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Asteroid detected 3 days after it passed 1/3 the distance from the Earth to the moon
Posted on 7/27/17 at 10:07 pm
Posted on 7/27/17 at 10:07 pm
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A space rock now designated as asteroid 2017 OO1 was detected on July 23, 2017 from the ATLAS-MLO telescope at Mauna Loa, Hawaii. An analysis of its trajectory revealed it had been closest to Earth on July 20 sometime between 10:27 p.m. to 11:32 p.m. EDT (between 02:27 to 03:32 UTC on July 21).
This means the asteroid’s closest approach occurred 2.5 to 3 days before it was seen. Asteroid 2017 OO1 flyby had passed at about one-third the Earth-moon distance, or about 76,448 miles (123,031 km).
Although that’s still a safe distance, a fact that stands out is that asteroid 2017 OO1 is about three times as big as the house-sized asteroid that penetrated the skies over Chelyabinsk, Russia in February, 2013, breaking windows in six Russian cities and causing more that 1,000 people to seek treatment for injuries, mostly from flying glass.
We need to be spending much more than we currently are to detect these things. An asteroid impact could potentially be an apocalyptic event and yet receives very little focus. The amount spent on the ISS would have easily set up a real detection system as well as a way to counter the threat.
A space rock now designated as asteroid 2017 OO1 was detected on July 23, 2017 from the ATLAS-MLO telescope at Mauna Loa, Hawaii. An analysis of its trajectory revealed it had been closest to Earth on July 20 sometime between 10:27 p.m. to 11:32 p.m. EDT (between 02:27 to 03:32 UTC on July 21).
This means the asteroid’s closest approach occurred 2.5 to 3 days before it was seen. Asteroid 2017 OO1 flyby had passed at about one-third the Earth-moon distance, or about 76,448 miles (123,031 km).
Although that’s still a safe distance, a fact that stands out is that asteroid 2017 OO1 is about three times as big as the house-sized asteroid that penetrated the skies over Chelyabinsk, Russia in February, 2013, breaking windows in six Russian cities and causing more that 1,000 people to seek treatment for injuries, mostly from flying glass.
We need to be spending much more than we currently are to detect these things. An asteroid impact could potentially be an apocalyptic event and yet receives very little focus. The amount spent on the ISS would have easily set up a real detection system as well as a way to counter the threat.
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Posted on 7/27/17 at 10:11 pm to DavidTheGnome
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the asteroid’s closest approach occurred 2.5 to 3 days before it was seen.
Guess we don't need these guys working as referees this upcoming football season.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 10:11 pm to DavidTheGnome
I would rather fix the ghetto crime problem first, or maybe steer the Asteroids into the ghettos. Yeah...lets do that.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 10:14 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 7/27/17 at 10:14 pm to DavidTheGnome
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The amount spent on the ISS would have easily set up a real detection system as well as a way to counter the threat.
we already have a way to counter something like that. we just have to send bruce willis and ben afleck up to it
Posted on 7/27/17 at 10:17 pm to DavidTheGnome
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The amount spent on the ISS would have easily set up a real detection system as well as a way to counter the threat.
Link?
Posted on 7/27/17 at 10:21 pm to DavidTheGnome
Don't want to close my eyes.....
Posted on 7/27/17 at 10:22 pm to DavidTheGnome
Would be a god send!!!! Kill us all quick, fast, and in a hurry!!!!!!
This post was edited on 7/27/17 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 7/27/17 at 10:23 pm to Volvagia
I provided one above regarding techniques of deflection / avoidance. The ISS cost over $150 billion, we could do a lot with that.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 10:45 pm to biohzrd
Yeah, idk what the dinosaurs did that was so bad to deserve it, but we've easily lapped them, and we're never looking back. Extinction by asteroid impact seems like as good a way as any to go out, and thorough.
This post was edited on 7/28/17 at 12:12 am
Posted on 7/27/17 at 10:46 pm to DavidTheGnome
Stopping killer asteroids costs less than you think
Unlike our ancestors, however, we actually have the technology to prevent such a calamity. For about $1 billion we could build an infrared space telescope to find all of the asteroids that threaten Earth, and we could then fly a mission to demonstrate our capacity to deflect one. NASA, in fact, could fund such efforts with about one percent of its annual budget over the next five years. The price of planetary insurance, it turns out, isn’t all that high.
But NASA and the general public have higher priorities, concedes Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart. “The fact of the matter is, survival, which one would think would have the highest priority in the public interest, is not even on the priority list, let alone at the bottom of it,” he said. “That’s an interesting philosophical matter when you stop and think about it.”
Unlike our ancestors, however, we actually have the technology to prevent such a calamity. For about $1 billion we could build an infrared space telescope to find all of the asteroids that threaten Earth, and we could then fly a mission to demonstrate our capacity to deflect one. NASA, in fact, could fund such efforts with about one percent of its annual budget over the next five years. The price of planetary insurance, it turns out, isn’t all that high.
But NASA and the general public have higher priorities, concedes Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart. “The fact of the matter is, survival, which one would think would have the highest priority in the public interest, is not even on the priority list, let alone at the bottom of it,” he said. “That’s an interesting philosophical matter when you stop and think about it.”
Posted on 7/27/17 at 10:54 pm to DavidTheGnome
No worries, it wouldn't have made it through the super secret force field.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 11:21 pm to DavidTheGnome
When you talk about protecting the earth from extinction-level asteroid impacts, do you have a concept of how rare these types of events are? Do you understand that they occur once every few million years at the most? It's astounding to me that those who claim to be so woke regarding the (un)reality of global warming are the same ones to fall for the "civilization-killer asteroid" ploy hook, line, and sinker.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 11:25 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 7/27/17 at 11:26 pm to spaceranger
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we already have a way to counter something like that. we just have to send bruce willis and ben afleck up to it
I vote we just rocket Affleck out there now. You know, as a preventive measure.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 11:27 pm to DavidTheGnome
Yikes. They missed dat one.
I like your threads.
I like your threads.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 11:29 pm to DavidTheGnome
It's all good, we've got the right people for this job.
Posted on 7/27/17 at 11:29 pm to DavidTheGnome
What exactly would we do if it were to impact earth??
Posted on 7/27/17 at 11:43 pm to DavidTheGnome
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It really is only a matter of time.
there would probably still be posters here calling it a false flag
Posted on 7/28/17 at 12:10 am to DavidTheGnome
Must be a female astronomer bringing up something that happened 3 days ago.
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