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Showing posts with label 2012 da14. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012 da14. Show all posts

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Russian Meteor Shower Linked to DA14 Asteroid?

Paul Joseph Watson relates various sources with plethora of videos in Infowars article to get scientific opinions, whether Russian meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, early Friday, is related body to Asteroid 2012 DA14?  Scientists are split:
"Simon O’Toole, an astronomer at the Australian Astronomical Observatory, thinks that there is unlikely to be a connection. 'As pointed out elsewhere, DA14 is still half a million kilometres away, travelling at 8km per second, for a start! Could it be part of the asteroid that has broken away and reached earth already? This seems unlikely to me,' he said."
Yet, another Australian scientist drops on other side of fence:
"Curtin University asteroid expert Phil Bland told an Australian website, 'Is it connected to the flyby? A lot offolks would say “no”. Personally, I’ve always kind of liked the idea that there are streams of asteroid debris – so you can have smaller stuff that precede and trail a bigger object. It seems like an awful big coincidence if it’s not connected'.”
Russian meteor still represents unusual occurrence as title of New York Times article reflects, "Size of Blast and Number of Injuries Are Seen as Rare for a Rock From Space." Alex Jones devotes first half of Friday show to Russian incident, expressing belief, due to a stony meteor with trapped gases inside that resulted in explosion.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Incoming: Feb 15, 2013 Flyby Of Asteroid 2012 DA14

Incoming:  Feb 15, 2013 Flyby Of Asteroid 2012 DA14
Author Ted Twietmeyer alerts readers in article, "February 2013 Asteroid To Pass THROUGH Satellite Belt," the 187 ft rock will pass through the satellite belt not once but twice at 10.6 miles per second on February 15, 2013.  "Telephone and television satellites are parked in geostationary orbits in the Clarke Belt at 22,500 miles with less than two degree spacing. The belt is named after Arthur C. Clarke. He came up with the idea of parking satellites at that distance from Earth while establishing the correct velocity. This invisible sweet spot around Earth is called a geostationary orbit, and allows satellites to operate there almost indefinitely, requiring very little energy to keep it from drifting," explains Twietmeyer.   Asteroid 2012 DA14 estimated closest approach to Earth at 21,497 miles, means it will pass through satellite belt twice on its incoming swing and as it leaves vicinity on its return into outer space!  Spanish skygazers discovered 2012 DA14 earlier this year and initially thought its chances good of striking Earth?

Twietmeyer took occasion of two flybys of 4179 Toutatis on 12-12-12 and 2012 XE54 the day before to remind readers of our next known upcoming date for a  close encounter:   
"All three of these asteroids are registered as 'Potentially Hazardous Asteroids' (PHA.) Fortunately Toutatis is the biggest one of these three asteroids which can wipe out life on Earth, and it remains far away. Asteroids earn PHA classification by a combination of Earth-crossing orbit, a certain size and velocity. All these characteristics combine together can enable a PHA to destroy a continent or even the entire Earth. Fortunately, 2012 DA14 and 2012 XE54 are not large enough to cause global or continental damage."
It must be considered a plus that Asteroid 2012 DA14 doesn't rate as a terminator roid, but what about its return in 2056?   Are reports of Near Earth Objects intended to play on our fears? Dr Carol Rosin reminds us of agenda to weaponize space because of asteroid threat?