Safeway-size asteroid to get closer to Earth than satellites

[Brink]

Here's something to watch for in the sky on the 15th.

An asteroid big enough to level a major metropolitan area (probably several of them, actually) will definitely not be doing any such thing this month, but it will come pretty darn close.

First spotted by a Spanish observatory last year, small asteroid 2012 DA14 (in this case "small" means about 150 feet in diameter, or roughly the size of a supermarket) will pass within 3.5 Earth radii of the surface of our planet on February 15.

Read more at source:
Safeway-size asteroid to get closer to Earth than satellites | Crave - CNET

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[Slartybart]

Safeway is a grocery chain here in the States. Oh wait, I messed up.... Brink is in the States and probably knows that.

 

[ganjiry]

Safeway is a grocery chain here in the States. Oh wait, I messed up.... Brink is in the States and probably knows that.

It was also a supermarket chain in the uk but renamed to Morrison.

 

[Fantail]

* Night of the Comet flashback *

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

At least it isn't as big as a SuperWalmart.

 

[boohbah]

or a tesco-op

 

[Dwarf]

Julian, wash your mouth out with a meteorite!

 

[FuturDreamz]

That's the day after valentine's day.

 

[jadinolf]

I was always told that there is no Safeway.

 

[COMPUTIAC]

Watch the Asteroid flyby Live !

A conference about the 150' diameter asteroid will be on Thursday at 11am(PST) 2pm(EST).
http://www.jpl.nasa....elease_2013-043

There are four links in the article, the last one is for a live link to watch the asteroid flyby from a telescope at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala on Feb. 15th at 6pm to 9pm(PST) 9pm to 12am(EST)
http://www.ustream.t...annel/nasa-msfc

 

[Layback Bear]

I will be safe a way watching from my backyard with my hood up on my coat. Are the Mayans trying to get back at the world the Safeway?

 

[COMPUTIAC]

Yes, they Mayanbe !

If you watch it go by, please do it in a Safeway.

 

[Layback Bear]

My friend with me will protect me. Mr. Jack Daniel's.

 

[Britton30]

At least it isn't as big as a SuperWalmart.

Beat me to it again.
I'd worry if it were as big as Super Wal*Mart.

 

[COMPUTIAC]

My friend with me will protect me. Mr. Jack Daniel's.

Yes Sir, good 'ole Jack !

 

[Britton30]

Maybe my Old Grand Dad and Cap'n Morgan will join in too.

 

[COMPUTIAC]

My Great Uncle, Cap'n Morgan, once told me a wild story about the time he and my Great Grand Pappy took to the high seas and .........

 

[Trucidation]

What, realistically, are our options if a large asteroid decides to hit? As far as I can tell, short of blowing it up (which can make things worse, as instead of one huge rock hitting us, we'll have several rocks/a cloud of them), there's nothing much else we can do. Except pray.

I'll probably chop down that tree the council planted in front of my house which has always been bothering me, get the last word in before we die.

 

[Britton30]

Trucidation we can bend over and kiss our butts goodbye.

 

[Anak]

Seriously

If anyone wants to try and find out if they could even possibly see this asteroid, let alone have a toast to it.

Input your Latitude/Longitude into this locater, to see, if you can even see it.

Heavens Above | Select location from map

If your really serious you will have to zoom in to pinpoint your location, and make the correction for your time zone.



Click on submit, you will be taken to another page of Heavens Above, and you will see this at the very top of the page:


Then, Click on, Click here to see a skymap that will determine the visibility in your location if your position allows it.