CliveH Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 "Newly-discovered asteroid 2011 MD will pass only 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles) above Earth’s surface on Monday June 27 at about 9:30 a.m. EDT. NASA analysts say there is no chance the space rock will strike Earth. Nevertheless, the encounter is so close that Earth’s gravity will sharply alter the asteroid’s trajectory. At closest approach, 2011 MD will pass in broad daylight over the southern Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Antarctica. As the asteroid recedes from Earth, it will pass through the zone of geosynchronous satellites. The chances of a collision with a satellite or manmade space junk are extremely small, albeit not zero. Judging from the brightness of the asteroid, it measures only 5 to 20 meters in diameter. According to JPL’s Near Earth Object Program office, one would expect an object of this size to come this close to Earth about every 6 years on average. For a brief time, it will be bright enough to be seen even with a medium-sized backyard telescope." http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news172.html Hopefully we will all still be posting on the 28th (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony1969 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Be a real shame if a chunk fell off and hit Bradford , Celtic Park or that crap site at Ullswater I went to t'other week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony1969 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Be a real shame if a chunk fell off and hit Bradford , Celtic Park or that crap site at Ullswater I went to t'other week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony1969 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 And if it happened twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 CliveH - 2011-06-24 9:31 AM Hopefully we will all still be posting on the 28th (lol) Nothing worse than a bad case of the asteroids :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 All asteroids and many haemorrhoids should have a name - any ideas for this one? How about Postnote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pelmetman Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Tracker - 2011-06-24 9:09 PM All asteroids and many haemorrhoids should have a name - any ideas for this one? How about Postnote? Mine are known as the family pile :$ ............they have been passed on from generation to generation *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 A truly moving experience for you all Dave eh? A newly arrived mental image of pile transference made me smile - and I didn't feel a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Newell Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 pelmetman - 2011-06-24 9:12 PM Tracker - 2011-06-24 9:09 PM All asteroids and many haemorrhoids should have a name - any ideas for this one? How about Postnote? Mine are known as the family pile :$ ............they have been passed on from generation to generation *-)been there, done that, got the scars to prove it but I ain't showing 'em to anyone. D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Momma Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 antony1969 - 2011-06-24 5:47 PM Be a real shame if a chunk fell off and hit Bradford , Celtic Park or that crap site at Ullswater I went to t'other week Didn't realise that there was another Bradford, Celtic Park and Ullswater in the South Atlantic, what a coincidence eh *-) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 It has to be Arseteroids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkc Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 CliveH. "It has to be Arseteroids" Brilliant, "Uranus has nine dark rings around it, " You should complain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliveH Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 Anyone seen that cartoon series by the same creator as The Simpsons that is based in the future? In one episode they dealt with the sniggers that "Uranus" always creates by renaming the planet Urectum. Great stuff!! (lol) (lol) (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul- Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Asteroid 8-) Have I missed something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel B Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 Paul- - 2011-06-27 5:20 PM Asteroid 8-) Have I missed something Yup, the world has been smashed to smitherines and you are living in a spaceship 'fantasy world' with us all ... great here innit! :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul- Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 So that's why its been so warm today :-D Thanks Mel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laimeduck Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 CliveH - 2011-06-25 8:24 AM Anyone seen that cartoon series by the same creator as The Simpsons that is based in the future? In one episode they dealt with the sniggers that "Uranus" always creates by renaming the planet Urectum. Great stuff!! (lol) (lol) (lol) Well if it does hit then we'd be better off on this ship? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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