Comments on: A brief bit about asteroid 2012 DA14

By: P.Dyson

P.Dyson — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:56:12 +0000

Rite points am going to make yes its small but not that small it could easy take out 2000 miles or more thats bigger than the uk would make around 5.0 on the scale how do you clear that size of land that fast? the sonic boom would deafen 1000′s and kill many many more in a population, why was we not told about the risk however small years ago? was this not spotted in 2005 first? and why is it named 2012 DA14 to me to have that name it as been tracked and modeled on a computer and run to its nearist inpact date, or it would be called 2026 DA14 or “2026 doomday avent 14″ if this makes land on inpacted soil dust and rock will be tossed high into the air darkening the skys if it hits the sea hot god help us…final point what if it hits nucular power plants or the power serving them….Remeber the world is over populated do you think anyone cares in power think again…so what do we do?we do what we do best look after our familys be ready for change stock up that all we can do, and maybe remeber how to pray lol tc everyone.

By: nomad

nomad — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:52:20 +0000

#12
The Titanic news is rather a hoot since an inquiry conducted into the sinking revealed that the crew members charged with giving warning of obstacles were not equipped with either a spotlight or binoculars. (The spotlight at the bow of the ship was to be installed upon reaching the docks of New York.) Sometimes the simplest explanation- no matter how mundane- is the most reasonable.
To the original subject:
Like the spotlight and binoculars, providing sufficient funding for an early warning system in space could, at the very least, give enough time to leave an area under threat.

Additionally something rarely mentioned about a meteor strike is the possibility of becoming a catalyst for setting off a nuclear war since the precise the nature of the disaster may not be understood before a military reaction is launched. A warning system could lessen that possibility as well.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:47:12 +0000

#8: that is what scares me the most too, a small asteroid could be coming right toward us and even hit us before we saw it except the last few seconds. Many factors could contribute to that.

I just saw an amazing new special on the Titanic that said that Titanic no way would have sunk were it not for the refractive effects of the atmosphere that night. The iceberg they hit was camoflouged by a mirage for 30 minutes and did not clear up until the last few seconds, and by then it was to late.

By: Asteroide de 40 metros passará pertinho da Terra em 2013 | Jornal Ilhota

Asteroide de 40 metros passará pertinho da Terra em 2013 | Jornal Ilhota — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:22:19 +0000

[...] estará 5 mil quilômetros mais próxima. De acordo com o astrônomo Phil Plait, do blog Bad Astronomy, em 15 de fevereiro de 2013 o asteroide DA14 passará a uma distância de 22 mil quilômetros do [...]

By: llewelly

llewelly — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:32:05 +0000

“You know, Earth would still be more habitable than Mars, even in the aftermath of a end-Cretaceous size impact.”

ah, but consider the pathos, the drama, the grandeur, of the struggle the Martian colonists would face once Earth had been rendered unable to send them their essential supplies for a few years …

By: Markus Mencke

Markus Mencke — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:08:54 +0000

Nice.

Is the change of form I think to see in the animation due to the rotation of the asteroid, atmospheric conditions, or pure pareidolia?

It coming so close next year… is there a chance of NASA (or ESA, Roskosmos or whomever) trying to intercept the rock, Deep-Impact-style (the probe, not the movie…)? Might get some nice spectra from it, this close…

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:05:00 +0000

In 1991, one about this size was detected only twice as far from us as the moon. While this isn’t a particularly near miss, it’s noteworthy that we didn’t see it coming. We discovered it AFTER it had already passed.

Fortunately, Shoemaker-Levy 9 in 1994 was a bit of a wake up call for the world and people started taking this a lot more seriously.

By: Georg

Georg — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:54:40 +0000

Such small ones might be the right thing
to practice deflection methods.
Georg

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:29:47 +0000

All those in favour of a Mars colony…..

You know, Earth would still be more habitable than Mars, even in the aftermath of a end-Cretaceous size impact.

By: Karthik

Karthik — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:23:28 +0000

was this asteroid in orbit around the sun before..? was it only recently discovered..?