)
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Wow, impressive shock wave. Like standing next to a huge super gun/howitzer when fired. :o
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I'm surprised no-one as yet in the media seems to have ascribed the technical term for this meteor. It was a superbolide.
There you go, just thought I'd let you all know. ;) ;D
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:o http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Many injured by the shock wave when glass shattered :(
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I'm surprised no-one as yet in the media seems to have ascribed the technical term for this meteor. It was a superbolide.
There you go, just thought I'd let you all know. ;) ;D
House! ;D
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More info on tonights asteroid near miss.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21442863
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I'm surprised no-one as yet in the media seems to have ascribed the technical term for this meteor. It was a superbolide.
There you go, just thought I'd let you all know. ;) ;D
Im sure the ruskies have a name for it too,
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so should i carry on with the kitchen or leave it ::) :) :)
;D ;D ;D ;D
so.... are we going to see this passing tomight then?
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This "could" have been anything mind you. <Q twilight zone music> from an Asteroid, meteor, to an alien space ship or a large piece of space junk. The areas been sealed off by police around the crash site, so how will we ever know....? I mean this is the usual excuse for UFO activity right? Govt excuse sop. <twilight zone music fades out>
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so should i carry on with the kitchen or leave it ::) :) :)
;D ;D ;D ;D
so.... are we going to see this passing tomight then?
When the windows shatter from the sonic boom we will know (http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii269/theogrit/1sm116tonofbricks.gif)
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The Yanks will be getting jealous!After all aren't all killer Asteroids/meteorites/alien invasions aimed directly at America and nowhere else?All the films show this so it must be true surely?
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:D :D :D :D :D nah its missed been nice if it landed on the houses of parliment never mind we can live in hope :D :D :D :D
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Yeah. Been and gone. I didn't feel a thing.
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Yeah. Been and gone. I didn't feel a thing.
so the earth didnt nove for you then mate :D
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Bloody glad it missed - just filled the Jag up with petrol :)
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No dumb blonde jokes please.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2277529/CNN-anchor-suggests-meteor-hurtling-Earth-result-global-warming.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2277529/CNN-anchor-suggests-meteor-hurtling-Earth-result-global-warming.html)
On second thoughts, they are permitted on this occasion.... ;) :o ;D
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??? ??? ??? how bloody thick can you get i think evan a blond could figure that one out she aint blond she aint anythink
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No dumb blonde jokes please.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2277529/CNN-anchor-suggests-meteor-hurtling-Earth-result-global-warming.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2277529/CNN-anchor-suggests-meteor-hurtling-Earth-result-global-warming.html)
On second thoughts, they are permitted on this occasion.... ;) :o ;D
Quite understandable that she was panicing a bit, where she was trying to find on a map in which part of Australia, Russia is located. :o ;D ;D ;D ;D
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It just proves that there are quiet a few people who want to blame everything on "global warming" no matter how ridiculous that is! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ;)
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As it happens, I was laying in an outdoor pond last night, looking at the sky for other reasons, and there were loads of shooting stars, quite a treat.
Not sure if due to asteroid, or simply because it was proper dark here. Proper dark.
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Some pictures from Reuters of the meteors over Russia. Check out the size of the hole in the ice!! :o
http://www.reuters.com/article/slideshow/idUSBRE91E05Z20130215#a=1
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Some pictures from Reuters of the meteors over Russia. Check out the size of the hole in the ice!! :o
http://www.reuters.com/article/slideshow/idUSBRE91E05Z20130215#a=1
Yes, I saw that, quite some hole. It will be interesting to see what they manage to retrieve from the lake's bed? :y :y :y :y
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Some pictures from Reuters of the meteors over Russia. Check out the size of the hole in the ice!! :o
http://www.reuters.com/article/slideshow/idUSBRE91E05Z20130215#a=1
That is some hole and I am sure divers will be going down to see what caused it / how big the thing is! Meteorites are usually quite small when found, so perhaps it was the heat from the meteor that expanded it's entry point. ;)
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Some pictures from Reuters of the meteors over Russia. Check out the size of the hole in the ice!! :o
http://www.reuters.com/article/slideshow/idUSBRE91E05Z20130215#a=1
That is some hole and I am sure divers will be going down to see what caused it / how big the thing is! Meteorites are usually quite small when found, so perhaps it was the heat from the meteor that expanded it's entry point. ;)
The size will depend upon whether a diver of fisherman finds it! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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As it happens, I was laying in an outdoor pond last night, looking at the sky for other reasons, and there were loads of shooting stars, quite a treat.
Not sure if due to asteroid, or simply because it was proper dark here. Proper dark.
Now theres coming home pished, and theres coming home seriously mished.
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As it happens, I was laying in an outdoor pond last night, looking at the sky for other reasons, and there were loads of shooting stars, quite a treat.
Not sure if due to asteroid, or simply because it was proper dark here. Proper dark.
Now theres coming home pished, and theres coming home seriously mished.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Too much cloud cover to see anything tonight, and with the wind, its about minus ten gazillion here this evening.
Though I won't freeze, after I got out of the pond, I put a beer coat on ;D
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Speaking of roids, I've got some bloody huge ones that need some cream putting on. :y
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Speaking of roids, I've got some bloody huge ones that need some cream putting on. :y
And if you dont get on with it soon , they will be of "astro" proportions.
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24,000 glaziers have been dispatched to the region, where the gas system is off and needs to be fully checked before it goes back on, windows are blown out and it is -20degC at night. :o :o :o :o
There have been reports of people smashing windows to get new glass to European standards. ::)
I don't think they will fix the zinc factory shown in various pictures just by replacing the cracked glass in a window. :o :o