[Keith_McClary]

Quarter-mile-wide asteroid coming close to Earth
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')img]http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/2011/quartermilew.jpg[/img]
This image made from radar data taken in April 2010 by the Arecibo Radar Telescope in Puerto Rico and provided by NASA/Cornell/Arecibo shows asteroid 2005 YU55.
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The asteroid named 2005 YU55 is being watched by ground antennas as it approaches from the direction of the sun.
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If 2005 YU55 were to plow into the home planet, it would blast out a crater four miles across and 1,700 feet deep, according to Melosh's calculations. Think a magnitude-7 earthquake and 70-foot-high tsunami waves.
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Scientists have been tracking the slowly spinning, spherical, dark-colored object since its discovery in 2005, and are positive it won't do any damage.
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"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.

[rangerone314]

Be a shame if it crashed into Pakistan.

[Sixstrings]

Yikes that picture is going to send the Nibiru / planet X people running for the hills.

[Novus]

Not really DOOM because they are 100% certain it will not hit the Earth. But I have heard a theory that the YU55 might be weaponized or pulled into the Earth by some type of black project.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'N')ot really DOOM because they are 100% certain it will not hit the Earth. But I have heard a theory that the YU55 might be weaponized or pulled into the Earth by some type of black project.

[Rod_Cloutier]

Here's a video simulation of what would happen to the Earth if an asteroid of this quarter mile size was to hit the Earth:

http://youtu.be/yYgEwXWilUc

[eXpat]

Astronomically speaking, quite close actually



http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2005%20YU55;orb=1
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/overview/yu55.html
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.cfm?id=1030

[JohnRM]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Repent', 'H')ere's a video simulation of what would happen to the Earth if an asteroid of this quarter mile size was to hit the Earth:

http://youtu.be/yYgEwXWilUc

[kpeavey]

The OP says the image was produced using radar.
If that be the case, there should be at least an outline of the shape of the rock.
There would be no shadow from the sun in a radar image.

Options:
-someone screwed up putting together the html page, wring/bad text or image
-someone changed the image for a better/different image
-The most likely option: proof of Nibiro/Planet X is being hidden from you by the people that run everything. This is from NASA, thats the gubmint, and they are telling you All Is Well. Nov 8-been nice knowin ya.

[Rod_Cloutier]

Interesting co-insidence that this week a movie with the same plot is being released to theatres:

http://www.cinemaclock.com/trailers/man ... holia.html

Where a giant asteriod is unexpectedly on a direct collision course with Earth.

[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kpeavey', 'T')he OP says the image was produced using radar.
If that be the case, there should be at least an outline of the shape of the rock.
There would be no shadow from the sun in a radar image.

[Novus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Repent', 'H')ere's a video simulation of what would happen to the Earth if an asteroid of this quarter mile size was to hit the Earth:

http://youtu.be/yYgEwXWilUc

[Laromi]

How terrible, what a disaster, and I should care

[rangerone314]

Oddly, November 9 Wednesday the government is doing their first nationwide test of their alert system.

[eXpat]

This is a link from the NASA
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/player/?document=http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/content/documents/yu55/yu55.xml
You can see here in real time, when the asteroid impacts earth and we can stop worring about Peak Oil

[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eXpat', 'T')his is a link from the NASA
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/player/?document=http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/content/documents/yu55/yu55.xml
You can see here in real time, when the asteroid impacts earth and we can stop worring about Peak Oil

[SherwinQ]

Many people think that the sky never changes. Not everyone is aware of this matter. A dark asteroid described as "the size of an aircraft carrier" streaked beyond the Earth Tues evening. Passing closer to us than the moon, the large object posed no threat. It did, however, afford experts a unique close-up glimpse at one of these celestial bodies. There has not been a thing as large passing as close to us since 1976. Source for this article: Battleship-sized asteroid buzzes the Earth closer than the moon.

[Serial_Worrier]

Just send Bruce Willis and Liv Tyler, they'll blow it up good.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SherwinQ', 'M')any people think that the sky never changes. Not everyone is aware of this matter. A dark asteroid described as "the size of an aircraft carrier" streaked beyond the Earth Tues evening. Passing closer to us than the moon, the large object posed no threat. It did, however, afford experts a unique close-up glimpse at one of these celestial bodies. There has not been a thing as large passing as close to us since 1976. Source for this article: Battleship-sized asteroid buzzes the Earth closer than the moon.