packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
*chuckle*
He must, as of yet, be unaware of my existence.
I forgive him.
He's quite approachable, by all means introduce yourself.
Celestial DZ2 Asteroid, Near Earth 25March2023, WARNING!!
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He's quite approachable, by all means introduce yourself.
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
and Alfaman and the Mrs............
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
tactical asteroids............
for the tactical hemorrhoids..........
hmmmmmmmmmmm.......
Countrymouse
Country exile in the city
love his books!
Lilbitsnana
On TB every waking moment
the 2023 DZ2 is not going to make the close pass or hit until tomorrow on 3/25 at 2:50 PM (Central) per the JPL site.
JPL countdown is 1 day 8 hrs 45 min from now.
Eyes on Asteroids - NASA/JPL
Explore the 3D world of Asteroids, Comets and NEOs. Learn about past and future missions, tracking and predicting orbits, and close approaches to Earth.
eyes.nasa.gov
LightEcho
Has No Life - Lives on TB
The rock will pass. Even if it left a trail of stones, it is so cloudy here I'd never see them.... unless one gold/silver/nickel 20 pounder lands in my yard. I can dream.Asteroid that could wipe out a city is near, but don’t fear
By MARCIA DUNNyesterday
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon’s orbit this weekend, missing both celestial bodies.
Saturday’s close encounter will offer astronomers the chance to study a space rock from just over 100,000 miles (168,000 kilometers) away. That’s less than half the distance from here to the moon, making it visible through binoculars and small telescopes.
While asteroid flybys are common, NASA said it’s rare for one so big to come so close — about once a decade. Scientists estimate its size somewhere between 130 feet and 300 feet (40 meters and 90 meters).
Discovered a month ago, the asteroid known as 2023 DZ2 will pass within 320,000 miles (515,000 kilometers) of the moon on Saturday and, several hours later, buzz the Indian Ocean at about 17,500 mph (28,000 kph).
“There is no chance of this ‘city killer’ striking Earth, but its close approach offers a great opportunity for observations,” the European Space Agency’s planetary defense chief Richard Moissl said in a statement.
Astronomers with the International Asteroid Warning Network see it as good practice for planetary defense if and when a dangerous asteroid heads our way, according to NASA.
The Virtual Telescope Project will provide a live webcast of the close approach.
The asteroid won’t be back our way again until 2026. Although there initially seemed to be a slight chance it might strike Earth then, scientists have since ruled that out.
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Asteroid that could wipe out a city is near, but don't fear
An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will zip harmlessly between Earth and the moon's orbit this weekend.apnews.com
Hognutz
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Well we will know soon….the 2023 DZ2 is not going to make the close pass or hit until tomorrow on 3/25 at 2:50 PM (Central) per the JPL site.
JPL countdown is 1 day 8 hrs 45 min from now.
Eyes on Asteroids - NASA/JPL
Explore the 3D world of Asteroids, Comets and NEOs. Learn about past and future missions, tracking and predicting orbits, and close approaches to Earth.
Well, dang ... it helps to know what day it is (even at 3:50 a.m.)! But I have first-hand evidence that others have it even worse. I talked with a delivery driver yesterday who was bringing pizza to my office and made an off-hand comment about pizza and Fridays going together and he responded with "But today is Wednesday!" He seemed sincerely surprised, but maybe he was just yanking my chain.
There is a Wikipedia page for 2023 DZ2. It contains these relevant bits: "2023 DZ2 is approximately 40–90 meters (130–300 feet) in diameter. ... It was estimated that an impact would produce an upper atmosphere air burst equivalent to 4.5 Mt TNT (19 PJ), roughly equal to 214 of the Fat Man warhead dropped on Nagasaki, or a little over a third of the Tunguska event."
en.wikipedia.org
2023 DZ2 - Wikipedia
dawgofwar10
Veteran Member
Shucks!!!!
jed turtle
a brother in the Lord
beat me by a moment, was about to report that the Great State of Maine is still here, no tsunami, or earth quake. Praise God!
LightEcho
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Send us thine asteroid, O Lord
Thy vengeance be on us outpoured
Engulf the Earth in flame and fire
Obliteration we require
Just like you did the dinosaurs
Destroy mankind with meteors
Humanity has run its course
Annihilation we endorse
We praise thee, O Almighty God
Now bury us into the sod
Please hurl a rock of massive size
To bring to us a swift demise
Amen
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkTgYiMDRHY
Thy vengeance be on us outpoured
Engulf the Earth in flame and fire
Obliteration we require
Just like you did the dinosaurs
Destroy mankind with meteors
Humanity has run its course
Annihilation we endorse
We praise thee, O Almighty God
Now bury us into the sod
Please hurl a rock of massive size
To bring to us a swift demise
Amen