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Asteroid 2020 SW will fly by closer than some satellites this week | |
Astromut
Senior Forum Moderator  09/20/2020 10:30 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to twitter.com (secure)] It's a small asteroid, just about 6 meters wide. It is well positioned for viewing from the US prior to closest approach, though because of its small size it will be far too dim to see by eye. I should be able to track it and webcast it with my telescope. I will webcast it on Wednesday night if the weather allows.  |
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| Prospektor
User ID: 48925331  United States09/20/2020 10:35 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to twitter.com (secure)] Quoting: Astromut It's a small asteroid, just about 6 meters wide. It is well positioned for viewing from the US prior to closest approach, though because of its small size it will be far too dim to see by eye. I should be able to track it and webcast it with my telescope. I will webcast it on Wednesday night if the weather allows. Thank you SkyDog! You are a voice of reason among the other types of voices. I appreciate you being a man of action! Keep showing us the sky! |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78674766  United Kingdom09/20/2020 10:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to twitter.com (secure)] Quoting: Astromut It's a small asteroid, just about 6 meters wide. It is well positioned for viewing from the US prior to closest approach, though because of its small size it will be far too dim to see by eye. I should be able to track it and webcast it with my telescope. I will webcast it on Wednesday night if the weather allows. Your literally the only person on GLP thats not a LARP. Thanks for the contribution.  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78689367 United States09/20/2020 10:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to twitter.com (secure)] Quoting: Astromut It's a small asteroid, just about 6 meters wide. It is well positioned for viewing from the US prior to closest approach, though because of its small size it will be far too dim to see by eye. I should be able to track it and webcast it with my telescope. I will webcast it on Wednesday night if the weather allows. Does a weakened magnetosphere allow for potential Earth impacts of NEA's? |
| Grove Street
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| Weyoun
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| AggregateThreat
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| Jake
User ID: 77849624 United States09/20/2020 10:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation |   Last Edited by Slowly awakening on 09/20/2020 10:57 AM Evil controls the ignorant... Climate change is a hoax so is the vax you have been fear-porned into compliance! Definition Satan from the bible: Satan (Rev 12:7) exercising his subtle (indirect) impact on heathen governments (powers) – i.e. accomplishing his hellish agenda from "behind the scenes." |
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| Ricky M
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 56034153  Colombia09/20/2020 11:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi Astro thats awesome, question to the expert, what would a size asteroid do if it impacts, just an idea i know most would burn up but 1 meter perhaps would impact what would that do lets say on land. [link to twitter.com (secure)] Quoting: Astromut It's a small asteroid, just about 6 meters wide. It is well positioned for viewing from the US prior to closest approach, though because of its small size it will be far too dim to see by eye. I should be able to track it and webcast it with my telescope. I will webcast it on Wednesday night if the weather allows. |
| marooned
User ID: 70666044 United States09/20/2020 11:22 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to twitter.com (secure)] Quoting: Astromut It's a small asteroid, just about 6 meters wide. It is well positioned for viewing from the US prior to closest approach, though because of its small size it will be far too dim to see by eye. I should be able to track it and webcast it with my telescope. I will webcast it on Wednesday night if the weather allows.  |
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| Astromut
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| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 09/20/2020 11:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to twitter.com (secure)] Quoting: Astromut It's a small asteroid, just about 6 meters wide. It is well positioned for viewing from the US prior to closest approach, though because of its small size it will be far too dim to see by eye. I should be able to track it and webcast it with my telescope. I will webcast it on Wednesday night if the weather allows. Does a weakened magnetosphere allow for potential Earth impacts of NEA's? The magnetosphere has nothing to do with NEAs. Last Edited by Astromut on 09/20/2020 11:52 AM |
| Astromut
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| Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 09/20/2020 11:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hi Astro thats awesome, question to the expert, what would a size asteroid do if it impacts, just an idea i know most would burn up but 1 meter perhaps would impact what would that do lets say on land. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 56034153 [link to twitter.com (secure)] Quoting: Astromut It's a small asteroid, just about 6 meters wide. It is well positioned for viewing from the US prior to closest approach, though because of its small size it will be far too dim to see by eye. I should be able to track it and webcast it with my telescope. I will webcast it on Wednesday night if the weather allows. If it were to hit it with most likely fragment during atmospheric entry and cause an air burst. The bits that hit the ground would be relatively small and not able to do much damage, but the air burst could produce a shock wave that would blow out windows below the spot where it explodes. |
| Cale-Tucker
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| Cale-Tucker
User ID: 79348175 France09/20/2020 12:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hello I allow myself to post my request here so as not to pollute the forum can you tell me what "predictable" distance from earth this asteroid will pass? he is quite big all the same, hence my concern... sorry my english is light link here [link to cneos.jpl.nasa.gov (secure)] |
