It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
new_here
reply to post by Lady_Tuatha
Is it just me, or are these things (asteroids, comets, fireballs) popping up 'out of nowhere' these days with increasing frequency, with little or no warning. Sheesh! Thanks to the University that spotted this. No thanks to NASA for spending gazzillions sending probes all over the place, yet failing to position just one at a distance, Earth-facing, to keep an eye out for 'In-Coming!!!" Not Helpful!
GArnold
reply to post by greencmp
I will add if they were sure that it would hit Earth I am very doubtful there would have been any public warning whatsoever.
I wanted to say I read somewhere I think... That the increased asteroid activity had something to do with a disturbance to the Oort Cloud? I could be wrong.. I think it has to do with the Earth Passing through it to some degree or something has knocked some of the things out of whack.
en.m.wikipedia.org...
dimithae
reply to post by GArnold
Theory is that a red dwarf twin to our sun maybe causing it going through the oort cloud.So far just a theory.
Would be nice if they could confirm that.
new_here
reply to post by Lady_Tuatha
Is it just me, or are these things (asteroids, comets, fireballs) popping up 'out of nowhere' these days with increasing frequency, with little or no warning. Sheesh! Thanks to the University that spotted this. No thanks to NASA for spending gazzillions sending probes all over the place, yet failing to position just one at a distance, Earth-facing, to keep an eye out for 'In-Coming!!!" Not Helpful!
KnightFire
reply to post by Lady_Tuatha
10 feet wide. Not very concerning unless it's headed for my house.
Thanks for sharing OP!
Cobaltic1978
Finding things 10 feet wide and reporting on them with 72 hours from close encounter, is really pretty good.
If we're hit, sorry when we're hit by a big one, then maybe we will get a couple of weeks notice if not more?