Near(ish) miss today...

Soapy Sam · 29th September 2004, 12:45 AM

Who knew that a 3 mile wide asteroid (Teutatis) passed within a million miles of Earth today?

EdipisReks · 29th September 2004, 12:49 AM

i did. it was posted on /. a couple of days ago.

Soapy Sam · 29th September 2004, 01:02 AM

Well done, by Teutatis!

Zep · 29th September 2004, 02:48 AM

WhhooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooosssssh!

Yep.

Capsid · 29th September 2004, 03:22 AM

It would have made a big dent.

Lothian · 29th September 2004, 04:31 AM

Yes I knew. It was going to hit us until I used my mind power to deflect the asteroid from its collision path with earth. [/uri]

Johnny Pneumatic · 29th September 2004, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Capsid
It would have made a big dent.

No crap!

How big was the K/T object across? 1km? 6km? Just for fun lets work out what would have happened. What is Teutatis's mass and speed?

Johnny Pneumatic · 29th September 2004, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zep
WhhooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooosssssh!

Yep.

Silly rabbit, there is no sound in the parts of space that have no gas. So no Doppler Shift in sound.

alfaniner · 29th September 2004, 10:57 AM

Cool! I'm going to have to check my Starry Night program and see how "close" it came!

Seismosaurus · 29th September 2004, 11:20 AM

A good site to play with for this kind of thing :

Impact Effects

Gastric ReFlux · 29th September 2004, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Soapy Sam
Who knew that a 3 mile wide asteroid (Teutatis) passed within a million miles of Earth today?

I knew because of Rapture Ready.

jj · 29th September 2004, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Soapy Sam
Well done, by Teutatis!

Good, now let's roast the boar!

(where did that bard go?)

Soapy Sam · 29th September 2004, 01:53 PM

He's hiding under a shield in case a menhir falls on him.

29th September 2004, 12:45 AM	#1
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29th September 2004, 01:02 AM	#3
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29th September 2004, 02:48 AM	#4
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29th September 2004, 03:22 AM	#5
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29th September 2004, 10:54 AM	#7
Johnny Pneumatic Corpuscle Clay Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,089	Quote: Originally posted by Capsid It would have made a big dent. No crap! How big was the K/T object across? 1km? 6km? Just for fun lets work out what would have happened. What is Teutatis's mass and speed?
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29th September 2004, 10:57 AM	#8
Johnny Pneumatic Corpuscle Clay Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 2,089	Quote: Originally posted by Zep WhhooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooosssssh! Yep. Silly rabbit, there is no sound in the parts of space that have no gas. So no Doppler Shift in sound.
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29th September 2004, 10:57 AM	#9
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29th September 2004, 11:23 AM	#11
Gastric ReFlux Critical Thinker Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 257	Re: Near(ish) miss today... Quote: Originally posted by Soapy Sam Who knew that a 3 mile wide asteroid (Teutatis) passed within a million miles of Earth today? I knew because of Rapture Ready.
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29th September 2004, 12:55 PM	#12
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