I've seen on links provided and from others that aren't that it will be visible at 9:30am ct (my time) by amateur astronomers but I'm having trouble finding info on whether or not it will be visible at night. Any help? Thanks to op for posting this.

If the technology doesn't exist to spot the really small ones (this one being the size of a bus) how come NORAD can track every piece of space debris out there larger than 10 centimeters?

NORAD can track extremely small objects that have known orbits, and are also extremely close to Earth (just a few hundred kms above the surface). That is completely different to detecting unknown objects approaching from deep space.

Thanks to the OP for posting this. I just caught the end of this on the news and didn't know what they were on about. We're not getting much notice are we? Either this is deliberate or they truly didn't know themselves. Both are scary.

Originally posted by alchemist2012


Anyone care to comment on this or give some idea if it will be visible to the naked eye

Can you see a bus 60.000km away ...?

Last night whilst wondering in and out of my shed I saw on two separate occasions shooting stars (stuff getting burned up). This is rather odd as I have only seen one other during my 40 odd years on the planet, but it was very clear last night. I wonder if this is a collection of rocks - or maybe just a coincidence? Hey, I did get two wishes though

Originally posted by 98yekiM

Originally posted by daryllyn
Its extremely close in cosmic terms......

but will still pass at a distance of 59,839.2 kilometers.

Do you think, they have some sort of gravitational pull ??
59,839.2 kilometers is far away, but still close at the same time to potentially cause a disruption...

Plus we are having an X-flare solar thing today.

Ah so if Nibiru sneaks up on us from the south NASA and NORAD won't see it?

Nibiru (or anything else of appreciable size) can't "sneak up" on us from anywhere. The south celestial pole can be observed from the entire southern hemisphere of Earth, so it would be seen long before it got anywhere near the inner Solar System.

Originally posted by Mogget
Nibiru (or anything else of appreciable size) can't "sneak up" on us from anywhere. The south celestial pole can be observed from the entire southern hemisphere of Earth, so it would be seen long before it got anywhere near the inner Solar System.

Of COURSE it can... it has Annunaki cloaking technology... don't you know anything?

Sheesh