Comments on: No, asteroid 2012 DA14 will not hit us next year

By: Simon

Simon — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 09:16:47 +0000

Worry less about that one, and focus instead on the fact
that despite all that tech we have at our disposal, this was
discovered a mere 4 days before it made its first pass –
to our knowlege — and, it’s been in that cycle for a very long time.

It’s not like the thing has been circling out to Pluto’s neck of the woods.

Let’s ask ourselves how many others like it are actually up there
posing similar threats, what is the risk if one or the other hits the moon
and showers us with all kinds of issues, and more importantly, how come
THESE potential matters for concern don’t seem to get any attention.

It’s not like the moon has too many craters to get another one.

I mean, come on, now. How long have we been told to “watch the skies”
and this thing is just now getting found out? Coke bottles, much?

By: Brian Slevin

Brian Slevin — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:14:02 +0000

Nothing

By: Incoming! Asteroid Could Pass Inside Earth’s Ring of Satellites | The Terrestrial Intelligencer

Thu, 24 May 2012 07:26:11 +0000

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By: Ravish

Ravish — Mon, 21 May 2012 04:40:04 +0000

Well, I guess Mayan miscalculated the day by 2 months, its not December 2012 its Feb 2013..

By: Asteroids Too Close to Home | Wired Cosmos

Asteroids Too Close to Home | Wired Cosmos — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:38:55 +0000

[...] No, asteroid 2012 DA14 will not hit us next year (blogs.discovermagazine.com) This entry was posted in Cosmic Variety Hour and tagged Asteroid, Earth, Moon, NASA, Near-Earth object, Orbit by Jason Carr. Bookmark the permalink. [...]

By: steve

steve — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:43:37 +0000

Well lets just say that a meteor DOES hit the earth, which yeah yeah I know it wont happen, BUT if one does, where would it hit?????????

By: Kevin in Sacramento

Kevin in Sacramento — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:26:31 +0000

@156. Joe;
JPL considers perturbations by all planets, a few of the larger asteroids, a few other physical usually small forces, and requires numerical integration.

So yes, we KNOW 2012 DA14 will NOT hit us in 2013.

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UFO Crash In Siberia? : Dateline Zero — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:51:23 +0000

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By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:59:08 +0000

Because of earths gravity you cannot be certain that it won’t hit us being so close. The earths gravity can lure it in.

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| Much ado about asteroids! | | truthaholics — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:09:23 +0000

[...] asteroid 2012 DA14, a 120,000-tonne chunk of space rock that recently grabbed the headlines. Known as a near-Earth asteroid (or NEA) with an orbit around the sun similar to Earth’s, [...]