Friday, June 15, 2012

#space #asteriod Huge asteroid, size of a city block, to pass near Earth tonight skygazers should be able to witness it live

Matt Lerner

1:36 PM  -  Public
#ScienceEveryDay   #ScienceSunday  +ScienceSunday  #space   #asteriod  #2012LZ1  
Huge asteroid to pass near Earth tonight - Technology & Science - CBC News »
A huge asteroid that astronomers compare to the size of a city block will reportedly zip by so close to Earth tonight that skygazers should be able to witness it live on the web.
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Jen Li1:39 PM (edited)
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"..that skygazers should be able to witness it live on the web." I dunno where ya'll will be, but Ima go outside. Dammit, "wont be visible to the naked eye" lol
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Universe Today

12:20 PM  -  Public
Astronomers View Asteroid 2012 LZ1′s Bright Flyby »
As reported, asteroid 2012 LZ1 came about 5.3 million km (3.3 million miles) from planet Earth on its closest approach on June 14th, 2012. The fairly big and unusually bright space rock is about is ab...
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Princessa Ocampo

1:10 PM  -  Public
PVI...OMG!
Huge asteroid to pass near Earth tonight - Technology & Science - CBC News »
A huge asteroid that astronomers compare to the size of a city block will reportedly zip by so close to Earth tonight that skygazers should be able to witness it live on the web.
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Jason Major

11:14 AM  -  Public
Sunlight pushes an asteroid around
Astronomers Measure Sunlight’s Shove »
The physical force of sunlight on a moving asteroid has been measured by NASA scientists, providing information on how to better plot these Earth-passing worlds’ future paths. First proposed by a 19-c...
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Marina Gerges

11:51 AM  -  Public
Great Threat to Asteroid Had Gone | »
A great threat to asteroids that was coming towards us had passed away without any harm to Earth.
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Jenny Winder

6:02 AM  -  Public
City Block-Size Asteroid 2012 LZ1 Zips by Earth as Scientists Watch »
The online Slooh Space Camera broadcast live footage of asteroid 2012 LZ1's flyby.
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Doug Alder

Yesterday 11:38 PM  -  Public
Damn I missed the live bypass - Here is prime evidence why we need to have constant monitoring of asteroids. LZ1 is roughly the size of a city block - and it was not detected until 3 days ago. In this case it missed us by about 15 lunar distances - but that's close.

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Slooh's Coverage of Asteroid LZ1 - Recording of Panel
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Jenny Winder

5:58 AM  -  Public
Video -- Asteroid Near Earth -- National Geographic »
NASA radar captures images of a passing asteroid almost as large as an aircraft carrier.
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Jenny Winder

5:47 AM  -  Public
Chang'E 2 has departed Earth's neighborhood for.....asteroid Toutatis!? | The Planetary Society »
According to a Chinese spaceflight forum, Chang'E program chief scientist Ouyang Ziyuan recently announced that Chang'E 2 has departed the Sun-Earth L2 point and is now en route to asteroid 4179 Touta...
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Dietrich Schmitz

Yesterday 10:04 PM  -  Public
Have a Great Day

via +Katherine Noyes (Thanks :/ )
Big asteroid to zip by Earth tonight; find the Snowman on asteroid Vesta »
A super-sized asteroid - named 2012 LZ1 - will whiz by our planet tonight. There is no cause for concern of a deep impact or even a glancing blow, however. The space rock will pass 14 lunar distance...
Posted by Robby Ball at 10:44 AM