Asteriod to pass close to earth this morning

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Asteriod 2005 YU55 will come within 320,000 km of Earth this morning (about now in fact).

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May it score a direct hit on Wall Street!

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That’d take out a hell of a lot more than just Wall Street.

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I’ll be sure to duck.

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Any updates?

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I was going to watch this until the damn clouds just rolled in.

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Naturally the Wikipedia entry has already been updated:

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You’ll need a pretty good telescope—at its brightest, it is expected to only reach 11th magnitude (5 magnitudes fainter than can be observed with the unaided eye under perfect conditions.)

Not to worry, though, there’s a live webcast here and here.

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Phew.

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Yeah, I know. I was ready. At least the clouds are now so bad there is no chance in hell I can see it. I kinda hate the I could see it if I tried really hard but I am feeling lazy scenarios :slight_smile:

Thanks for those other links.

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I was all ready for a cool “Hammer of God” kinda day too.

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It’s Santa!

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I think we’ve been whooshed!

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  • pats self *

I’m still okay - everyone else?

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:smiley:

Regards,
Shodan

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Here’s a short video created by NASA of it’s flypast.