Monroe Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 (edited) Another asteroid fly-by on Sunday ... 'Beast’ Asteroid That Will Buzz By Earth Big Enough To Wipe Out A City http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2014/06/06/beast-asteroid-that-will-buzz-by-earth-big-enough-to-wipe-out-a-city/ June 6, 2014 TAMPA – “The Beast” is coming! That’s the nickname astronomers have given to an asteroid that will nearly sideswipe Earth this Sunday, reports Space.com. Near-Earth asteroid 2014 HQ124 will be a mere 777,000 miles at its closest approach to our planet, that’s just over 3 times the distance from the Earth to the moon; a close shave by cosmic standards. Observers assure us that there is no chance of a collision, but they do say this fly-by illustrates the danger of a meteor strike. 2014 HQ124 is 1,100 feet wide and is travelling about 31,000 mph, relative to Earth. If it was on a collision course, the planet’s gravity would actually increase its speed to about 40,000 mph at impact. "This one would definitely be catastrophic if it hit the Earth," asteroid impact expert Mark Boslough, of Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, said during a webcast produced by the online Slooh community observatory. "If it hit a city, it would definitely wipe out an entire metropolitan area," he added. If 2014 HQ124 is one solid piece of rock, it’ not certain what the asteroid is made of, the impact would unleash an explosion with a yield of about 2,000 megatons. "You’d end up with a crater about 3 miles across," Boslough said. "An event like that would break windows over 100 kilometers away." Astronomers reckon they’ve discovered about 95 percent of the potential "civilization-enders" near us. But they warn there are probably more than 1 million near-Earth asteroids at least 100 feet wide, and less than 1 percent of them have been discovered.... Edited June 8, 2014 by monroe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flasche Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I am really curious to see the effects to earth if that asteroid did hit. I doubt it would be too drastic, but still interesting to see the effect on the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTS Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Somebody saw we have feminist on the planet, and now we are being target for allowing the self-genocide we have committed our great plaet to. Or maybe, the AIR waves that we were sending is no longer being sent to far distant planets. So they want their TBS back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I am really curious to see the effects to earth if that asteroid did hit. I doubt it would be too drastic, but still interesting to see the effect on the planet.I'd rather prefer not seeing that. The energy liberated by the Tunguska Event has been estimated as not more than 30 Mton... which would be 2000 times the energy liberated by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, or 15% of the total yeild of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Other impacts, like the Chicxulub impact, are said to have been much worse, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 HAHAHAHAH! (not!)Somebody saw we have feminist on the planet, and now we are being target for allowing the self-genocide we have committed our great plaet to. Or maybe, the AIR waves that we were sending is no longer being sent to far distant planets. So they want their TBS back.Perhaps just target Code Pink, right? Forget TBS, I just want Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Deputy Dawg, Flinststones, Jetsons, and Quick Draw McGraw back. ROTS, you sure are a bitter and opinionated person, arent you? Need a hug?(heh...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bphlpt Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 (edited) submix8c, the image in the spoiler doesn't work. (Just has a "Remote Linking Forbidden" image) Cheers and Regards Edited June 8, 2014 by bphlpt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 (edited) Hm... strange. Right-clck, "copy image location", open in new windows/tab. Here's another with caption. Edited June 8, 2014 by submix8c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bphlpt Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Yep, that works. I just didn't try it when it said "Forbidden". And once you have looked at the image, and is in your cache, then the spoiler image is there as well, of course. Cheers and Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TELVM Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I am really curious to see the effects to earth if that asteroid did hit ... No you're not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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