NASA: Asteroid Will Pass 'Very Close' to Earth on Sunday

[Chef Ramsay]

The asteroid, designated 2014 RC, will be roughly over New Zealand at the time of closest approach, which will be about 2:18 pm EDT based on current calculations. Astronomers estimate that the asteroid is about 60 feet in size.

On the night of Aug. 31, the asteroid was first discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Ariz., and was detected independently the next night by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope that is located in Hawaii.

The orbit of 2014 RC was confirmed by both the Catalina Sky Survey and the University of Hawaii during follow-up observations.

It will be about 25,000 miles away at the time of its closest approach to Earth. It won’t be observable to the unaided eye, but amateur astronomers with small telescopes might be able to spot the fast-moving appearance of the asteroid.

More...http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2014/09/04/nasa-asteroid-will-pass-very-close-to-earth-on-sunday/

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[TheButterZone]

Wish the asteroid miners were ready to launch...

[Hippie Tech]

The giant incoming CME(s) might be all this flying capacitor needs to blow it's top.

http://spaceweather.com/

NASA Warns Astronauts of Electric Asteroids  http://youtu.be/NrYaM9Q-mCM?list=UUvHqXK_Hz79tjqRosK4tWYA

http://www.thunderbolts.info/

[LancangDam]

The asteroid, designated 2014 RC, will be roughly over New Zealand at the time of closest approach, which will be about 2:18 pm EDT based on current calculations. Astronomers estimate that the asteroid is about 60 feet in size.

On the night of Aug. 31, the asteroid was first discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Ariz., and was detected independently the next night by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope that is located in Hawaii.

The orbit of 2014 RC was confirmed by both the Catalina Sky Survey and the University of Hawaii during follow-up observations.

It will be about 25,000 miles away at the time of its closest approach to Earth. It won’t be observable to the unaided eye, but amateur astronomers with small telescopes might be able to spot the fast-moving appearance of the asteroid.

More...http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2014/09/04/nasa-asteroid-will-pass-very-close-to-earth-on-sunday/

Asteroid will get closer... to the Moon!

[Rogue_Transmission]

The asteroid, designated 2014 RC, will be roughly over New Zealand at the time of closest approach, which will be about 2:18 pm EDT based on current calculations. Astronomers estimate that the asteroid is about 60 feet in size.

On the night of Aug. 31, the asteroid was first discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Ariz., and was detected independently the next night by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope that is located in Hawaii.

The orbit of 2014 RC was confirmed by both the Catalina Sky Survey and the University of Hawaii during follow-up observations.

It will be about 25,000 miles away at the time of its closest approach to Earth. It won’t be observable to the unaided eye, but amateur astronomers with small telescopes might be able to spot the fast-moving appearance of the asteroid.

More...http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2014/09/04/nasa-asteroid-will-pass-very-close-to-earth-on-sunday/

Asteroid will get closer... to the Moon!

I love cool wordplays. Thanks you dude for making my day.

[itsAj]

This is not entirely uncommon. When NASA says that it will be "close" to earth, it will really not be that close (several hundred thousand miles+), nor will it pose any real threat to our planet. I would say that it is certainly interesting news, but nothing to worry about.

[twister]

Damn, Telescope at the time like this, I don't have any. Maybe there's a site that has a live telescope and can be used to watch this? Anybody has any idea?

[MadGhost]

How much close any specific figures.

[MoonRise]

Hope they aren't gonna collide with earth.Not before the value of bitcoin rises to 1 million each 
Thanks for the info

[Hippie Tech]

Yet another sun diver !

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_c3.gif

It appeared on Sept 5th from the bottom right.

[Singlebyte]

Looks like some of it may have come down in Nicaragua.

http://news.yahoo.com/meteorite-smashes-nicaraguan-capital-230034550.html

[Divinespark]

Don't close asteroid passes happen all the time?
Like a few near misses (by fragments admittedly) every day?

[DrG]

This is not entirely uncommon. When NASA says that it will be "close" to earth, it will really not be that close (several hundred thousand miles+), nor will it pose any real threat to our planet. I would say that it is certainly interesting news, but nothing to worry about.

23,700 miles << 237,000 miles - 1 magnitude less.

That's like shaving by firing a 9mm against your face 

[doriangray]

If this piece of rock was headed to Earth, there would be no chance of deflecting it, because we spotted it too late. We need to fully fund NASA, to not only find these asteroids, but to give us a chance of deflecting them when necessary.

[kuroman]

If this piece of rock was headed to Earth, there would be no chance of deflecting it, because we spotted it too late. We need to fully fund NASA, to not only find these asteroids, but to give us a chance of deflecting them when necessary.

while the size of this asteroid woudn't have caused much damage, if there was an asteroid big enough to do critical damage, I personnaly prefer not being informed, as it will only create panic and we might destroy ourselfs before it hit.

Detecting could be good as long as solutions are put in place to deflect such asteroids, there are many serious studies on way to deflect such a thing such by using gravity or ion and co trust to change direction by just a few seconds which would in long distance make it miss the earth by a huge marging