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[omega3000]

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

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!

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 

[Lizzie_Zoom]

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

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!

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!

I am glad I don't use a sat nav!

[Marks DTM Calib]

Pretty much no comms are via satellite these days (apart from the rare useage of sat phones) so no worries there

[PhilRich]

"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/

 

You wouldn't like it landing on your big toe Nick! the nail would be black for ages

[Lizzie_Zoom]

"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/

 

Very interesting   Like the look of the later comet that is going to run close to the sun.  That could be quite a sight

[Varche]

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".

[paul.lovejoy]

so should i carry on with the kitchen or leave it

[Lizzie_Zoom]

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".

Well that would be one way of clearing the over population down here!

[SMD]

Where the hell was Bruce Willis ! Where was America ? 

[Varche]

The BBC said this morning it is tonight. Absolutely no info on where to look and when for whom. Most strange

Anyone know?

[SMD]

They were wrong

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116

[Lizzie_Zoom]

They were wrong

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116

Wow!

That was  impressive, and a very rare example of humans being hurt by a meteor.

[Nickbat]

They were wrong

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116

Who was wrong? 

This has nothing to with the asteroid.

[SMD]

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

[Lizzie_Zoom]

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.