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i think u,ll find that its amateur astronomers that find most things so of course they have to tell us about things found or the amateur will ,just mite not be able to track it like nasa would
Originally posted by csuldm
I don't think there is any secret agenda on NASA's part that would prevent them from telling us about a possible impact. What would be the point?
If they didn't want us to know about an impending impact and simply "lied" by telling us it will miss, then why would they even tell us that such an object exists in the first place? Wouldn't it make much more sense on their part to simply not let that info out?
I know some will say, "because they wouldn't want amateur astronomers to find it and tell everyone". But is it honestly feasible for an amateur astronomer to find such an object in the sky, and then have enough time before an impact to tell anybody? Who would believe them anyways?
then really will they tell us the truth?
Asteroid 2012 DA14 shall pass at around 30,000 km from Earth surface
the February 15th 2013 and it's certainly a fragment of a biggest body that
break up in the past, in this process certainly minor fragments were born
creating perharps a meteor shower, if this it's correct that are the
elements of this new meteor shower:
Radiant
Asc. 148.4-148.8 ( 09 H 54/55 M) Decl. -81.3°
it's a point between Zheta and Mu of Chamaeleon constellation
Vg 6.14 km/sec (very slow) Vh 28.66 km/sec
Solar Long. 327° date of maximum 15.7 February 2013
D (MOID) 0.000 (or 0.001)
Probably it shall be only a low ZHR of very slow meteors, so slow
that it's possible if the meteoroids are big that meteorites fall on the
Earth.
All this it's not sure then if it's possible for you see the sky during
14-15
February and 15-16 February you shall can confirm or not that.
Best greetings.
Roberto Gorelli
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by sparky31
then really will they tell us the truth?
This rock is far from being a planet killeredit on 2/4/2013 by Phage because: (no reason given)
though it could cause problems for a city if it entered overhead. It would break into fragments miles before reaching the ground.
What are the chances of the damaged caused by these "fragments" in a populated area?
Originally posted by benrl
reply to post by jude11
Yea, its not like Nasa hasn't been accused of keeping things from the public or anything.
Even if its not hitting us (which it probably wont) Its still kinda of cool, To put it to scale its like getting shot at and only being missed by mere inches.
Besides if there wasn't fear mongering threads (not saying this one is) Ats would be nothing but crickets and tumbleweeds...edit on 4-2-2013 by benrl because: (no reason given)edit on 4-2-2013 by benrl because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by sparky31
its close and they say it has no chance of hitting and i,m not saying it has but when its this close then really will they tell us the truth?surely telling people in advance that an asteroid will hit is not or will ever be on the agenda.www.nasa.gov...
Responding effectively to hazards posed by near-Earth objects (NEOs) requires the joint efforts of diverse institutions and individuals.
Also in the United States, individual observers and observatories are dedicated in whole or in part to discovering and observing NEOs. Further, NASA supports a group of researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) that carries out accurate, long-term predictions of asteroid orbits, quantifies threats, and notifies NASA, as does the MPC, if a “threshold” is exceeded.