Celestial NASA Warns Two Asteroids Could Cause Atmospheric Explosion

EastWest

Senior Member
NASA Warns Two Asteroids Could Cause Atmospheric Explosion Over Earth This Week
by Tyler Durden

Thu, 03/19/2020 - 23:05

Authored by Aaron Kesel via TheMindUnleashed.com,
As if 2020 weren’t overwhelming enough, in addition to the potential start of World War 3, the massive fires in Australia, the locust plague in the Middle East and Africa, and the novel coronavirus, we are now dealing with multiple asteroids hurtling towards Earth. One of the asteroids may even collide with Earth’s atmosphere resulting in an atmospheric explosion tonight!

The asteroids are being closely monitored by NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).


According to a report by IB Times, CNEOS estimates the 2020 EF asteroid has a diameter of 98 feet, making it a little longer than the distance between baseball diamond bases, with a velocity of 10,000 mph.

CNEOS sates that 2020 EF is what is known as an Aten asteroid, which means the object follows a normal orbit that crosses Earth’s path. NASA’s orbit diagram for 2020 EF shows the asteroid mimics a very wide orbit around the sun and almost follows the exact same path as Earth. The good news is NASA states in their diagram that the asteroid will have multiple near-approaches between 2020 EF and our planet—but it won’t hit us.

According to NASA, as a result of their size, 2020 EF will most likely not cause an impact event. Instead, it will break up into pieces if it enters Earth’s atmosphere. However, it will still cause an explosion in the sky that could be dangerous.

The last asteroid atmospheric explosion took place over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia, which produced a flash 30 times brighter than the Sun and caused 180 cases of eye pain and 70 cases of temporary flash blindness.

So make sure you don’t stare at it with the naked eye, similar to how you shouldn’t stare directly at the sun, no matter how curious you may be.

2020 DP4 is coming our way and will cause a similar space spectacle this week on March 22nd at 2:36 p.m EST. Compared to 2020 EF, 2020 DP4 is much larger in diameter at 180 feet wide and traveling at a faster velocity rate at 18,000 mph according to CNEOS.

While 2020 EF is classified as an Aten asteroid, 2020 DP4 on the other hand belongs to the Apollo family of space rocks. Although the two asteroids are labeled differently, they are known to intersect Earth’s orbit as the planet makes its way around the Sun.

CNEOS states 2020 EF is expected to fly past the Earth from a distance of 0.04241 astronomical units or approximately 4 million miles. Meanwhile, 2020 DP4 will approach Earth from a much closer distance which according to CNEOS, is only 0.00901 astronomical units or around 840,000 miles.

While NASA has expressed that both asteroids won’t collide directly with the Earth, last year NASA and the U.S. government’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) participated in an exercise with other international partners to deal with asteroids that could be a future impact danger. Last year, NASA also awarded SpaceX a $69 million contract to redirect an asteroid off its intended path under the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) program, which uses a technique known as a kinetic impactor. The mission involves sending one or more SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets into the path of an approaching near-earth object, in this case, Didymos’ small moon in October 2022.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is also involved in that joint mission to slam a probe into the asteroid Didymos’ small moon.

Next month a third asteroid is expected to come close to hitting Earth called 52768 (1998 OR2). First spotted in 1998, the space rock much bigger than 2020 FE and 2020 DP4, at 1.1 – 2.5 miles wide, is expected to pass within around 4million miles—or about 17 times the distance from Earth to the Moon, moving at a velocity of 19,461 miles per hour. CNEOS states that the third asteroid will fly by the Earth on April 29, at 4:56 a.m. EST.

According to CNN, NASA also reassures that 52768 (1998 OR2) will not hit the Earth despite worries with its classification as “potentially hazardous.” However, the asteroid is “large enough to cause global effects,” according to NASA.

The next potential asteroid that could cause significant damage if it hit Earth is expected to fly through our solar system and pass near Earth on April 13, 2029. The giant icy space rock—known as 99942 Apophis, for the Egyptian God of Chaos—is 1,100 feet wide (340 meters) and will speed by at over 67,000 miles per hour. According to NASA, Apophis has a 2.7% chance to hit Earth—a very low probability.

Thankfully we shouldn’t expect an Independence Day scenario any time soon.

 

Pinecone

Has No Life - Lives on TB

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Asteroid
Date(UT)​
Miss Distance​
Velocity (km/s)​
Diameter (m)​

2020 DP4
2020-Mar-22​
3.5 LD​
8.1​
33​
Recent & Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters:
According to SpaceWeather.com, 2020 DP4 will be 3.5 LD from the earth. LD = Lunar Distance)
 

EastWest

Senior Member
Zero Hedge? I deleted that site from my bookmarks 5 years ago. About 25 percent real news (at best) & 75 percent sensationalist garbage. Wasn't the case back when, but that long ago changed.

Perhaps This Will Make You Feel Better:
 

Rucus Sunday

Veteran Member
Perhaps This Will Make You Feel Better:

Um, yes, it does. From the NASA page:
A NASA-sponsored asteroid tracking system has found two new large objects that cross Earth's orbital path, but show no signs of coming dangerously close to Earth within at least the next several decades, astronomers say.

From Zero Hedge:
we are now dealing with multiple asteroids hurtling towards Earth. One of the asteroids may even collide with Earth’s atmosphere resulting in an atmospheric explosion tonight!

Did I miss something?
 

glennb6

Inactive
hehehe, again, believe NOTHING unless you can corroborate as true from multiple INDEPENDENT sources and it feels right in your gut.
 

jward

passin' thru
Doomer clickbait.

Somebody call me when it's real...

or at least some good fiction.


or $2 margaritas
:: perk :: you find 2$ margaritas, ya best be calling me! I aint overly worried bout this series of events :: whispers like Brick Heck :: but surely it's Cinco de Mayo in some universe, eh? :: grabs my sombrero and dance chart ::
 

AlaskaSue

North to the Future
You know, I always in the back of my mind was worried that when Jack Van Impe passed the tribulations would start. I love Christ and await his return but I dread the troubles.
When I see what's happening these days...so many things...I remember that I've wanted to see Jesus return in glory since I was 4 and just knew I'd see that Day. That helps calm the fear and worry.
 

Telescope Steve

Veteran Member
"CNEOS states 2020 EF is expected to fly past the Earth from a distance of 0.04241 astronomical units or approximately 4 million miles. Meanwhile, 2020 DP4 will approach Earth from a much closer distance which according to CNEOS, is only 0.00901 astronomical units or around 840,000 miles."

840,000 miles is 3 times farther away than the distance to the moon. So, this is not a threat at all unless they are lying about the distance.
 

BassMan

Veteran Member
I see these articles occasionally, but always confirm at spaceweather.com. Looks like nothing out of the ordinary this time.
 

Melodi

Disaster Cat
Zero Hedge? I deleted that site from my bookmarks 5 years ago. About 25 percent real news (at best) & 75 percent sensationalist garbage. Wasn't the case back when, but that long ago changed.
Sadly the story appears to be real and is in other news outlets though I suspect NASA will soon post a retraction if it isn't true.

On the other hand, near-earth asteroids pass us all the time, thankfully most don't impact the Earth, occasionally they do in big or small ways depending on their size.
 

Rucus Sunday

Veteran Member
Sadly the story appears to be real and is in other news outlets though I suspect NASA will soon post a retraction if it isn't true.

On the other hand, near-earth asteroids pass us all the time, thankfully most don't impact the Earth, occasionally they do in big or small ways depending on their size.

I should have headed to space.com right off. There is a bit of info on it here. I didn't intend to sound like I was attacking EastWest, just stating my thoughts on Zero Hedge. No, my opinion hasn't changed, and yes, the ZH article is clickbait, a routine practice at ZH.
 

ears2hear

Contributing Member
Yes, I've been waiting for Jesus' return for over 50 years. It's getting very, very close. Any time now. I believe the nations are in perplexity right now, ALL the nations! Refer to Luke 21. In the meantime, making sure you know Jesus is the most important thing you could ever do, the ultimate prep!!!
 

PanBear

Veteran Member
mark your calendar for this asteroid, not as big as the next one

Just one day before Easter, Asteroid 363599 (2004 FG11) will be making its approach to Earth at 88,164 kph on 11 April 2020.
Date of Arrival: 11 April 2020
Just-one-day-before-Easter-Asteroid-363599-2004-FG11-will-be-making-its-approach-to-Earth-at-88164-kph-on-11-April-2020-.jpg
 

PanBear

Veteran Member
The biggest asteroid to fly past the planet in 2020 will be the massive four-kilometre wide 52768 (1998 OR2) at 31,320 kilometres per hour (kph).
Date of Arrival: 29 April 2020
The-biggest-asteroid-to-fly-past-the-planet-in-2020-will-be-the-massive-four-kilometre-wide-52768-1998-OR2-at-31320-kilometres-per-hour-kph-.jpg


link photo from earthsky.org
asteroid-1998-OR2-trajectory.jpg

Orbit of asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2. It requires 3 years and 8 months to orbit the sun onc. It gets nearly as far from the sun as Jupiter (about 5 times Earth’s distance from the sun). Image via NASA/ JPL.
 
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