[News] We all nearly died last Thursday

[Stat Brother]

Oh well.


‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...-didnt-detect-it-time/?utm_term=.9fc13f182fa1

Scientists revealed an asteroid dubbed by some as a "city killer" came closer to the Earth than the moon this week. The Washington Post reported that scientists apparently had no idea it was coming.


Asteroid 2019 OK came hurtling toward Earth at a speed of nearly 15 miles a second, before flying past. According to NASA, it was about 45,000 miles from Earth on Thursday.

"It would have hit with over 30 times the energy of the atomic blast at Hiroshima," astronomer professor Alan Duffy told the Sydney Morning Herald. Duffy called the zooming space rock a "city killer."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/astero...roid-misses-earth-and-scientists-had-no-idea/


Although I guess it could have hit Croydon and done £8.74 worth of improvements.

 

[Mackenzie]

Meh!

 

[Easy 10]

If its anything like Armageddon, then there's still a bigger chunk of it out there somewhere, and on a similar trajectory.

I knew I shouldn't have bothered series linking the new series of Catchphrase.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Ahh inearly died in your arms tonight........

 

[Eeyore]

Armageddon ?

It's hardly the end of the world.

 

[LlcoolJ]

If its anything like Armageddon, then there's still a bigger chunk of it out there somewhere, and on a similar trajectory.

I knew I shouldn't have bothered series linking the new series of Catchphrase.

It's ok, Elon Musk has just called Bruce Willis.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

It's ok, Elon Musk has just called Bruce Willis a Paedo. It is what he does to saviours..

Edited for you

 

[Ninja Elephant]

It's ok, Elon Musk has just called Bruce Willis.

With a bit of luck, Ben Affleck will be available as well.

 

[GloryDays]

Oh well.


‘It snuck up on us’: Scientists stunned by ‘city-killer’ asteroid that just missed Earth

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...-didnt-detect-it-time/?utm_term=.9fc13f182fa1

Scientists revealed an asteroid dubbed by some as a "city killer" came closer to the Earth than the moon this week. The Washington Post reported that scientists apparently had no idea it was coming.


Asteroid 2019 OK came hurtling toward Earth at a speed of nearly 15 miles a second, before flying past. According to NASA, it was about 45,000 miles from Earth on Thursday.

"It would have hit with over 30 times the energy of the atomic blast at Hiroshima," astronomer professor Alan Duffy told the Sydney Morning Herald. Duffy called the zooming space rock a "city killer."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/astero...roid-misses-earth-and-scientists-had-no-idea/


Although I guess it could have hit Croydon and done £8.74 worth of improvements.

Surely with a surname like Duffy we'd expect him to just head it away.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

It wouldn't have killed everyone, unless you happened to be within the limited blast radius.

However, it does highlight that there is an upper size limit to the objects that we are able to spot in advance.

 

[LlcoolJ]

https://youtu.be/N_DjsmkD1fw

 

[nickbrighton]

so assuming at some point one of these is not going to miss, and basically wipe us all out, or as good as damn it, destroy what we laughingly call civilisation, would you want to know about it? Given there is nothing we could do, I think i would rather just have it happen, rather than have a 3 or 4 month countdown.

 

[Stat Brother]

so assuming at some point one of these is not going to miss, and basically wipe us all out, or as good as damn it, destroy what we laughingly call civilisation, would you want to know about it? Given there is nothing we could do, I think i would rather just have it happen, rather than have a 3 or 4 month countdown.

"Nothing we can do"?

 

[LlcoolJ]

Armageddon is a classic of its kind (massive cheese fest but brilliant fun). That Deep Impact was a right pile of shite though.

 

[Easy 10]

so assuming at some point one of these is not going to miss, and basically wipe us all out, or as good as damn it, destroy what we laughingly call civilisation, would you want to know about it? Given there is nothing we could do, I think i would rather just have it happen, rather than have a 3 or 4 month countdown.

I think if they DID know a meteor was going to hit in (say) a month or two's time and wipe us out in an extinction event, we'd not be told about it, because all society would immediately break down and descend into complete chaos and anarchy. It'd be the end of days. Of course the news might "leak", but would people believe it ?

 

[A1X]

I think if they DID know a meteor was going to hit in (say) a month or two's time and wipe us out in an extinction event, we'd not be told about it, because all society would immediately break down and descend into complete chaos and anarchy. It'd be the end of days. Of course the news might "leak", but would people believe it ?

Maybe the sign will be the chaps who stand on street corners in London shouting "The end of the world is nigh" suddenly being arrested for leaking classified information.

 

[LlcoolJ]

I think if they DID know a meteor was going to hit in (say) a month or two's time and wipe us out in an extinction event, we'd not be told about it, because all society would immediately break down and descend into complete chaos and anarchy. It'd be the end of days. Of course the news might "leak", but would people believe it ?

"Fake asteroid folks, fake asteroid. I know asteroids.... and science, trust me. I'm a very smart guy. I do deals.

Now, take me to that bunker. What do you mean she's gone without me? Melania!!!"

 

[studio150]

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Highly recommend watching Brian Cox the planets, it's incredible how earth is in the perfect position for life to flourish, I think its Jupiter that sucks in most of the asteroids heading for us

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[Icy Gull]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6913KnbMpHM