Stadium-sized asteroid deemed 'potentially hazardous' by NASA, is expected to move 'relatively close

[docyabut2]

https://www.foxnews.com/science/stadium-sized-asteroid-deemed-potentially-hazardous-nasa-expected-move-relatively-close-earth

The asteroid is moving at around 20,000 miles per hour

Edited September 17 by docyabut2

[docyabut2]

Our cell phones are down:( is it happening to any one else ?

[Waspie_Dwarf]

7 minutes ago, docyabut2 said:

Our cell phones are down:( is it happening to any one else ?

That has absolutely nothing to do with a small piece of rock which, at its closest to Earth, will be nearly three times further away than the moon.

[Waspie_Dwarf]

14 minutes ago, docyabut2 said:

Our cell phones are down:( is it happening to any one else ?

6 minutes ago, Waspie_Dwarf said:

That has absolutely nothing to do with a small piece of rock which, at its closest to Earth, will be nearly three times further away than the moon.

In fact the asteroid actually passed by Earth over 11 hours ago.

Quote

Asteroid 2024 ON will safely fly past Earth on 17 September 2024 at 10:17 UTC (12:17 CEST). It is between 210 and 500 m across and will briefly pass within one million km of our planet. 

Source: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/09/Close_approach_of_asteroid_2024_ON

 

[docyabut2]

24 minutes ago, Waspie_Dwarf said:

That has absolutely nothing to do with a small piece of rock which, at its closest to Earth, will be nearly three times further away than the moon.

Its on my cell phone said, your phones are not registered on a network so you can only make emergency calls

Is it affected my phone ? 

Edited September 17 by docyabut2

[docyabut2]

Low signal: You may have a low signal strength?

https://www.google.com/search?q=your+phones+are+not+registered+on+a+network+so+you+can+only+make+emergency+calls&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS631US633&oq=your+phones+are+not+registered+on+a+network+so+you+can+only+make+emergency+calls&aqs=chrome..69i57.1675j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[Waspie_Dwarf]

14 minutes ago, docyabut2 said:

Is it affected my phone ? 

No.

It is a rock.

[docyabut2]

An asteroid due to whizz past the Earth this week could take out vital telecommunications satellites, scientists warn.

https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/how-close-shave-with-asteroid-can-affect-your-mobile-network-2-3619511.html

[+and-then]

9 minutes ago, docyabut2 said:

An asteroid due to whizz past the Earth this week could take out vital telecommunications satellites, scientists warn.

https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/how-close-shave-with-asteroid-can-affect-your-mobile-network-2-3619511.html

This happened over a decade ago:

 February 12, 2013, 10:22:51 IST

[docyabut2]

47 minutes ago, and-then said:

This happened over a decade ago:

 February 12, 2013, 10:22:51 IST

 Its happening today In fact the asteroid actually passed by Earth over 11 hours ago.

Edited September 17 by docyabut2

[Waspie_Dwarf]

23 minutes ago, docyabut2 said:

 Its happening today In fact the asteroid actually passed by Earth over 11 hours ago.

No it's not!!! If you are going to argue with people about the links you provide it would probably be a good idea to read them properly first.

This link you have provided:

1 hour ago, docyabut2 said:

An asteroid due to whizz past the Earth this week could take out vital telecommunications satellites, scientists warn.

https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/how-close-shave-with-asteroid-can-affect-your-mobile-network-2-3619511.html

is from a totally different story about a totally different asteroid and was, as @and-then correctly says, from a totally different decade.

[Occupational Hubris]

🫥 What is going on in this thread.... 

[Waspie_Dwarf]

1 hour ago, Occupational Hubris said:

🫥 What is going on in this thread.... 

That's a very good question... and one which has hurt my brain thinking about  even though I'm involved with it. 

As far as I can work it out docyabut2 has decided that an asteroid, which had passed the Earth 11 hours previously at a distance 2.6 times greater than the moon  was somehow affecting her cell phone signal. She then tried to justify this belief by linking to a story about an unrelated asteroid which had an absolutely miniscule chance of hitting a communications satellite (but didn't) 11 years ago... despite this current asteroid being 30ish time further away than communications satellites and cell phones not using communications satellites anyway. 

I think that just about sums it up. I bet you wish you hadn't asked now.

[Occupational Hubris]

11 minutes ago, Waspie_Dwarf said:

That's a very good question... and one which has hurt my brain thinking about  even though I'm involved with it. 

As far as I can work it out docyabut2 has decided that an asteroid, which had passed the Earth 11 hours previously at a distance 2.6 times greater than the moon  was somehow affecting her cell phone signal. She then tried to justify this belief by linking to a story about an unrelated asteroid which had an absolutely miniscule chance of hitting a communications satellite (but didn't) 11 years ago... despite this current asteroid being 30ish time further away than communications satellites and cell phones not using communications satellites anyway. 

I think that just about sums it up. I bet you wish you hadn't asked now.

It's even funnier in your recap

[the13bats]

Good thing we have a space guru here so i can keep grounded.

[Abramelin]

Please, post another one, Docy...