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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Big asteroid coming close to Earth
2011-11-06
[Bangla Daily Star] An asteroid bigger than an aircraft carrier will dart between the Earth and moon on Tuesday -- the closest encounter by such a huge rock in 35 years.

But scientists say not to worry. It won't hit.

"We're extremely confident, 100 percent confident, that this is not a threat," said the manager of Nasa's Near Earth Object Program, Don Yeomans. "But it is an opportunity."

The asteroid named 2005 YU55 is being watched by ground antennas as it approaches from the direction of the sun. The last time it came within so-called shouting distance was 200 years ago.

Closest approach will occur at 6:28pm EST Tuesday when the asteroid passes within 202,000 miles of Earth. That's closer than the roughly 240,000 miles between the Earth and the moon.
Posted by:Fred

#19  IIRC WORLD NEWS > COULD ASTEROID 2005 YU55 DESTROY THE MOON?

ARTIC > PERT = argued that for Earth to be showered by dangerous moon chunks, any impactor would have to be near or equal to the size of the Moon itself.

OTOH ME > 1990's NET = would had liked for the Space Perts to analyze + evaluate any risk to Earth stemming from the breakup + impact of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 agz the surface of Planet Jupiter, i.e. iff SL-9's "Earth-Sized" impacts could had forced large or massive chunks of Jupiter's surface into the planet's high orbit + ultimately out into deep space, espec towards Earth???

OR DOES THE FED + NASA NEED THE RUSSIAN SPACE BOYZ TO DO IT [again]???

versus

* SAME > ACTIVE SUNSPOTS COULD MEAN MORE AURORA BOREALIS SHOWS TO COME.

Wavy-gravy Days, Nights of the Sun.

IMO Artic also read, Madonna Fan from Guam to see more Ghosts = Taotamonas talking, walking, or flying, etc. around Agana + Island.

[1990's US GOVT-WARNED "YELLOW-RED" ORGANIZATION here].

* IIRC SAME > IFF 2012 DOESN'T DESTROY THE WORLD, THERE'S 2023 + 2026.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-11-06 23:37  

#18  Just the same, I'd be staying clear of Rio de Janeiro.
Posted by: OldSpook   2011-11-06 22:10  

#17  F*ck it, I"m ready for the "end of the world".
Never found this world all that appealing at all.
Posted by: bigjim-CA   2011-11-06 20:42  

#16  WAFF > US ARMY ALASKA MILITARY POLICE OFFICER PUT IN POLICE CUSTODY AFTER WARNING MOTHER OF IMMINENT THREAT NOVEMBER/2011.

ARTIC =
> US NSA engaged in "espionage" agz USDOD, looking for alleged "whistleblowers"???
> MP Servicemember told mom to prepare for the "end of the world".
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-11-06 19:31  

#15  
#13 Everything's just fine and dandy until God decides to throw a curveball, lol.

More like a changeup.
Posted by: badanov   2011-11-06 17:21  

#14  #11 - Obi-Wan: That's no moon. It's a space station.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-11-06 16:27  

#13  Everything's just fine and dandy until God decides to throw a curveball, lol.
Posted by: Jeque Hupairong2828   2011-11-06 16:10  

#12  Mecca already has a meteorite, they need an asteroid to pair up
Posted by: Frank G   2011-11-06 15:31  

#11  Just in - low-res photo of the asteroid:
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-11-06 14:59  

#10  Mecca, Chicago, Brussel, there's all sort of spots this thing could hit and make the world a better place. The problem, FrankG, is the collateral lives lost. Given the "unluckiest place on earth" list though I'd go with this asteroid hitting Haiti if anywhere. Japan has Godzilla to defend against asteroids so it wouldn't go there.
Posted by: Charles   2011-11-06 14:48  

#9   Start worrying ONLY if this asteroid slows down & goes into Earth orbit.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-11-06 14:39  

#8  Mecca would make a nice landing point
Posted by: Frank G   2011-11-06 14:34  

#7  "We're extremely confident, 100 percent confident, that this is not a threat,"

The science is settled! At least until the 'asteroid' goes into its terminal homing phase.
Posted by: SteveS   2011-11-06 13:38  

#6  For Badanov.

Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2011-11-06 04:33  

#5  "We're extremely confident, 100 percent confident, that this is not a threat,"

95%

90%

85%
Posted by: gr(o)mgoru   2011-11-06 03:00  

#4  PLATOON'S "SGT ELIAS" [paraph] = THE ENEMY IS COMING ... SET YOURSELVES UP HERE, HERE, + HERE ALONG THIS LINE - IFF ANY OF THEM GET THROUGH, YOU'RE ALL TRULY F ****** ED!

The US-Soviet Blocs had their Cold War games of Managed/Escalatory Response - so does GOD.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-11-06 02:50  

#3  VIDEO INTERVIEW > Richard C. Hoagland on Revolut Radio claims YU55 may come as close as 50-55,000 miles to Eart, + could potentially impact the Moon on 11/9th.

Hopefully, nothing will happen - I would, however, like to observe compare the event agz my own personal decades-old dream/vision where LARGE OR MASSIVE MOON EXPLOSIONS ARE VISUALLY SEEN ON GUAM/EARTH [2030 = Comet APOPHIS, OWG-NWO + Space Defense FUBAR?].

Our OWG-NWO = Pre/proto-SPACE GOVT, ORDER that no American = Amerikan has yet formally voted for as of 11/2011 has 19-25 years [2029 - 2036]to prevent the above.

THATS WHAT GOVT-CRITTERS ARE FOR, CORRECT???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-11-06 02:46  

#2  "We're extremely confident, 100 percent confident, that this is not a threat," said the manager of Nasa's Near Earth Object Program.

They're idiots. They couldn't even track the falling footprint of a giant satellite that's been tracked for the last decade. It landed in Canada, or Asia, or the Pacific or maybe it missed urth...
Posted by: Skidmark   2011-11-06 00:28  

#1  Bug artillery
Posted by: badanov   2011-11-06 00:22  

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