Vorg Posted November 19, 2020 #1 Share Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) Holy space rocks, Batman! While everyone was looking over Earth’s collective shoulder toward the asteroid that was potentially going to whiz past us the day before Election Day, an entirely different one came at us via our blind spot — the direction of the sun. It passed a mere 239 miles or so from Earth, skimming the tip-top part of our atmosphere — on Friday the 13th. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/near-miss-house-sized-asteroid-skimmed-earth-at-250-miles-on-friday-the-13th/ar-BB1b93aS?li=BBnbfcL Edited November 19, 2020 by South Alabam 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted November 19, 2020 #2 Share Posted November 19, 2020 The pass was approximately 25 miles below the ISS1`s orbit, holy °°ht! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyche101 Posted November 19, 2020 #3 Share Posted November 19, 2020 What sort of damage would that do once the atmosphere reduced it? I wonder how big it would be if it struck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted November 19, 2020 #4 Share Posted November 19, 2020 1 hour ago, psyche101 said: What sort of damage would that do once the atmosphere reduced it? I wonder how big it would be if it struck? Enjoy: Impact Calculator 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyche101 Posted November 19, 2020 #5 Share Posted November 19, 2020 11 minutes ago, toast said: Enjoy: Impact Calculator Cheers bud Any chance you could translate for me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted November 19, 2020 #6 Share Posted November 19, 2020 22 minutes ago, psyche101 said: Cheers bud Any chance you could translate for me.... There is a button ("Deutsch") at the upper right corner where you can select the language. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyche101 Posted November 19, 2020 #7 Share Posted November 19, 2020 2 hours ago, toast said: There is a button ("Deutsch") at the upper right corner where you can select the language. Cheers thanks for that. That's cool as. I'm surprised at how much damage ice does. Worse than rock. Smallest reading it has is 100m. I reckon 'house size' is probably about a quarter of that. Maybe a city block of immediate obliteration? What do you think 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorg Posted November 19, 2020 Author #8 Share Posted November 19, 2020 13 hours ago, toast said: The pass was approximately 25 miles below the ISS1`s orbit, holy °°ht! Damn! I didn't realize that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toast Posted November 19, 2020 #9 Share Posted November 19, 2020 8 hours ago, psyche101 said: Maybe a city block of immediate obliteration? What do you think Depends on varoius facts but I think the pressure wave will cause more damage than the impact itself. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openozy Posted November 20, 2020 #10 Share Posted November 20, 2020 18 hours ago, toast said: There is a button ("Deutsch") Not very nice calling 101 a Douche,lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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