Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 Another close called after Ison .... Yahoo news: Earth marks close encounter with enormous asteroid REUTERS - An asteroid estimated to be the size of three football fields whizzed close to Earth on Monday, roughly a year after one exploded over Russia and injured 1,200 people. Slooh Space Camera tracked the approach of the asteroid as it raced past the planet at about 27,000 mph (43,000 kmph), starting at 9 p.m. EST (2 a.m. GMT, February 18), the robotic telescope service said in a statement on Slooh.com. The Dubai Astronomy Group provided Slooh photos of the part of the sky where the rock was expected to be seen, but its motion could not be picked out immediately in a live webcast against the backdrop of night-time stars. The 295-yard (270-m) asteroid was streaking past Earth at a distance of about 2.1 million miles (3.4 million km) little more than a year after another asteroid exploded on February 15, 2013, over Chelyabinsk, Russia. That asteroid injured 1,200 people following a massive shock wave that shattered windows and damaged buildings. Chelyabinsk region officials had wanted to mark the anniversary by giving a piece of the meteorite to each 2014 Winter Olympic athlete who won a medal on Saturday at the Sochi Games. However, the International Olympic Committee at the last minute said it could be done only after the games and separately. Slooh's flagship observatory on Mount Teide in Spain's Canary Islands was iced over and unable to be used for the 2000 EM26 viewing, Paul Cox, Slooh's technical and research director, said on the one-hour webcast. "We continue to discover these potentially hazardous asteroids - sometimes only days before they make their close approaches to Earth," Cox said in a statement before the show. He added, "We need to find them before they find us!" Its seem we are getting closer to extinction as years gone bye with so many 'BIG' rocks flying pass our mother Earth and each one getting nearer .... This one not even spotted until last minutes and some telescopes observing the universe were frozen cos of unexpected winter storms. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 aiyah martians littering lah.....killer litter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 Mai kia mai kia peng you ei, ai zai ai zai.. We can always blast any offending asteroids to smithereens by assembling another elite team machiam like the one below: (source: http://whatthef**kisthat.over-blog.com/article-armageddon-la-veritable-histoire-de-la-fin-du-monde-113654675.html ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic February 20, 2014 Author Share February 20, 2014 Mai kia mai kia peng you ei, ai zai ai zai.. We can always blast any offending asteroids to smithereens by assembling another elite team machiam like the one below: (source: http://whatthef**kisthat.over-blog.com/article-armageddon-la-veritable-histoire-de-la-fin-du-monde-113654675.html ) Just watched the repeated movie at 'Fox' movies on MIO last night ... aiyah martians littering lah.....killer litter This rock not even spotted before .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 Mai kia mai kia peng you ei, ai zai ai zai.. We can always blast any offending asteroids to smithereens by assembling another elite team machiam like the one below: (source: http://whatthef**kisthat.over-blog.com/article-armageddon-la-veritable-histoire-de-la-fin-du-monde-113654675.html ) The black dude already past away in 2012. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic February 20, 2014 Author Share February 20, 2014 The black dude already past away in 2012. So.... they required new member for the team ... Recommend Porker ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 The black dude already past away in 2012. Name's Michael Clarke Duncan who passed away after a heart attack few years ago. His hulk, booming voice & his portrayal of a convict on death row in the movie The Green Mile impressed me still till this day. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si4dr 5th Gear February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 (edited) The one at extreme right is Owen Wilson? Edited February 20, 2014 by Si4dr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knoobie Supercharged February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 probably there was much more before we were even ablee to see them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ins1dious Turbocharged February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 Bro... you have a ticking time bomb closer to home http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Toba Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic February 20, 2014 Author Share February 20, 2014 Bro... you have a ticking time bomb closer to home http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Toba The other one is Yellow Stone Park in USA.... There are simic activities in recent years ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ins1dious Turbocharged February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 (edited) The other one is Yellow Stone Park in USA.... There are simic activities in recent years ... exactly. They don't call this area the Ring of Fire for nothing Edited February 20, 2014 by ins1dious Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrosszero Turbocharged February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 Its seem we are getting closer to extinction as years gone bye with so many 'BIG' rocks flying pass our mother Earth and each one getting nearer .... This one not even spotted until last minutes and some telescopes observing the universe were frozen cos of unexpected winter storms. That is an illogical theory - it is not as if there is someone throwing rocks at Earth and improving his aim with each toss. Asteroids and meteorites are entirely random and the chances of Earth getting smacked by a rock every given day does not change with each close encounter successive close encounter. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myxilplix Turbocharged February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 You die, I die, everybody die! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoverofCar 6th Gear February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG_VMJg7oMM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic February 20, 2014 Author Share February 20, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG_VMJg7oMM LOL .... I want the 'rocks' to miss our mother earth ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcann 6th Gear February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 Say some scientist suddenly say sometime next week a colossal asteroid the size of Down Under gonna strike earth head-on, what can we do? Jia ba dan si? Or give your hated boss a bloody tight slap till his head turn ten rounds? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shull Turbocharged February 20, 2014 Share February 20, 2014 Another close called after Ison .... Yahoo news: Earth marks close encounter with enormous asteroid REUTERS - An asteroid estimated to be the size of three football fields whizzed close to Earth on Monday, roughly a year after one exploded over Russia and injured 1,200 people. Slooh Space Camera tracked the approach of the asteroid as it raced past the planet at about 27,000 mph (43,000 kmph), starting at 9 p.m. EST (2 a.m. GMT, February 18), the robotic telescope service said in a statement on Slooh.com. The Dubai Astronomy Group provided Slooh photos of the part of the sky where the rock was expected to be seen, but its motion could not be picked out immediately in a live webcast against the backdrop of night-time stars. The 295-yard (270-m) asteroid was streaking past Earth at a distance of about 2.1 million miles (3.4 million km) little more than a year after another asteroid exploded on February 15, 2013, over Chelyabinsk, Russia. That asteroid injured 1,200 people following a massive shock wave that shattered windows and damaged buildings. Chelyabinsk region officials had wanted to mark the anniversary by giving a piece of the meteorite to each 2014 Winter Olympic athlete who won a medal on Saturday at the Sochi Games. However, the International Olympic Committee at the last minute said it could be done only after the games and separately. Slooh's flagship observatory on Mount Teide in Spain's Canary Islands was iced over and unable to be used for the 2000 EM26 viewing, Paul Cox, Slooh's technical and research director, said on the one-hour webcast. "We continue to discover these potentially hazardous asteroids - sometimes only days before they make their close approaches to Earth," Cox said in a statement before the show. He added, "We need to find them before they find us!" Its seem we are getting closer to extinction as years gone bye with so many 'BIG' rocks flying pass our mother Earth and each one getting nearer .... This one not even spotted until last minutes and some telescopes observing the universe were frozen cos of unexpected winter storms. 3.4 mil km is 9 times the distance from earth to moon leh.. hardly near.. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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