It wouldn't surprise me if they were...
Willsorr75, thanks for your post and you are right about that..
Meanwhile I just found out about something else. I can't find any verification on it yet. Newly - discovered asteroid on way to earth in 24 hours - hazardous.
I'm not finding anything in the Close approach data that is supposed to come that close...
Yowbarb
Since my post, Spaceweather updated their site and have a video of the fireball event.
Here are a couple of a captures of their video.
- Yowbarb
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http://spaceweather.com/
As of the morning of September 28, 2013, a home outside of Peebles, Ohio, in the Locust Grove area of Adams County burned to the ground last night, the two residents of the home, an elderly couple, Jane and Lyle Lambert, died as a result of smoke inhalation. The fire is believed to be caused from the meteor or pieces of the heated meteor that hit the home. The state fire marshal is investigating the fire.
http://www.examiner.com/article/was-it-a-meteor-that-lit-up-the-sky-last-night
Since my post, Spaceweather updated their site and have a video of the fireball event.
Here are a couple of a captures of their video.
- Yowbarb
...
http://spaceweather.com/
One small detail omitted from mainstream media reports about the Ohio fireball is that two people died when it impacted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mdxLacCmSSQ
The local news source quoted in this video speculates that the deceased elderly couple perished from smoke inhalation because hot embers from the meteorite ignited their home.QuoteAs of the morning of September 28, 2013, a home outside of Peebles, Ohio, in the Locust Grove area of Adams County burned to the ground last night, the two residents of the home, an elderly couple, Jane and Lyle Lambert, died as a result of smoke inhalation. The fire is believed to be caused from the meteor or pieces of the heated meteor that hit the home. The state fire marshal is investigating the fire.
http://www.examiner.com/article/was-it-a-meteor-that-lit-up-the-sky-last-night
Is that really a likely scenario? Of course not. If the thing smashed into the ground 300 yards away, the explosion and ground tremor would have been enough to wake the dead. Unless the Lamberts were petrified, frightened to death or otherwise not ambulatory, they should have had ample time to exit the house before succumbing to smoke inhalation. It seems more likely they were killed by the impact itself, but of course, if that were reported, readers might become concerned, so the cause of death is labeled as something that could have happened in any common house fire. That helps people file the event as unusual but keeps the resulting casualties within the comfort zone of normalcy and tacitly says, nothing more to see here.
This is a great site, I looked back at previous years, and we have DOUBLED the amount of events since 2010 and the year is not even done yet. I am amazed how most people do not even notice how much increase in meteors we have had these past couple of years. Thanks Barb!
Barb: When you click on the website link and it loads, on the left side is a tool to look at the total events for this year and previous years. I only went back to 2010 and could see that we have more than doubled since then.
http://spaceweather.com/
EARLY ORIONIDS:
Earth is entering the outskirts of a debris stream from Halley's comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Last night, Oct. 12th, cameras in NASA's All-Sky Fireball Network detected two bright Orionid fireballs over the United States. The shower is expected to peak this year on Oct. 21st with ~20 meteors per hour between local midnight and dawn. An almost-full Moon on peak night will sharply reduce visibility, so watch out for the early Orionids. They might be the only ones you see
http://spaceweather.com/
EARLY ORIONIDS:
Earth is entering the outskirts of a debris stream from Halley's comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Last night, Oct. 12th, cameras in NASA's All-Sky Fireball Network detected two bright Orionid fireballs over the United States. The shower is expected to peak this year on Oct. 21st with ~20 meteors per hour between local midnight and dawn. An almost-full Moon on peak night will sharply reduce visibility, so watch out for the early Orionids. They might be the only ones you see
Thanks for that info Barb. I'm marking my calendar!
This is great Barb, thanks!
Here is another video which claims that another fireball exploded over Russia. Apparently sources are claiming it was a transformer exploding but the person who made this video thinks otherwise. Interesting to say the least.
Found it on "Before it's News."
"What is now being called a new meteor has exploded over Russia and caught on cameras as shown in the videos below. If this is indeed was caused by a meteor and not a ‘transformer explosion’ as has been argued by some, what is causing this onset of meteor explosions around the world in recent days, weeks and months? Does this have something to do with Comet ISON or is this just ‘the new normal’? "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_DnF90YFOA
I checked the previous years and this is what I found:Endtimesgal, thanks for doing that comparison.
2012: 2149 reports
2011: 1637 reports
2010: 954 reports
Wakey Wakey, as Marshall would say, something BIG is going on folks!
Got some close approaches...APPROACHING! http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/Dania I hope you see my post... :o
2014-Feb-10 0.0160 (LD) 6.2
2014-Feb-11 0.0317 (LD) 12.3
2014-Feb-11 0.0252 (LD) 9.8
2014-Feb-12 0.0227 (LD) 8.8
2014-Feb-18 0.0227 (LD) 8.8
2014-Feb-20 0.0113 (LD) 4.4
Pretty amazing! Thanks Barb! :)
http://www.earthriseinstitute.org/coms_coming.html
This is from this page http://www.universetoday.com/107606/comets-prospects-for-2014-a-look-into-the-crystal-ball/
2014′s most anticipated comet has to be C/2013 A1 Siding Spring, expected to reach magnitude 7.5 and become binocular-worthy for southern hemisphere skywatchers as it traverses the southern circumpolar constellations this September. Northerners will have to wait until early October for the comet to climb into the evening sky by way of Scorpius and Sagittarius. Watch for an 8th magnitude hazy glow in the southwestern sky at that time.
Also scroll down this page to find comet your after & then click on it http://www.aerith.net/comet/future-n.html
P.
Of course, I just remembered it could also be passing below us or above us as well :D
This was originally in "HuffPo" then yahoo.
The headline in Yahoo was:
"Four Fireballs spotted along East Coast and Midwest" (all same day I believe). Worth the read because of the usual authoritarian claim that the four fireballs are unrelated.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/25/fireballs-sky-east-us_n_5882472.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
Here's another fireball, this time over Pittsburgh. There's an article and even a 6-second video of it at this link:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/500-pound-fireball-over-pittsburgh-223749241.html
"500 Pound Fireball Over Pittsburgh"
The following qualifies as "cosmic events" I think:
"Mysterious Sounds Above Earth"
https://screen.yahoo.com/mysterious-sounds-above-earth-164506547.html
Note: This video is about two years old, but still very relevant:
Strange UFO Phenomena World Wide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOqOPk97TPo
You Tube has a fair amt. of rumors of an asteroid strike to Earth on various upcoming dates - September 15th, 23rd, 28th.There is also the rumor of Sept. 23 apocalyptic stuff, also involving explosions, tsunami, etc., but this one supposedly man-derived and supposedly to occur in Gulf of Mexico just off coast of Houston. I'll get link and post, hopefully today.
So you think there is any truth to the September 15th, 23rd or 28th asteroid rumors?
I don't have a specific link, lots of videos being posted. Of course no such object listed here: UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/ (I read these frequently.) - bt
NASA: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4692 NASA: There is no Asteroid threatening Earth
OK, here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsbRj7rU4nw
Title is "Asteroid Kill Zone September 23, 2015", but shortly into the video, the guy says, "It's not going to be an asteroid, it's going to be a nuke."
It's only about 10 minutes.
SIX huge asteroids ARE coming our way as doommongers insist world will end in TWO weeks
dittoQuoteSIX huge asteroids ARE coming our way as doommongers insist world will end in TWO weeks
Spontaneous chuckle ::)
lets assume its correct for half a second Puerto Rico is toast and we wouldn't have to support the government there any more....Brazil is hit by a massive tidal wave....and nothing survives a 12 on the richter scale.....if you check all the conspiracy nut jobs will you see a guy who says it will hit next to texas in the gulf of mexico on youtube.....great huge tidal wave over texas..... I have relatives there....they are more worried about rogue cops then huge rocks....and you would be able to see it in the night sky long before it hits....no one has reported or taken a picture of it. If I'm wrong I'm more than happy to fly out do a little search and rescue. ::)A few of us have stopped thinking about the next idiot coming into office because they/we have stopped voting. After all, it's a scam and a sham, to my way of thinking. But alas it took decades to discover that.
You should be worried about the next idiot coming into office.....regardless what party you vote for.....
if I vote then I have the right to bitch about it..... :POne of my good friends usually ends her e's with the following quote, or something very similar:
....and here's yet another one.....(and the funniest sentence of all is the last one telling us that NASA has made asteroid detection a top priority, but remember the one that hit the former Soviet Union not too long ago? Nobody, especially not NASA, had a clue it was inbound.)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/592987/End-of-the-world-asteroid-Blood-Moon-September-apocalypse-armageddon-comet-meteor
Asteroid that could wipe out LONDON on course for hair-raising pass of Earth in FIVE days
AN asteroid big enough to destroy LONDON will make a nerve-wrackingly close pass of the Earth in just FIVE days.
By Jon Austin
PUBLISHED: 08:10, Fri, Sep 25, 2015 | UPDATED: 08:26, Fri, Sep 25, 2015
51DEGREESNORTH•YouTube
The asteroid is large enough to destroy a city
The space rock 2015 SZ2 is one of six "near-Earth" flybys due on Wednesday, but while most will pass by several million miles away, it is estimated to be on an orbit of just 309,000 miles - only 1.3 times the distrance from Earth to the Moon (238,000 miles).
Significant asteroids pass Earth every week, and Nasa monitors them at up to 12 million miles away, so this is considered a cosmic close shave.
A rock of 50 metres could destroy all of London out to the M25 boundary, and a space rock of 100metres long or more could devastate a continent, causing mass destruction and tsunamis.
But the US space agency insists it, and all the others WILL pass by safey - for the next few hundred years at least.
The cosmic skim comes straight after wild predictions were made online that a huge space rock would strike Puerto Rico by the end of this month.
Fears became so widespread a rock may be about to strike that Nasa took the unusual move of issuing a statement ruling this out.
The most unsettling pass was a monster 270-metre space rock called 2012 TT5 - one of six "near-earth" flybys between September 22 and 28 when online doomsday prophets claimed the world could end.
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A space rock of 50 metres could destroy London out to the M25
Nasa gave a running comet on Twitter as it safely passed us yesterday.
Its Asteroid Watch Twitter account tweeted: "As was previously known & expected, asteroid 2012 TT5 safely passed Earth at (9:40 am BST) by 5 million miles."
This morning it added: "There are no current threats."
Doommongers had predicted the "end of days" due to a range of Bible codes, so-called prophecies, and alleged other predictions.
NASA gives each asteroid a "condition code" from zero to nine of how certain it is about its predicted orbital path.
A zero means there is "good certainty" about it, while nine means it is highly uncertain, with numbers in between on a sliding scale.
The cruise-ship-sized rock 2012 TT5 scored six, meaning there was quite high uncertainty about its position, but it appears to have been spot on in the end.
The Blood Moon Prophecy, says the end is nigh on September 28 as that coincides with the last of four 'blood moons' (total eclipses followed with six full moons in between) over the past 18 months.
Paul Chodas, of Nasa's Near-Earth Object office at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, said: "There is no existing evidence that an asteroid or any other celestial object is on a trajectory that will impact Earth."In fact, not a single one of the known objects has any credible chance of hitting our planet over the next century."Nasa has also published a statement on its website reassuring the global public the scare stories are not true.Mr Chodas added: "There is no scientific basis, not one shred of evidence, that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates."If there were any object large enough to do that type of destruction in September, we would have seen something of it by now."Nasa DOES tracks about 13,000 "near-Earth asteroids" but accepts this figure is only about 2% of those out there and it has no idea of the whereabouts to the remaining 98% of them.Of the 13,000 around 1,607 are classified as "potentially hazardous" meaning they are big enough and come within a few million miles of Earth - a distance considered a brush past in cosmic terms.
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The claim appears to have its origins in a self-proclaimed prophet Rev Efraid Rodriguez, who says he wrote to Nasa warning of the strike after receiving a message from God.
He claims he saw a vision of it "entering the airspace of the town of Arecibo in Puerto Rico, striking the sea between the island of Mona and Mayagüez and triggering a magnitude 12 earthquake.
Many "end of world" prophecies have clearly been made before and passed without incident.
Still, the latest online doomsday prophecies have been read by so many people that NASA was forced to issue a statement, reiterated this week, saying the chances of an impact around that time or within the next few hundred years were next to zero.
So which asteroids were due to pass close to us between September 22 and 28 and what were the chances of them posing any danger?
There were SIX so-called "close approaches" of "near Earth" asteroids due to pass within a cosmic fraction of the planet within the doommongers' seven-day predicted timescale - but four of them have passed safely since Tuesday.
Scientists predict it would take an impact from an asteroid of 1km (0.6miles) in length and upwards to actually kill off most life on the planet.
How big are these six?
Of the six , those yesterday and due on Sunday, September 27 and Monday, are estimated as being up to 57, 39, and 31-metres-long respectively.
In June 1908 the Tunguska asteroid exploded in the atmosphere above Siberia and is the most recent major one in world history.
It saw a 50-metre lump of extraterrestrial rock rain down, flattening around 80million trees, sending a shock wave across Russia measuring five on the Richter scale.
We found the biggest rocks set to pass were Tuesday and yesterday, September 24.
In fact, on Tuesday, two asteroids whistled past - one of up to 190 metres long - the length of eight train carriages - and another cruise ship-sized space rock of about 280 metres long.
Yesterday, the whopping 270metre cruise ship asteroid passed at 5million miles.
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How far away are they?
NASA monitors massive asteroids that pass by several million miles from Earth and smaller ones at up to about 7m miles.
It seems far, but put into context the moon is 238,800 miles from us and our closes planet is Venus at 25m miles away, so the "near Earth asteroids" pass closer to the moon than other planets, and their orbits vary.
The furthest pass of the largest three was Tuesday, when the 280-metre asteroid flew by at a relatively safe 14.7million miles from us.
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NASA knows of no asteroid or comet currently on a collision course with Earth, so the probability of a major collision is quite small
NASA spokesman
How certain was Nasa about their approach path?
NASA gives each asteroid a "condition code" from zero to nine of how certain it is about the predicted orbital path it gives.
A zero means there is "good certainty" about it, while nine means it is highly uncertain, with numbers in between on a sliding scale.
Only one of the six scored a zero - fortunately the biggest 280 metres which passed by on Tuesday.
All the others scored from five or higher, meaning Nasa has a mid-way certainty on their orbital path or quite high uncertainty in two cases which scored six and seven respectively.
The most uncertain pass was a 57-metre rock on September 23, which had a condition code of seven - but its estimated 18.5m mile flyby and relative small size gave it much room for manoeuvre and it has now gone.
More concerning was the cruise-ship-sized rock, the closest, and second largest object, due thursday, September 24, which scored six.
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NASA has two categories within the near-Earth objects, including those which potentially pose a risk.
Rocks are considered a "potentially hazardous asteroid" (PHA) if they are within 4.6m miles of Earth and at least 100 metres across.
NASA says a rock of such size hitting us is "big enough to cause regional devastation to human settlements unprecedented in human history in the case of a land impact, or a major tsunami in the case of an ocean impact."
They added: "Such impact events occur on average around once per 10,000 years."
So the "cruise ship" - known as asteroid 2012 TT5 - is almost three times the size of the smallest PHA, but its 5.1million miles estimated pass puts it a cosmic cats whisper of 500,000 miles over the PAH zone.
With the level of uncertainty surrounding its orbit, it could theoretically have come within the PAH boundary.
There is also the NASA admission that it only knows the whereabouts of two per cent of the estimated 800,000 plus asteroids circling close to us, so hypothetically, an object we have no knowledge of could be on course right now.
In late 2013, Russia was unfortunate again, when a 20-metre long meteor came from nowhere and unexpectedly exploded above Chelyabinsk in Russia, injuring 1,500 people and damaging around 7,000 buildings.
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2012 TT5 is due to pass at 5.1million miles just outside the potentially hazardous zone, but Nasa ad
So should we have worried and does that mean modern-day Nostradamuses are wrong?
Nasa insists the doommongers are wrong, although a rock of 2012 TT5's size was certainly tracked to ensure it did not deviate from the projected orbit.
Nasa, and many scientists, still say we need not be worried.
It said in a statement: "NASA knows of no asteroid or comet currently on a collision course with Earth, so the probability of a major collision is quite small.
"In fact, as best as we can tell, no large object is likely to strike the Earth any time in the next several hundred years.
"NASA has also made asteroid detection a top priority, and are developing strategies for identifying asteroids that could pose a risk to our planet."
has anyone seen this video and know what is above the sun
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/mystery-orb-spotted-above-sun-6691256 (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/mystery-orb-spotted-above-sun-6691256)
norad not tracking objects stratcom is
https://www.stratcom.mil/factsheets/11/Space_Control_and_Space_Surveillance/ (https://www.stratcom.mil/factsheets/11/Space_Control_and_Space_Surveillance/)
Good point. And funny too.....and here's yet another one.....(and the funniest sentence of all is the last one telling us that NASA has made asteroid detection a top priority, but remember the one that hit the former Soviet Union not too long ago? Nobody, especially not NASA, had a clue it was inbound.)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/592987/End-of-the-world-asteroid-Blood-Moon-September-apocalypse-armageddon-comet-meteor
Asteroid that could wipe out LONDON on course for hair-raising pass of Earth in FIVE days
AN asteroid big enough to destroy LONDON will make a nerve-wrackingly close pass of the Earth in just FIVE days.
By Jon Austin
PUBLISHED: 08:10, Fri, Sep 25, 2015 | UPDATED: 08:26, Fri, Sep 25, 2015
51DEGREESNORTH•YouTube
The asteroid is large enough to destroy a city
The space rock 2015 SZ2 is one of six "near-Earth" flybys due on Wednesday, but while most will pass by several million miles away, it is estimated to be on an orbit of just 309,000 miles - only 1.3 times the distrance from Earth to the Moon (238,000 miles).
Significant asteroids pass Earth every week, and Nasa monitors them at up to 12 million miles away, so this is considered a cosmic close shave.
A rock of 50 metres could destroy all of London out to the M25 boundary, and a space rock of 100metres long or more could devastate a continent, causing mass destruction and tsunamis.
But the US space agency insists it, and all the others WILL pass by safey - for the next few hundred years at least.
The cosmic skim comes straight after wild predictions were made online that a huge space rock would strike Puerto Rico by the end of this month.
Fears became so widespread a rock may be about to strike that Nasa took the unusual move of issuing a statement ruling this out.
The most unsettling pass was a monster 270-metre space rock called 2012 TT5 - one of six "near-earth" flybys between September 22 and 28 when online doomsday prophets claimed the world could end............
if you know an asteroid going to hit your enemy are really going to tell them......if your a scientist you want to see it hit to get data.......just saying....and we probably did track it norads job track all inbound things
https://www.yahoo.comilinda, thanks so much for posting this here.
Science
Indian man could be first recorded human fatality due to a meteorite
Ars Technica 4 hours ago
A Perseid meteor is seen entering Earth's atmosphere from the International Space Station. Indian officials say a meteorite struck the campus of a private engineering college on Saturday, killing one person. On Sunday, various Indian publications, including The Hindu, reported that the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, issued a statement confirming the death: "A mishap occurred yesterday when a meteorite fell in the campus of a private engineering college in Vellore district's K Pantharappalli village." Tamil Nadu is located in southern India, and has a population of more than 70 million people. There have been no confirmed human deaths due to meteorite strikes, although there have been a number of interesting close calls, based upon a list kept by International Comet Quarterly. ...
Unfortunately it probably will be. I had a dream last year, related exactly to this, but will post it in the Dreams Board. It wasn't until this event in India happened, that I revisited my dream and then this, and figure these events are going to become so numerous that the entire phenomenon might be a turning point for some, at least in their level of awareness.https://www.yahoo.comilinda, thanks so much for posting this here.
Science
Indian man could be first recorded human fatality due to a meteorite
Ars Technica 4 hours ago
A Perseid meteor is seen entering Earth's atmosphere from the International Space Station. Indian officials say a meteorite struck the campus of a private engineering college on Saturday, killing one person. On Sunday, various Indian publications, including The Hindu, reported that the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, issued a statement confirming the death: "A mishap occurred yesterday when a meteorite fell in the campus of a private engineering college in Vellore district's K Pantharappalli village." Tamil Nadu is located in southern India, and has a population of more than 70 million people. There have been no confirmed human deaths due to meteorite strikes, although there have been a number of interesting close calls, based upon a list kept by International Comet Quarterly. ...
It does need to be here.
MadMax started a new Topic, Death by Meteorite and I have moved it here to the Cosmic Events Board. That Death by Meteorite one, we will use to compile deaths...
Hope it doesn't become too many to compile... Let's hope the predictions of multiple onslaughts of fireballs brought by the Planet X System does not happen...
Unfortunately it probably will be. I had a dream last year, related exactly to this, but will post it in the Dreams Board. It wasn't until this event in India happened, that I revisited my dream and then this, and figure these events are going to become so numerous that the entire phenomenon might be a turning point for some, at least in their level of awareness.https://www.yahoo.comilinda, thanks so much for posting this here.
Science
Indian man could be first recorded human fatality due to a meteorite
Ars Technica 4 hours ago
A Perseid meteor is seen entering Earth's atmosphere from the International Space Station. Indian officials say a meteorite struck the campus of a private engineering college on Saturday, killing one person. On Sunday, various Indian publications, including The Hindu, reported that the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, issued a statement confirming the death: "A mishap occurred yesterday when a meteorite fell in the campus of a private engineering college in Vellore district's K Pantharappalli village." Tamil Nadu is located in southern India, and has a population of more than 70 million people. There have been no confirmed human deaths due to meteorite strikes, although there have been a number of interesting close calls, based upon a list kept by International Comet Quarterly. ...
It does need to be here.
MadMax started a new Topic, Death by Meteorite and I have moved it here to the Cosmic Events Board. That Death by Meteorite one, we will use to compile deaths...
Hope it doesn't become too many to compile... Let's hope the predictions of multiple onslaughts of fireballs brought by the Planet X System does not happen...
when your time is up...... :o
(Editor's Note: Now NASAis trying to backpeddle! Notice how the title is the only place making the actual claim, and upon reading in the article it is obvious it could have been exactly what the initial reports stated. My money's on the meteorite being the culprit.)https://www.yahoo.comilinda, thanks so much for posting this here.
Science
Indian man could be first recorded human fatality due to a meteorite
Ars Technica 4 hours ago
A Perseid meteor is seen entering Earth's atmosphere from the International Space Station. Indian officials say a meteorite struck the campus of a private engineering college on Saturday, killing one person. On Sunday, various Indian publications, including The Hindu, reported that the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, issued a statement confirming the death: "A mishap occurred yesterday when a meteorite fell in the campus of a private engineering college in Vellore district's K Pantharappalli village." Tamil Nadu is located in southern India, and has a population of more than 70 million people. There have been no confirmed human deaths due to meteorite strikes, although there have been a number of interesting close calls, based upon a list kept by International Comet Quarterly. ...
It does need to be here.
MadMax started a new Topic, Death by Meteorite and I have moved it here to the Cosmic Events Board. That Death by Meteorite one, we will use to compile deaths...
Hope it doesn't become too many to compile... Let's hope the predictions of multiple onslaughts of fireballs brought by the Planet X System does not happen...
Largest Fireball Since Chelyabinsk Falls Over the AtlanticToo bad they put that photoshopped pic in. Maybe in time someone will offer their real photo.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/02/20/fireball_over_atlantic_ocean_on_february_6_2016.html
On Feb. 6, 2016, around 14:00 UTC, a tiny chunk of interplanetary material plunged into Earth’s atmosphere and burned up — likely exploding — about 30 kilometers above the Atlantic Ocean. The energy released was equivalent to the detonation of 13,000 tons of TNT, making this the largest such event since the (much larger) Chelyabinsk blast in February 2013.
“Had it happened over a populated area it would’ve rattled some windows and probably terrified a lot of people, but I don’t think it would’ve done any real damage.”
I am sure the mainstream news media would like the general public to think “all is well” be we on this forum of course know “its just the beginning” .. :o
Max.
2013 TX68 Mar 5, 2016 0.044 LD 30 m 15.32 km per secNote that the one for March 5, with the distance projected to be 0.044 LD (232,000 miles X 0.044) which is about 10,208 miles away at perigee. (For calculating, I used a distance between Earth and Moon which has been posted as anywhere from 224,000 to 238,000 miles.)
http://www.spaceweather.com/
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2013TX68;orb=1
Thought all might enjoy this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xShfZFrOqk&feature=em-uploademail
Yowbarb
:o
Marz
2013 TX68 Mar 5, 2016 0.044 LD 30 m 15.32 km per secNote that the one for March 5, with the distance projected to be 0.044 LD (232,000 miles X 0.044) which is about 10,208 miles away at perigee. (For calculating, I used a distance between Earth and Moon which has been posted as anywhere from 224,000 to 238,000 miles.)
http://www.spaceweather.com/
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2013TX68;orb=1
Hmmm, many airplane flights are about 5 miles up, so this thing would only be about twice that height. Yikes. Dust off your telescopes, binoculars and cameras.
Do you mean does anyone have ideas on why they would change the projected date? I'm not in the loop, but I thought they used math to calculate the trajectory of these bodies, and if they had done so, it would be reasonable to assume their projected date wouldn't be three days off.Thought all might enjoy this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xShfZFrOqk&feature=em-uploademail
Hi Marzstar, thanks for posting... :)
Interesting, I'm viewing it!
I paused it to check something. BPEarthWatch said "NASA had changed the Close Approach Date from the 5th to the 8th."
Once they zero in on a date, not likely they would change it. But it IS changed to the 8th! Odd, their article still says the 5th! (See screen shot below, I just got from http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ )
...
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/ UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
Anyone have ideas on all this?
More later, re the ESA date change, etc.
All The Best 2 ya,
Yowbarb
Do you mean does anyone have ideas on why they would change the projected date? I'm not in the loop, but I thought they used math to calculate the trajectory of these bodies, and if they had done so, it would be reasonable to assume their projected date wouldn't be three days off.Thought all might enjoy this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xShfZFrOqk&feature=em-uploademail
Hi Marzstar, thanks for posting... :)
Interesting, I'm viewing it!
I paused it to check something. BPEarthWatch said "NASA had changed the Close Approach Date from the 5th to the 8th."
Once they zero in on a date, not likely they would change it. But it IS changed to the 8th! Odd, their article still says the 5th! (See screen shot below, I just got from http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ )
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http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/ UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
Anyone have ideas on all this?
More later, re the ESA date change, etc.
All The Best 2 ya,
Yowbarb
So, the obvious question might be--are they just sort of guesstimating the date of arrival? It seems to primitive and unscientific but who knows? At any rate, it seems odd to be so far off--three entire days of space travel at high velocity--for something so close.
After reading your post, I realize they may not expend the energy or time to calculate an exact trajectory as they would for a large body.Do you mean does anyone have ideas on why they would change the projected date? I'm not in the loop, but I thought they used math to calculate the trajectory of these bodies, and if they had done so, it would be reasonable to assume their projected date wouldn't be three days off.Thought all might enjoy this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xShfZFrOqk&feature=em-uploademail
Hi Marzstar, thanks for posting... :)
Interesting, I'm viewing it!
I paused it to check something. BPEarthWatch said "NASA had changed the Close Approach Date from the 5th to the 8th."
Once they zero in on a date, not likely they would change it. But it IS changed to the 8th! Odd, their article still says the 5th! (See screen shot below, I just got from http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ )
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http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/ UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH
Anyone have ideas on all this?
More later, re the ESA date change, etc.
All The Best 2 ya,
Yowbarb
So, the obvious question might be--are they just sort of guesstimating the date of arrival? It seems to primitive and unscientific but who knows? At any rate, it seems odd to be so far off--three entire days of space travel at high velocity--for something so close.
ilinda, awhile back I posted the object was assigned a Condition code of 7, so on a scale of one to ten it was fairly uncertain. Today I noticed it was changed to an 8! (0 - 10.)
I'm not really sure how often they change the approach date...or the condition code.
I remember back in 2005 research done landing on asteroids... How much the sun shines on the object in its closest approach and also the degree of porosity of the asteroid's material, factors in how much closer it could veer toward the Earth.
ilinda, PS:
Update on the site is posted: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4888
News | February 2, 2016
Small Asteroid to Pass Close to Earth March 8
"We already knew this asteroid, 2013 TX68, would safely fly past Earth in early March, but this additional data allow us to get a better handle on its orbital path," said Paul Chodas, manager of CNEOS. "The data indicate that this small asteroid will probably pass much farther away from Earth than previously thought."
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2013TX68;orb=1
The nominal distance is 0.00020 (0.000207036775593362)
After reading your post, I realize they may not expend the energy or time to calculate an exact trajectory as they would for a large body.
BTW RE 2013 TX68: An object that size would deliver quite a blow if it ever hit.Imagine the force of impact of something that size. I know it's relative, but almost 100' in diameter and who knows about the density. I certainly wouldn't want to be anywhere near its zone of impact.
At 30 meters diameter that's over 3 1/4 feet x 30 = over 98 feet across. Not huge but big enough...
BTW RE 2013 TX68: An object that size would deliver quite a blow if it ever hit.Imagine the force of impact of something that size. I know it's relative, but almost 100' in diameter and who knows about the density. I certainly wouldn't want to be anywhere near its zone of impact.
At 30 meters diameter that's over 3 1/4 feet x 30 = over 98 feet across. Not huge but big enough...
Mysterious 'meteor' lights up Scottish sky, rumbles dramatically
https://www.rt.com/news/334086-mysterious-meteor-fireball-scotland/
A mysterious fireball made a dramatic entrance into the Scottish sky, lighting up the night and making a loud rumbling noise, which left residents somewhat confused. The object is believed to have been a meteor, though that has yet to be confirmed.
Police in Scotland said they received a flood of calls at around 6:55pm on Monday, after a bright flash was seen dancing across the sky, Mail Online reported. Residents said they spotted blue, white, and green lights, with many saying they heard a rumbling sound.
A mysterious fireball made a dramatic entrance into the Scottish sky, lighting up the night and making a loud rumbling noise, which left residents somewhat confused. The object is believed to have been a meteor, though that has yet to be confirmed.
Police in Scotland said they received a flood of calls at around 6:55pm on Monday, after a bright flash was seen dancing across the sky, Mail Online reported. Residents said they spotted blue, white, and green lights, with many saying they heard a rumbling sound.
The fireball was filmed by several dashcams, with drivers posting the footage online.
Mysterious 'meteor' lights up Scottish sky, rumbles dramatically
https://www.rt.com/news/334086-mysterious-meteor-fireball-scotland/
A mysterious fireball made a dramatic entrance into the Scottish sky, lighting up the night and making a loud rumbling noise, which left residents somewhat confused. The object is believed to have been a meteor, though that has yet to be confirmed.
Police in Scotland said they received a flood of calls at around 6:55pm on Monday, after a bright flash was seen dancing across the sky, Mail Online reported. Residents said they spotted blue, white, and green lights, with many saying they heard a rumbling sound.
A mysterious fireball made a dramatic entrance into the Scottish sky, lighting up the night and making a loud rumbling noise, which left residents somewhat confused. The object is believed to have been a meteor, though that has yet to be confirmed.
Police in Scotland said they received a flood of calls at around 6:55pm on Monday, after a bright flash was seen dancing across the sky, Mail Online reported. Residents said they spotted blue, white, and green lights, with many saying they heard a rumbling sound.
The fireball was filmed by several dashcams, with drivers posting the footage online.
Note from Yowbarb:Doesn't "Condition Code 8, it is Apollo object" mean it's basically space junk?
(2016 DN2) was NOT posted a few days ago in the list of Upcoming Close Approaches.
SEE: (2016 DN2) Condition Code 8, it is Apollo object
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2016%20DN2;orb=1;old=0;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#cad
Note from Yowbarb:Doesn't "Condition Code 8, it is Apollo object" mean it's basically space junk?
(2016 DN2) was NOT posted a few days ago in the list of Upcoming Close Approaches.
SEE: (2016 DN2) Condition Code 8, it is Apollo object
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2016%20DN2;orb=1;old=0;cov=0;log=0;cad=1#cad
Just thought I should pop my head in and welcome Madmax and any others I may have missed. I may not be much on moderating like I should and find I am pulled away all too often with other things. I wish to state how I do feel these discussions on all subjects are necessary for our development as a community. All of you are in my prayers as I stay busy with the choir. It is my loss for not visiting and discussing matters as I should. Perhaps after this Cantata I will have a small break and may can do mare. So Hello everyone and Madmax I have enjoyed your post as with everyone's. Oh a couple of nights back I witness junk burning up on re-entry. It was a wide green display as it quickly streaked and dissipated, odd and fast{{:>)
Just thought I should pop my head in and welcome Madmax and any others I may have missed. I may not be much on moderating like I should and find I am pulled away all too often with other things. I wish to state how I do feel these discussions on all subjects are necessary for our development as a community. All of you are in my prayers as I stay busy with the choir. It is my loss for not visiting and discussing matters as I should. Perhaps after this Cantata I will have a small break and may can do mare. So Hello everyone and Madmax I have enjoyed your post as with everyone's. Oh a couple of nights back I witness junk burning up on re-entry. It was a wide green display as it quickly streaked and dissipated, odd and fast{{:>)PS Late last night I saw a broad, really long, low streak in the sky, illuminated by the moon. Facing west it went from one horizon to another, pretty much. I think it was east to west. I'm in Central FL. It seemed low and not quite like a chemtrail but I didn't find it in the AMS log.
Very large fireball observed over London, UK!
http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2016/03/17/very-large-fireball-observed-over-london-uk/
A very large fireball was observed over London, UK at 03:16 UTC on March 17, 2016. The event was first observed by UKMON's Church Crookham station, northeast Hampshire, England.
According to the United Kingdom Meteor Observation Network (UKMON), the fireball momentarily overloaded the camera with light.
"Preliminary calculations estimate the brightens to be around -7 mag and explosion -14 mag. An estimated terminal altitude was just 30 - 34 km (18.6 - 21 miles)," UKMON's Richard Kacerek said.
"With the second video we will be able to triangulate and calculate the orbit," he added.
According to reports submitted to the UKMON/International Meteor Organization, the event was primarily seen from England, but witnesses from France and the Netherlands also reported the event. There was no sound associated, but fragmentation was observed by at least one person.
Kacerek told the BBC -->> it was the biggest sighting they have recorded. "It lasted for a few seconds. It was seen for hundreds of miles. We have received a number of emails."
Planex-X related maybe??
Max.
PS, RE (2016 DN2)Thanks for clarifying!
bottom line, this is a newly discovered object, will come fairly close but doesn't look like a chance of collision.
Did anyone catch the one line reference today on CNN.com regarding NASA'S "just discovered" existence of 72 "objects" that may affect Earth? This was in the newswire today. It was an oblique reference to it. Further, NASA said there was no real danger as far as they know that any are a danger to earth.You are right to feel NASA probably knows more than they're admitting/reporting.
I am a rookie here, but this somehow bothered me. It sounds like they know more than they are reporting.
Any comments from our senior people?
Redhairedgirl, I cannot find the link I want, but one link to a video you might not have yet seen is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9f-Bhub0LgFascinating person. Carlos Muñoz Ferrada. Marshall included him in an article and book.
In that video, astronomer Carlos Munoz Ferrada (since deceased) discusses what he believes to be on its way to our Solar System. He referred to what some often now call Planet X, as Hercolobus, and describes it as a comet-planet or planet-comet.
One error in whoever posted that video to youtube is that they interjected their own editing by saying Dr. Ferrada was talking about Ison. Most of those who study this topic believe he was not discussing Ison.
I haven't details, but just came across a report of a massive fireball that terrified the people of Chalchuapa in El Salvador. People were leaving a church and observed a red fireball suddenly appear; then disappeared. The sky glowed red for several minutes afterwards. This occurred at night on April 17th. This event made a profound impression on the local people, who, unlike most, see a sign in the occurrence. They felt that this was a sign of beginning of annihilation. They also made a connection between this event and the earthquakes that have just occurred in Ecuador. Very dramatic. This was reported by El Salvadoran media called "El Blog". I think these people are astute.You're doing fine--don't worry about "rookie status". Here's something that helps me save links for later. I created a file for desktop and call it Articles For Yowusa.
Sorry I don't have a link to provide; I'm still a rookie where this is concerned. Googling Fireball, Chalchuapa, El Salvador will bring you there.
Footage Captures Giant Green Fireball As It Streaked Across Southern California Skies
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/04/26/footage-captures-giant-green-fireball-as-it-streaked-across-southern-california/
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A giant green fireball streaked across the skies of Southern California Tuesday night.
It happened just after 10 p.m. and was captured on dash-cam video, which shows the streak as it gets closer to the ground.
U.S. Strategic Command said it does not believe it was a man-made object.
In a statement, the agency said the object did not appear to be a tracked satellite in their database.
That has led them to conclude the reentry of a man-made object did not occur.
Meanwhile, Dr. Krupp at the Griffith Observatory says they too have no idea what the object was at this time.
Several people called the CBS2/KCAL9 newsroom to report what they had seen.
It was visible from the Mexican border to the northern part of Ventura County.
Max.
A sighting in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, this time, showing what many would call a "second sun". I didn't take this and have no knowledge about it, as its link was forwarded on to me by another MO friend.
It's not proof of anything, but is yet another in the rapidly growing list of "sightings" that will soon be impossible to deny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWP4tfvbgSY&feature=youtu.be
Have you all seen this?
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6537
NASA claims to have found a "companion" asteroid to Earth, a "quasi-satellite" apparently orbiting Earth for the last hundred years.
Is this a ploy to blame sightings of the Planet X system on? Seems like NASA is discovering a lot of things lately that they somehow missed before.
PS when there was that big fireball event in Russia (people injured) that same day a near earth object passed by. 2012 DA14. Moscow 7 hours ahead of EDT. The fireball hit was just previous to the closest approach of 2012 DA14.Agree with you on the probable relationship between a fireball and NEO that, according to NASA, are just an amazing coincidence.
The press and/or NASA said no relationship between the two. I suppose that's possible, but I don't really believe that.
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Meteor Hits Russia Feb 15, 2013 - Event Archive 10:11 9,377,028 views
https://youtu.be/dpmXyJrs7iU
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Space SHTF? 148 Fireballs Reported Today! Meteor Shower! Huge Asteroid Over North Africa (Videos)
http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2016/07/alert-space-shtf-148-fireballs-reported-today-meteor-shower-huge-asteroid-over-north-africa-video-3382651.html
Just when we thought there was a slow down in this fireball phenomenon Space Weather reports 148 fireball sightings just today. Could this be a Meteor Shower before a large Impact Event? Time will tell but let’s hope not. With everything going on in the mainstream media I always tend to feel like we are being distracted in times like these. Please Share so others can be aware to discern their own preparedness plan for themselves and their family. Thanks for taking your time to watch and supporting this channel.
STAY AT THE READY…
Max.
Maybe it was a fragment of one of the close objects...I second that.
Pretty sure that is what happened with the Russian fireball hit which injured so many people... tptb insisted no connection with the close object whizzing by...Maybe it was a fragment of one of the close objects...I second that.
https://sputniknews.com/art_living/201610261046762432-russia-siberia-celestial-body-flash/
The night of October 25 saw an object falling to Earth in the Russian republic of Buryatia in Siberia; while some think it was just a meteorite, others insist it was an unidentified flying object.
The fall of an apparent celestial body in the Siberian republic of Buryatia quickly grabbed local headlines, with some suggesting that it was a meteorite and others insisting it was an unidentified flying object.
A huge comet or perhaps a meteorite was silently falling from the sky, shining bright green. It was as bright as during a daytime due to the six-second flash caused by the object," the news website Baikal-info quoted a witness as saying.
Max.
Nibiru aka sun’s twin
For the first time, I think I have a better understanding of the Nibiru/PX orbit. Your mention of the two distinct foci for Nibiru's orbit makes it a bit clearer. Maybe even Ferrada was only "close" but wasn't it he who said this orbiting mass did not obey conventional laws of physics? And maybe the reason for that is that Ferrada was only considering Earth as the main focus of Nibiru's orbit?QuoteNibiru aka sun’s twin
According to zetatalk.com, the Sun's binary-system twin is a brown dwarf star, and Nibiru (aka Planet X) is a planet (having many moons and a large dust envelope) that orbits them both in a narrow "sling" trajectory. The two foci of Nibiru's orbit are the Sun and its' binary-system twin.
The Earth also has a barren twin planet that has the same orbit as Earth does but is normally on the exact opposite side of the Sun, and hence it is never seen. However, the magnetic field of approaching PX has perturbed the trajectories of Earth, Earth's twin, and Venus, and so the twin is visible and Venus is out of place occasionally.
That is in addition to the effect of the daily wobble of the Earth's axis of rotation, which causes the Sun and the Moon to be out of place every day at regular times. This can be easily verified by comparing the actual times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, and moonset to the times predicted for your location by the US Naval Observatory at http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php This effect is more extreme at some locations than at others.
Next time probably not so lucky.. :-[
A CLOSE SHAVE Asteroid 2017 AG13 zoomed terrifyingly close to Earth and we didn’t see it coming
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2576694/asteroid-2017-ag13-zoomed-terrifyingly-close-to-earth-and-we-didnt-see-it-coming/
Gigantic space rock passed between our planet and the moon yesterday, but astronomers only spotted it on Saturday
A HIGHRISE-sized asteroid slipped quietly between the Earth and the moon yesterday, but we didn’t even see it coming.
Now designated 2017 AG13, the 10-storey (25-35m) tall space rock was first spotted on Saturday by the Catalina Sky Survey and was travelling at 16 kilometres per second, reports news.com.au.
If the asteroid had hit our planet, it would have exploded with a force equivalent to about 35 of the nuclear bombs which destroyed Nagasaki
“This is moving very quickly, very nearby to us,” an expert with astronomy news website Slooh, Eric Feldman, said during a hastily arranged live broadcast of the fly-by yesterday.
He said the asteroid was roughly the same size as a meteor which exploded in the sky above Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013.
While you were hitting snooze, we nearly hit an asteroid! At 7:47 AM EST an asteroid we only first spotted Saturday gave us a wake up call.
Max.
Social media lights up over meteor fireball in the night sky over Florida!
https://www.sott.net/article/347154-Social-media-lights-up-over-meteor-fireball-in-the-night-sky-over-Florida
There are social media reports of a fireball over Tampa around 3 a.m. early Sunday morning.
A report on the American Meteor Society webpage confirms a similar possible sighting. According to Antonio Paris, an astronomer at MOSI, seeing meteors flying across the sky isn't unusual. (Well maybe yes and maybe not..)
Max.
Thanks, yowbarb, for saying what needed to be said. MadMax has been posting, seemingly, non-stop and his articles are never boring!:)
an object the size of a small car fell from the sky
How fortunate that it didn't fall into dry brush!
One of our former Mods in Georgia had a meteorite crash through one place in her roof and go out another place in her roof. They could never find it. Close call. :oThis is the type of thing that will become increasingly common, not to mention dangerous, as the sizes and frequency will escalate. But the news media will never try to connect any of these with each other, or with anything else.
(But we know here don't we!!)
Barb, There are also some justifiable suspicions that the wildfires covering the Western part of North America (including BC in Canada) have a similar origin. You're doing the right thing to stock up.I agree with you, R.R. that some of the many fires are the result of fireballs.
We're in an unusual drought here, and I'm hoping for a good rain soon for the above reason. There was a small fireball that broke into 3 parts about half an hour north of here earlier this week. None of our regions are immune to them, but it does seem that currently some locations are seeing more than others, for whatever reason. That could all change at any time.
Barb, Thanks for posting the chart.
Here is map depicting how much of the country is currently affected by wildfires, presumably caused at least in part by fireballs. The resulting smoke, of course, affects a larger portion of the country than shown on the map.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90smv0r_5wA
@ :17
:o
Did I mention on here, one of our former administrators, Lori had her Georgia house hit by a small meteorite. It punched a hole in one portion of their ceiling and went out another... :o They went out the next day but could never find the fragment.
Quote from Barb:QuoteDid I mention on here, one of our former administrators, Lori had her Georgia house hit by a small meteorite. It punched a hole in one portion of their ceiling and went out another... :o They went out the next day but could never find the fragment.
Barb, I may already have mentioned that we had a similar experience here back in February. We had just completed getting a metal roof on the house the previous Friday, and that following Monday received a hard hit to the roof from something that we could never locate the remains of.
Another blessing of putting the metal roof on was that when the solar panels were removed during the work, we discovered that squirrels had chewed the covering off of two cables that would have ignited the roof had they touched together. Fortunately, this was corrected as soon as it was discovered, and of course the metal roof now is too slippery to allow squirrels to nest underneath the solar panels. Readers who have solar panels and an asphalt or cedar shake roof may want to have the roof inspected periodically.
Russian authorities stated that 1,491 people sought medical attention in Chelyabinsk blast within the first few days.[3] Health officials said 112 people had been hospitalised, with two in serious condition. A 52-year-old woman with a broken spine was flown to Moscow for treatment.[24] Most of the injured were hurt by the secondary blast effects of shattered, falling or blown-in glass.[24][71] The intense light from the meteor, momentarily 30 times brighter than the Sun,[47] also produced injuries, leading to over 180 cases of eye pain, and 70 people subsequently reported temporary flash blindness.[72] Twenty people reported ultraviolet burns similar to sunburn, possibly intensified by the presence of snow on the ground.[72] Vladimir Petrov, when meeting with scientists to assess the damage, reported that he sustained so much sunburn from the meteor that the skin flaked only days later.[73]
Wow, I didn't know it was possible for a meteor to avoid our gravitational pull once it had entered our atmosphere - that's amazing! :)I remember in the early days of space exploration when NASA officials would be narrating the experiences of whoever was "up there" at the time, and then when it would be time for re-entry, they would warn the audience that if the angle of re-entry was not correct, the astronauts could just "bounce" off the atmosphere, sort of skimming it, and then back out into space, presumably to be forever lost in space. .
Max, If you or anyone can think of more ways to fire-proof the outdoors around our homes, please share! Have thought of metal roofing, quick-connect garden hoses, keeping leaves raked, patrolling the woods...more ideas?This topic has been on my mind a LOT for the past year or so. Because of meteorites, asteroidites, bolides, "dust", and debris, it doesn't take a lot of deep thought to imagine many frame buildings would burn to the ground if they are not protected during such a flyby as PX.
Last but not least, we learned this from working with an elderly relative with dementia--Depends (for incontinence) do not burn. In fact, we tried with no luck, as they just sort of shrivel and condense when exposed to direct fire, but they do not combust. But tacking hundreds of Depends on one's house might not appeal to anyone, including neighbors, plus there may be some ordinance against it--public nuisance?
Then there's your fire-starter! ;DQuoteLast but not least, we learned this from working with an elderly relative with dementia--Depends (for incontinence) do not burn. In fact, we tried with no luck, as they just sort of shrivel and condense when exposed to direct fire, but they do not combust. But tacking hundreds of Depends on one's house might not appeal to anyone, including neighbors, plus there may be some ordinance against it--public nuisance?
That's a very unexpected use of them Ilinda! :)
I seem to remember from the boys' infancy that disposable diapers can explode when saturated (we used to let them go wading in a diaper) - would intermittent rain be an issue?
Then there's your fire-starter! ;DQuoteLast but not least, we learned this from working with an elderly relative with dementia--Depends (for incontinence) do not burn. In fact, we tried with no luck, as they just sort of shrivel and condense when exposed to direct fire, but they do not combust. But tacking hundreds of Depends on one's house might not appeal to anyone, including neighbors, plus there may be some ordinance against it--public nuisance?
That's a very unexpected use of them Ilinda! :)
I seem to remember from the boys' infancy that disposable diapers can explode when saturated (we used to let them go wading in a diaper) - would intermittent rain be an issue?
Not sure what the rain would do as long as they are tacked along their top edge. Maybe just dry out.
Max, If you or anyone can think of more ways to fire-proof the outdoors around our homes, please share! Have thought of metal roofing, quick-connect garden hoses, keeping leaves raked, patrolling the woods...more ideas?
Last but not least, we learned this from working with an elderly relative with dementia--Depends (for incontinence) do not burn. In fact, we tried with no luck, as they just sort of shrivel and condense when exposed to direct fire, but they do not combust. But tacking hundreds of Depends on one's house might not appeal to anyone, including neighbors, plus there may be some ordinance against it--public nuisance?
Probably depends (pun intended) on whether the glue is fireproof. If I were considering this, I might use the fireproof paint first, then glue on the Depends, then cross my fingers. It even makes one wonder if the factory where they are made has as a starting material, huge sheets or rolls, that are then cut. I'd probably investigate whether Depends material can be bought prior to it being made into the diaper-things.Max, If you or anyone can think of more ways to fire-proof the outdoors around our homes, please share! Have thought of metal roofing, quick-connect garden hoses, keeping leaves raked, patrolling the woods...more ideas?
Last but not least, we learned this from working with an elderly relative with dementia--Depends (for incontinence) do not burn. In fact, we tried with no luck, as they just sort of shrivel and condense when exposed to direct fire, but they do not combust. But tacking hundreds of Depends on one's house might not appeal to anyone, including neighbors, plus there may be some ordinance against it--public nuisance?
ilinda - this Depends idea is worth remembering.
How would it work if it they were tightly crumpled up and cemented or glued on, then covered up? Could be fireproof paint or some other covering...
This video is about fireproof paint https://youtu.be/AEG5C55UqUo
Wonder if better to glue on crumpled up Depends then paint with fireproof paint?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWRoZZC4Tuw
Not sure if this 50 second video may depict meteorite damage to the roof of a home. Homeowner says he was told by the authorities that it may have been caused by ice falling off of a plane flying overhead...
one could say it's simply out of this world.;)
...images of the asteroid show its spherical shape and a several-hundred-meters large concave area, as well as a "conspicuous dark, circular feature near one of the poles."
"Something's going on and nobody knows what it is and it's gonna be exposed soon because it's happening everywhere.
:oMakes one think of something manufactured....Quote...images of the asteroid show its spherical shape and a several-hundred-meters large concave area, as well as a "conspicuous dark, circular feature near one of the poles."
Does this sound like an asteroid description to you? Not sure what to make of it... :-X
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sRzSI-5QcE
This film narrator demonstrates his hypothesis that the meteor over Michigan may actually have been destroyed by two missiles before it reached earth.
It's getting somewhat crowded in here!
Asteroid 2018 BN6 flew past Earth at 0.94 LD, 7th within 1 LD in 9 days
https://watchers.news/2018/01/28/asteroid-2018-bn6/
This is the 7th known asteroid to flyby Earth within 1 lunar distance since January 15 and the 8th since the start of the year. 54 known asteroids flew past us within 1 lunar distance in 2017.
As of January 25, our sky surveys have discovered 17 718 near-Earth objects (NEOs), 17 611 of them are asteroids. 151 NEOs were discovered since the start of the year, all of them are asteroids.
Max.
Yowbarb Note: 2018 CC - this is the closest encounter for awhile. This Apollo object is passing by earth one half a lunar distance.
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http://www.spaceweather.com/
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2018%20CB&orb=1 Orbit diagram, 2018 CC
Looks as if it's time to put the hardhats on! :-X
Update on Tiangong I as of 8:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time on Friday evening, March 30:
It suddenly began descending steadily while I was watching the altitude reading on the screen.
Update @ 8:42 p.m.: The altitude seems to have stabilized for now.
Chinese space station spurs activation of Mich. emergency operations
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/03/29/chinese-space-station-fall-crash/
Be on the lookout for flying space junk, Michiganders.
China's Tiangong-1 space station is anticipated to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere between now and April 2 and in response, Gov. Rick Snyder activated Michigan's Emergency Operations Center today to monitor its travels.
Although unlikely, pieces of the 8.5 ton space station have the potential to land in the southern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, according to the Aerospace Corporation. Debris may contain a highly toxic and corrosive substance called hydrazine.
Anyone who suspects they have encountered debris from the space station is asked by the Emergency Operations Center to call 911 and stay at least 150 feet away from it.
While the possibility that space debris could land in Michigan looms, the odds of it actually happening are miniscul.
"When considering the worst-case location ... the probability that a specific person (i.e., you) will be struck by Tiangong-1 debris is about 1 million times smaller than the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot," according to Aerospace, a government contractor that provides research, development, and advisory services to national-security space programs.
Max.
And they just keep coming.... It's like we're living on borrowed time....
I got this notice in email from NASA about a surprise asteroid that gave us only one day of warning passing halfway between the Earth and the moon. It was the largest known asteroid to ever pass that close to Earth in observational history.
Max.
The four-metre-wide (13ft) object slipped past Nasa's asteroid warning systems and was first spotted by sensors designed to catch nuclear explosions after it struck the planet's atmosphere with a force of three kilotons.
Nasa warned last week of a vulnerability in its detection equipment that stops the space agency from picking out potentially deadly objects approaching from Earth's 'day side' until it is too late.
So it took a 3 K-ton jolt to alert us to this...putting us on an equal footing with cavemen for successfully detecting some incoming objects? :-X
Good thing it wasn’t New York City .. :oIf it had not broken apart, it seems it would have caused at least a minor tsunami, as two tons is no small thing.
A huge meteorite just splashed into the ocean, and scientists want to find it
By Mark Austin — Posted on July 1, 2018 - 10:52AM
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/nautilus-hunts-for-meteorite/
Residents of Ocean Shores, Washington, were startled on the evening of March 7 when a bright flash lit up the sky and a tremendous boom rattled the sleepy seaside town. “They thought it was a spaceship,” local resident Brittany Bryson told the Seattle Times.
It wasn’t a spaceship, but it was definitely a visitor from outer space. From analysis of radar signals, Marc Fries, NASA Cosmic Dust Curator, concluded it was a meteorite about the size of a golf cart that broke apart and splashed down into the ocean about 16 miles off the coast. Approximately two tons of fragments are likely scattered over a half-mile of seafloor.
“This is easily the biggest recorded meteor fall in the United States in 21 years,” Fries said.
Max.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rm9d5XPlFI
Asteroid 2014 US7 is scheduled to approach Earth at a distance of .00666 AU on October 17 of this year, depicted by the overlap of the white and blue orbits on the astronomical software image below.
(https://media.giphy.com/media/5PhpMvaqwGDg7MObMX/giphy.gif)
Is this an example of foreshadowing, where they say one thing, but actually show something different? The paths of Earth and Asteroid 2014 US7 do appear to intersect.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rm9d5XPlFI
Asteroid 2014 US7 is scheduled to approach Earth at a distance of .00666 AU on October 17 of this year, depicted by the overlap of the white and blue orbits on the astronomical software image below.
(https://media.giphy.com/media/5PhpMvaqwGDg7MObMX/giphy.gif)
By the orbit diagram video, it looks like paths cross...
I was unable to open that link, so here is another one just in case:
Good point that if the object transiting the sun (twice) were the moon, it should have shown up on eclipse timetables, such as:
That makes more sense for sure. Thanks for posting.QuoteGood point that if the object transiting the sun (twice) were the moon, it should have shown up on eclipse timetables, such as:
Here is an explanation that I saw somewhere, maybe a Youtube video. Those transits were recorded by a satellite, or maybe the ISS, not from anywhere on Earth's surface. The time lapse between the two transits was exactly the time taken by the satellite to go half way around the Earth, and so the apparent movement of the Moon in front of the Sun, as seen by the satellite, went first in one direction and then in the other direction.
Here is an explanation that I saw somewhere, maybe a Youtube video. Those transits were recorded by a satellite, or maybe the ISS, not from anywhere on Earth's surface. The time lapse between the two transits was exactly the time taken by the satellite to go half way around the Earth, and so the apparent movement of the Moon in front of the Sun, as seen by the satellite, went first in one direction and then in the other direction.
No really close ones listed on this page, but news ones get discovered all the time...
Yikes!
As Marshall mentioned in his latest “signs” article, we are starting to encounter the PX “Debris Field” in a major way..Thanks for posting this, Max, as I had missed this little tidbit. It's not little and is critically important. Thanks again.
Since we don't know how long it will take for the debris tail to pass, nor how many passes we may experience, it might be a good idea to turn our attention toward fire-proofing our homes or bug-out locations.I know this sounds bizarre and would certainly look so, but this idea has rolled around in my head for several years: Hang tin roofing panels side by side, all across the front, sides and back of frame buildings. If you cannot cover all of them, then move your very most important items into one building (if all are frame) and then literally cover the exterior with metal roofing panels.
Other ideas?
Hang tin roofing panels side by side, all across the front, sides and back of frame buildings.
A newly discovered asteroid designated 2018 YL2 flew past Earth at a very close distance of 0.15 LD / 0.00040 AU (59 839 km / 37 182 miles) on December 27, 2018.
Wow that’s close!! ??? ???
That's coming up on Thursday...
The light from the meteor was so intense that the lightning detector on the GOES-16 weather satellite detected the fireball.
QuoteThe light from the meteor was so intense that the lightning detector on the GOES-16 weather satellite detected the fireball.
Wow Barb, thanks for posting !!
Ditto, Barb, thanks for posting. It appears there were two meteors, one on April 16 and one on Apr 18, but when was that one seen over Russia? Were there three? It's difficult to keep up with all the fireballs and meteors.
Yowbarb Note: I am not an astronomer. Previously about 2-3 times I posted, I think there was a connection between the Russia Meteor hit in Chelyabinsk on Feb 15, 2013 and the close approaching object, (2012) DA14. Pretty hard to not believe that.I feel there's a connection also. Plus, thinking there's a connection with the two objects, and the PX system, somehow.
Here is a link to a NASA article, have not read it yet. Article says the two objects had a very different trajectory.
Not Linked to Asteroid Flyby https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/asteroid20130215.html
Interesting report Barb!
Yowbarb Note: I am not an astronomer. Previously about 2-3 times I posted, I think there was a connection between the Russia Meteor hit in Chelyabinsk on Feb 15, 2013 and the close approaching object, (2012) DA14. Pretty hard to not believe that.I feel there's a connection also. Plus, thinking there's a connection with the two objects, and the PX system, somehow.
Here is a link to a NASA article, have not read it yet. Article says the two objects had a very different trajectory.
Not Linked to Asteroid Flyby https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/asteroid20130215.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/asteroid-nearly-width-football-field-183616060.html
Science
Asteroid nearly the width of a football field has small chance of hitting Earth this year
Jordan Culver,USA TODAY 8 hours ago
An asteroid roughly the width of a football field will pass close enough to Earth this year to warrant the attention of the European Space Agency (ESA), though the space rock's actual threat to the planet is minimal.
The asteroid, known as 2006 QV89, is one of 870 objects on the ESA’s risk list, which tracks “all objects for which a non-zero impact probability has been detected.” The asteroid is ranked fourth on the current risk list, but it is the only object in the top 10 with a chance of impacting Earth this year.
The ESA's risk list organizes near-Earth objects by their Palermo scale rating, which measures potential impact risks. 2006 QV89's value is -3.63.
According to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies; values on the scale "less than -2 reflect events for which there are no likely consequences."
The equivalent to 173 kilotons of TNT: Giant meteor exploded over Earth last year
Another close encounter:Jupiter will be so close this weekend, its moons will be visible with binoculars
The asteroid is about 131 feet in diameter, making it about 30 feet shorter than the width of a football field. According to the ESA’s impact table, 2006 QV89 has a .014 percent chance of impacting Earth on September 9.
NASA defines Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) as asteroids that will get within 120.8 million miles of Earth.
2006 QV89 was first observed by the Catalina Sky Observatory in Arizona in 2006. This isn’t the first time it has passed in near proximity to the planet – it had two close approaches in the 1950s, then one in the 60s, another in the 70s and two more in the 80s.
There were two more close approaches by 2006 QV89 in 2003 and in 2006. According to the ESA, after this year, it’s set for another close approach in 2032.
It's expected to pass 4.26 million miles away from Earth during its next close approach in September. For comparison, Earth's moon is an average of 238,900 miles away. In May, the asteroid 1999 KW4 — actually a system with two space rocks — passed about 3 million miles away from Earth.
In June 2018, NASA released its National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan in an effort to improve the country’s ability to address the hazards of near-Earth objects (NEOs) by, “leveraging and enhancing existing national and international assets and adding important capabilities across government.”
That same report detailed the threat of even small NEOs, such as one in 2013 that created an explosion near Chelyabinsk, Russia, and injured more than 1,100 people. That meteor was only the size of a bus.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Asteroid nearly the width of a football field has small chance of hitting Earth this year
Eyewitnesses said that this did not look like a normal meteor.
That is probably how it will happen some day--an unnoticed space object is hurtling toward Earth, and is only observed a few hours prior to impact. In that instance, the most likely scenario will be that only a handful of insiders will be in the know, and even at that, they still might not have time to predict, and move to a "safer" location.
That is probably how it will happen some day--an unnoticed space object is hurtling toward Earth, and is only observed a few hours prior to impact. In that instance, the most likely scenario will be that only a handful of insiders will be in the know, and even at that, they still might not have time to predict, and move to a "safer" location.
Only half the distance to the moon, and 7 miles across. That would make a pretty hefty splash in any ocean it would hit.
Only half the distance to the moon, and 7 miles across. That would make a pretty hefty splash in any ocean it would hit.
Another "Close-Call".. Sept. 7th ..
Thanks for the correction--it would make no sense to mix metric with imperial systems in the same article/chart.Only half the distance to the moon, and 7 miles across. That would make a pretty hefty splash in any ocean it would hit.
The units abbreviation "m" means meters. Miles is "mi".
Is my math correct @ .01 lunar distance?The moon varies a bit in its distance from us, but 238,900 miles is from the most recent search, so 0.01 of that = 2,389 miles. A LD of 0.016 would be a bit closer, as that would be about 3,822 miles, which is really close to 3852 miles, the distance it is said to have passed over southern Africa.
I guess there's no doubt at this point that we're in the debris field... :-X
Tick, Tock, Tick.. :-[
Thanks Ilinda! :)Isn't it ironic, though, that just a few days ago, as an admin, I sent a letter to members encouraging them to continue posting, etc., and even gave a hypothetical scenario, such as posting about an incoming asteroid that might swing within 0.1 LD of the Earth, but in reality, the one that Southern Africa experienced yesterday is almost ten times closer that that, at 0.016 LD.
Thanks Ilinda! :)Isn't it ironic, though, that just a few days ago, as an admin, I sent a letter to members encouraging them to continue posting, etc., and even gave a hypothetical scenario, such as posting about an incoming asteroid that might swing within 0.1 LD of the Earth, but in reality, the one that Southern Africa experienced yesterday is almost ten times closer that that, at 0.016 LD.
And we can thank MadMax for continuing to remind us...tick, tock, tick.......
Tick, Tock, Tick.. :-[
I think that wins the prize for the closest one so far... :-XThere was one REALLY close, but on the other side of globe, so most of those posting here only saw/read about it later:
And we can thank MadMax for continuing to remind us...tick, tock, tick.......
ROCKY HORROR Huge 500ft asteroid to skim past Earth at 38,000mph on MONDAY, Nasa reveals
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/10402548/nasa-asteroid-earth-distance-speed-size-2019-vf1/
NASA expects an enormous asteroid to make a "close approach" to Earth on Monday, November 25.
The hefty space rock measures up to 492 feet in diameter – and is officially designated as a "near-Earth object".
Interesting to note from the table that Barb linked, under the column "potential impacts" that the same asteroid could make multiple strikes. I had always assumed that once one hit an orb, it remained there permanently.
ROCKY HORROR Huge 500ft asteroid to skim past Earth at 38,000mph on MONDAY, Nasa reveals
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/10402548/nasa-asteroid-earth-distance-speed-size-2019-vf1/
NASA expects an enormous asteroid to make a "close approach" to Earth on Monday, November 25.
The hefty space rock measures up to 492 feet in diameter – and is officially designated as a "near-Earth object".
Interesting to note from the table that Barb linked, under the column "potential impacts" that the same asteroid could make multiple strikes. I had always assumed that once one hit an orb, it remained there permanently.
RR interesting point, one which I hope we all never have to find out the answer to to, directly...
Yikes, also, as I had never thought about one asteroid making multiple hits. Would it be like, when we were children and skipped those rocks across water ?Interesting to note from the table that Barb linked, under the column "potential impacts" that the same asteroid could make multiple strikes. I had always assumed that once one hit an orb, it remained there permanently.
RR interesting point, one which I hope we all never have to find out the answer to to, directly...
Yikes, also, as I had never thought about one asteroid making multiple hits. Would it be like, when we were children and skipped those rocks across water ?Interesting to note from the table that Barb linked, under the column "potential impacts" that the same asteroid could make multiple strikes. I had always assumed that once one hit an orb, it remained there permanently.
RR interesting point, one which I hope we all never have to find out the answer to to, directly...
MadMax, although so far, these frightening, recently-discovered asteroids do not end up hitting earth, one thing is, there seems to be more close ones that were JUST DISCOVERED. (This seems sort of new, doesn't it?)- Barb
QuoteMadMax, although so far, these frightening, recently-discovered asteroids do not end up hitting earth, one thing is, there seems to be more close ones that were JUST DISCOVERED. (This seems sort of new, doesn't it?)- Barb
Good point Barb!
0.5 LD... 35M! ??? :-[
0.4 LD ….Tick, Tock, Tick .. ???
0.3 LD (We keep getting Sooo lucky) .. ???
A NEW KIND OF ASTEROID: Between Mars and Jupiter lies the Asteroid Belt where millions of space rocks orbit the sun.
Wow. Atiras and Vatiras--new names/words for our space vocabulary. Been wondering what's the difference between asteroid and planetoid, so a search turned up:QuoteA NEW KIND OF ASTEROID: Between Mars and Jupiter lies the Asteroid Belt where millions of space rocks orbit the sun.
Barb quite an interesting new discovery !!
While the disaster-striken Puerto Rico is currently experiencing an almost unprecedented earthquake swarm, a bright fireball exploded across the sky in Puerto Rico Friday afternoon, prompting local residents to speculate if it was a bad omen.They are wise to speculate that .....look at all that water.....
Currently no actual Upcomiong Close Approaches, but as MadMax has pointed out, it's the new discoveries zooming by, that are often the most hazardous...
https://www.zetatalk.com/info/tinfo24i.htmInteresting that Haiti isn't listed, and it shares the same island with Dominican Republic. Maybe Haiti has mountains?
"Those who live on islands in the Caribbean are advised to go elsewhere if they expect to survive what is coming."
0 LD !!!!! Did anyone feel the impact??? :o :o ???
Is the time of impact known?
Hope everyone has taken shelter underground (It almost TOO Late!) :o
Huge Meteorite Hits Alwar, Rajasthan, Creating 20-Meter Large Crater and Changing Night Into Day Over India
https://strangesounds.org/2020/02/alwar-meteorite-creates-giant-crater-video-india-rajasthan-pictures.html
A giant meteorite created a huge 20-ft deep crater in a factory compound in the wee hours of Tuesday in the Itarana industrial area of Alwar, Rajasthan.
Many CCTV cameras were able to record the bright sky phenomenon. People that witnessed the sky event were left in shock.
A local resident, Rajesh Kumar Gupta, said that he felt an explosion and after leaving his house felt a gust of strong wind. Farmers in Fauladpur city of Shahjahanpur also saw the meteorite.
Ajay Chaudhary, a resident of Kotkasim area, said that while getting milk in the morning, there was a sudden light and rocket-like object appeared in the sky.
Sachin Bamba, chairman of astronomical organization Space India, says that it is a meteor, which has fallen on the earth.
It’s either a meteorite or a UFO.
A team of scientists has been sent to the crater to investigate the mysterious meteorite.
0.4 LD !! ???
I didn't see this one, either!
but there does seem to be an increase in #'s.
(They seem to be getting larger....tick, tock)
Tick, Tock, Tick… Bang!….Boom!….Bang!Isn't this a new level of meteoric activity--where multiple objects rain down on Earth in succession? Usually it's one, but this really suggests entering some sort of "debri trail".
Three fiery meteorites reportedly hit ground in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India :o
Three meteorites have reportedly hit the ground close to Sahibabad railway station, Ghaziabad in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on March 5, 2020 according to the Mahanagar Times.
Local residents reported seeing three objects falling from the sky at about ten-minute intervals, with thunder-like sounds, which caused panic in the area.
If that last part is true:
Given the two asteroids’ size and speed, they most likely won’t cause impact events if they hit Earth during their planet-crossing flybys. Instead, these asteroids will break apart and cause a powerful explosion in the atmosphere.
then we won't have anything much to worry about.
"As if 2020 weren’t overwhelming enough, in addition to the potential start of World War 3, the massive fires in Australia, the locust plague in the Middle East and Africa, and the novel coronavirus, we are now dealing with multiple asteroids hurtling towards Earth. One of the asteroids may even collide with Earth’s atmosphere resulting in an atmospheric explosion tonight!"
If nothing else, at least get the cameras ready!
0.4 LD... Tick, Tock, Tick.... ???
The attached screencapture from a video about an "Inbound Comet" shows something that doesn't actually resemble a comet, so am not sure if the object appearing adjacent to the sun is the subject of the video, or is it something else, not even mentioned? Anyway, it's worth the pic...
MadMax, wow! Thanks for posting this one... Huge!
Here's another link for a video that caught it... https://youtu.be/FVK1pmW-0VU
Giant Green Meteor West of Gainesville Florida Caught on Dash Cam ]
Had been wondering if some connection between the fire outside the airport, Ft Meyers and fireballs, this would not be the one... Since the fire was the 3rd and this fireball over FL the 31st of March.
But maybe there was something else before this one... Any ideas?
https://weather.com/news/news/2020-04-04-florida-brush-fire-destroys-cars-at-airport
Florida Brush Fire Destroys More than 3,500 Rental Cars at Airport Near Fort Myers
By Jan Wesner Childs 11 hours ago weather.com
Smoke could be seen up to 20 miles away.
Florida had record heat and low rainfall in March[/size]
I saw it, you got to it before i did ... ;)
Wait....there's more...0.9LD! :o
Max, update on that one...
https://www.cnet.com/news/newly-discovered-sneaky-little-asteroid-flew-by-earth-wednesday/
Newly discovered sneaky little asteroid flew by Earth Wednesday
The asteroid came closer than the moon, but still zipped safely by our planet.
Amanda Kooser
April 15, 2020 2:15 p.m. PT
NASA is tracking around 20,000 near-Earth asteroids, and that number grows all the time thanks to space rocks like 2020 GH2, a newly discovered asteroid that cruised by our planet early in the morning Pacific time on Wednesday.
The International Astronomical Union issued a Minor Planet Electronic Circular on Saturday confirming the asteroid's discovery.
The Virtual Telescope Project in Italy pulled off the impressive feat of snapping an image of 2020 GH2 on April 12. The asteroid appeared as a bright dot among streaks of stars. "This is an incredible capture, as the hardware tracked this moving target to perfection for a long time," wrote the project's founder Gianluca Masi in a release on Tuesday.
ASTEROID WATCH
A large asteroid ignored social distancing norms over the weekend
See the funky double asteroid that zipped by Earth
The asteroid measures in at an estimated 40 to 100 feet (13 to 30 meters) in diameter. It came within roughly 220,000 miles (360,000 kilometers) of Earth, which placed it closer than the moon. That's almost a space snuggle, but it was still a plenty safe distance.
GH2 illustrates how previously unknown near-Earth objects appear on our horizon with surprising regularity. This asteroid's closeness set it apart from some of the other rocks we've found on short notice. There's nothing to worry about here, though. This asteroid minded its own business and is now on the way out of our space neighborhood.
Max, thanks for keeping up on this, and they certainly DO seem to be coming "faster and furiouser". You can run but you can't hide....
Max, do you and your family have a cave picked out?...and is there room for a few more?
Max, do you and your family have a cave picked out?
Max, do you and your family have a cave picked out?...and is there room for a few more?
0 LD !!! :o :o :oThe time of discovery of "a couple of hours before approach" (or contact) is probably what we can expect in most future sightings.
2020 JJ belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids. It was first observed at Mt. Lemmon Survey, Arizona just a couple of hours before its close approach.
The time of discovery of "a couple of hours before approach" (or contact) is probably what we can expect in most future sightings.Madmax, thanks for posting, I had not heard this...
Quote(from Linda) Max, do you and your family have a cave picked out?
I have an "underground location" picked out, just hope that it will be "sufficient".. crossing fingers ...
Best of Luck and Many blessings to you and your family. Health, safety, survival ,
Barb T.