Re: SCIENCE thread!

by theboomeranga Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 12:04

story on it:
http://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-2012-da14-will-pass-very-close-to-earth-in-2013?gclid=COXm7reguLUCFSlKpgodqUAAxg
think i'll have to crank out the telescope tonight

by nickyf1 Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 12:05

Sweet jesus! Amazing!

by theboomeranga Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 12:12

my mate just reminded me that it's cloudy outside and most probably will be tomorrow, oh the joys of QLD weather :/

by XPR Roadrunner Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 18:53

Astroid half the size of an american football field to pass within the altitute of the geosyncronis orbit of overhead satelites in 8mins!

http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2

by **Richy59** Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 18:55

Damn, its gotten cloudy here. Supposed to be around here about 8...I might forget to open the TCC thread Hilarious

Actually I think it's more like 11 or something here, but it's not clear anymore after the great day we had.

by Standaman94 Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 18:58

I can't see anything Razz

I'm going to wait till tomorrow, hopefully there'll be some great photos of it and perhaps some damaged satellites to laugh about Razz

by **Richy59** Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 19:02

NASA Live Stream is now...uh...Live. Showing some images from earlier, apparently it will reach it's closest point within the next 20 mins or so.

by XPR Roadrunner Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 19:08

I didn't know the Russians got pummeled by a Meteor last night!?

by **Richy59** Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 19:09

Richy59 wrote:As some people may know, there is a 150 ft Asteroid passing by Earth at some point tonight called 2012 DA14 and its rather close, just 17,200 miles.

This morning (I think) in Russia a much smaller meteor fell to Earth and exploded over a town causing 500 people to be injured, windows to be blown out in the town and a factory collapsed. The damaged factory was caused by once piece of the meteor. Some of the videos below are pretty incredible, and fortunately nobody has been killed by it.

Warning - Rather Loud

I'll be looking out for the big one tonight.

by **Richy59** Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 19:14

Loving the 'Eyes on the Earth' program, pretty sure I have the full thing on Steam though...

http://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/earth

http://eyes.nasa.gov/launch2.html?document=$SERVERURL/content/documents/da14/da14.xml

by **Richy59** Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 19:25

That's it as close as it will get to Earth Hello

by theboomeranga Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 19:30

I SAW IT!!!!!!!!!!! with ma telescope!!!!!!
just go a glimps and traced it for a bit, then lost it in the clouds and behind a house!
Very Happy

by XPR Roadrunner Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 19:36

that's awesome bud! It's a bright sunny day here, so I might be able to see it later tonight but the weather might permit me from doing so Sad

Anyways NASA says that early simulations see that asteroid coming back in 2040ish and then maybe hitting the earth in 2080ish Shocked

by **Richy59** Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 19:36

Awesome, I'm getting the Binoculars out and going for a look after the TCC opens.

by theboomeranga Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 19:42

it was difficult because the sun was coming up too, ad had HUGE clouds coming over so i'm very lucky, and mopar, they say 2020 as well

by Standaman94 Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 19:44

I hope the ISS managed to get a shot of it. That would be truly spectacular... To see an asteroid from above whizz past Shocked

by theboomeranga Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 19:47

so apparenly from 2-23 of this month, we can see mercury in the evening sky, only problem is, my even sky is quite large and my scope lense is quite small

by nickyf1 Fri 15 Feb 2013 - 22:11

Standaman94 wrote:I hope the ISS managed to get a shot of it. That would be truly spectacular... To see an asteroid from above whizz past

I don't think the ISS has any space facing observational windows, so it's unlikely we'll see anything from them.

by nickyf1 Sat 16 Feb 2013 - 1:05

As a Product Design Engineer, I love this kind of stuff.
http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2013-02/raid-your-kitchen-build-potato-chip-speaker

by Standaman94 Sat 16 Feb 2013 - 14:48

If this is possible then hopefully someone somewhere would have managed to get a decent image of DA14...

SCIENCE thread! - Page 5 Iss3

by nickyf1 Sat 16 Feb 2013 - 15:21

XPR Roadrunner wrote:that's awesome bud! It's a bright sunny day here, so I might be able to see it later tonight but the weather might permit me from doing so

Anyways NASA says that early simulations see that asteroid coming back in 2040ish and then maybe hitting the earth in 2080ish

Which is probably why NASA are working on getting humans to NEO's

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/02/asteroid-highlights-investigate-neos-nasa-missions/

by **CQR Rogue** Tue 19 Feb 2013 - 10:11

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21499765

Cosmos may be 'inherently unstable' !

by Standaman94 Tue 19 Feb 2013 - 10:26

She's gonna blow! affraid

by HCR generaltso Wed 20 Feb 2013 - 5:10

SelectiveRogue wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21499765

Cosmos may be 'inherently unstable' !

"A concept known as vacuum instability could result, billions of years from now, in a new universe opening up in the present one and replacing it."

SCIENCE thread! - Page 5 1354564050914

by theboomeranga Wed 20 Feb 2013 - 6:05

that's trippy as

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