Asteroid buzzes Earth; another one coming --- we're doomed :(

[SKORPI0]

Link :ninja:

Near-Earth asteroid 2010 RX30, which is estimated to be 32 to 65 feet in diameter, passed within 154,000 miles of Earth at 5:51 a.m. ET Wednesday, the website PopFi.com confirmed.

The second object, 2010 RF12, estimated to be 20 to 46 feet in diameter, will pass within 49,088 miles of Earth at 5:12 pm ET.

 

[waggy]

wow. taht sucks. well i guess it don't suck since its not hitting us.

 

[MJinZ]

NOoooo 50,000 miles away FUCK WE'RE DOOMED>

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Lol 20 to 46 feet, what kind of damage would that cause?

 

[MJinZ]

Lol 20 to 46 feet, what kind of damage would that cause?

Probably a drop in the bucket (ocean).

 

[rivan]

NOoooo 50,000 miles away FUCK WE'RE DOOMED>

Close enough to be pulled by our gravity, apparently.

 

[moshquerade]

can you let me know when the big one is actually going to hit square on and kill us all? i have some things i need to do before that happens.

 

[zinfamous]

Maverick!!!

 

[dquan97]

Lol 20 to 46 feet, what kind of damage would that cause?

Most likely nothing

 

[waggy]

Lol 20 to 46 feet, what kind of damage would that cause?

really depends on where it hits. downtown chicago it would be bad. in the ocean? not so bad.

 

[Matthiasa]

Lol 20 to 46 feet, what kind of damage would that cause?

Should be something like a nuke.
It's not something you would want to hit anywhere near you.

 

[rivan]

can you let me know when the big one is actually going to hit square on and kill us all? i have some things i need to do before that happens.

Share your list? :ninja::biggrin:

 

[JulesMaximus]

can you let me know when the big one is actually going to hit square on and kill us all? i have some things i need to do before that happens.

2012 by my calculations.

 

[Triumph]

Lol 20 to 46 feet, what kind of damage would that cause?

20 foot diameter ball moving at maybe 10,000 mph, assuming it's just "rock" would have an energy of about 0.83 kilotons. Hiroshima was ~15 kilotons. So a pretty big blast, but not city destroying, definitely not civilization ending.

*many assumptions were made here and i made no effort to check my math. you get what you pay for.

 

[moshquerade]

Share your list? :ninja::biggrin:

it's actually a who-i'd-do list

 

[moshquerade]

2012 by my calculations.

but... are you absolutely certain? 'cause there are no take backs.

 

[preslove]

can you let me know when the big one is actually going to hit square on and kill us all? i have some things i need to do before that happens.

You and me both. I'll cover your airfare. :sneaky: :wub:

 

[Fritzo]

Don't worry, I got it...

 

[ElFenix]

http://impact.ese.ic.ac.uk/cgi-bin/...s=1&theta=45&wdepth=&wdepthUnits=1&tdens=2500

if you were near it you'd probably hear it hitting but it doesn't look like much else would happen

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

20 foot diameter ball moving at maybe 10,000 mph, assuming it's just "rock" would have an energy of about 0.83 kilotons. Hiroshima was ~15 kilotons. So a pretty big blast, but not city destroying, definitely not civilization ending.

*many assumptions were made here and i made no effort to check my math. you get what you pay for.

assuming a 50 ft diameter of fairly dense stone traveling at average speed for an asteroid and striking at a 45 degree angle, it's closer to 200 kT.

That would put a cramp in the morning commute.

 

[preslove]

http://impact.ese.ic.ac.uk/cgi-bin/...s=1&theta=45&wdepth=&wdepthUnits=1&tdens=2500

if you were near it you'd probably hear it hitting but it doesn't look like much else would happen

Bah, I was just going to input the info into that calculator.

 

[Key West]

20 foot diameter ball moving at maybe 10,000 mph, assuming it's just "rock" would have an energy of about 0.83 kilotons. Hiroshima was ~15 kilotons. So a pretty big blast, but not city destroying, definitely not civilization ending.

*many assumptions were made here and i made no effort to check my math. you get what you pay for.

Last time I checked, earth has this thing called atmosphere which burns away millions of asteroids smaller than 200-500ft on a DAILY basis....

 

[OCGuy]

I dont wanna close my eyes....I dont wanna fall asleep.....

 

[Train]

Last time I checked, earth has this thing called atmosphere which burns away millions of asteroids smaller than 200-500ft on a DAILY basis....

Ya I was thinking that too, 65 ft diameter would probably not survive long enough to hit the surface.

Would make a nice shooting star though.

 

[Train]

Don't worry, I got it...

lol, winnar