I hope there are not more where that came from. Today is the 12.12.12..

That actually is surprising. I figured these day we would be able to see something like this a lot sooner.

i was always under the impression that space is like a giant shooting range with stuff comming from every direction. we get hit but tons of stuff every day just not huge planet killer ones we get hyped up in are brains that lurk around every corner. id imagine this happens alot more than you think. and alot more than nasa or any space inteligence will admit

It buzzes us every 7 years. It gets closer each time so the prevailing wisdom is that it will likely hit us next time. It was so close it went between earth and the satellites orbiting Earth.

I find it very strange that people still think that the explosion in Tunguska was an asteroid. I think the people that wrote is article need to read more on Tesla tower.

also note that the designation was 2009 DD45. That would indicate that it was discovered in 2009.

Originally posted by Upthepunx
i was always under the impression that space is like a giant shooting range with stuff comming from every direction. we get hit but tons of stuff every day just not huge planet killer ones we get hyped up in are brains that lurk around every corner. id imagine this happens alot more than you think. and alot more than nasa or any space inteligence will admit

Yep, I realize a lot of debris is flying around universe and most of the stuff that does enter our atmosphere just disintegrates with no big deal.

But something of this size and not being seen until just two days ago seems inplausible with all of our satellites, Hubble, etc.

"The space ball measured between 69 feet and 154 feet in diameter. The Planetary Society said that made it the same size as an asteroid that exploded over Siberia in 1908 and leveled more than 800 square miles of forest."

Yeah, I was just going to post that this was from a March 09 article.
It is odd that we seem to have no real warning of asteroids, but I guess it's less time for madness, so we have that at least.

honeslty i think all of are eyes in the sky cant keep track of everthing comming at us. and even if they do, humans cant process and doing something bout every thing that come with in also i was thinking as all this stuff shoots around space there are obiviously collisions with each other. mabey this guy got knocked off his patch from grinding to many space pebbles? i dont know if it works that way in space. SPACE IS DEEEP!

So whats the point of posting about an asteroid from three years ago? I dont get it? are you saying that another one has just missed us, or reminding us of something from three years ago? makes no sense to me.

Too close for my comfort...