200-foot asteroid 2023 DZ2 to pass closer than moon-March 26

A pretty big chunk of space rock is due to pass by Earth,at a literal space whisker away next week.
Coming closer than the moon,the rock is not expected to hit us thank goodness-at least if the astromoners have their calculations correct-

Yet another newly discovered space rock will safely zip past Earth, this one on March 25, 2023. It’ll sweep by at about half the Earth-moon distance.
Astronomers at the observatory of La Palma, in the Canary Islands, Spain, discovered the asteroid in late February, 2023. And amateur astronomers might get a glimpse of the asteroid as it speeds past.

earthsky.org...

This guy on Youtube seems to think that JPL have kept quiet about the discovery since it was found in February-and is on the fence about if it will hit us or not-



He calls it a potential "country killer."
I wonder what the elite think about this?
Could be interesting to monitor private jet flights to New Zealand over the next few days-many of the mega rich have their doomsday bunkers there.

Lets hope we only get to see it on video footage as it passes us by,and not in the the form of a giant crater.

Last week of March is shaping up to be potentially mental,what with the alleged magnetic pole flip which has long been predicted by some for the same timeframe..
higherfreequency.com...

Oh well,hopefully 2 more doom dates we can cross off the list.

Sounds like doom is stranding in que these days, just a question witch one is first in line.

If it looks like it may hit, no government on earth would warn it's people.

That would create too much chaos.

They won't even warn the places most likely to be hit and allow millions to die to prevent worldwide chaos.

While the elite run for their underground bunkers in secret. Biden to the basement!

While the chances are infinitesimal, with one that is that close all it would take is a collision with another unknown asteroid or object to possibly send closer the next go around

Keep an eye on the Elites from around the world. If they suddenly leave a particular country or region, you know somethings coming.


ETA : You can simulate a strike here.

neal.fun...

originally posted by: The2Billies
If it looks like it may hit, no government on earth would warn it's people.

That would create too much chaos.

They won't even warn the places most likely to be hit and allow millions to die to prevent worldwide chaos.

While the elite run for their underground bunkers in secret. Biden to the basement!

Amateur astronomers would let the cat out of the bag. Governments and media would try and cover it up until the last minute.

fear not, some crazy Rocketman would send a fleet of ships with nuclear capabilities to intercept it. The mission would fail. World leaders would go into hiding just before impact.

I know sounds like a movie script, eh?

Keep your eyes down.

a reply to: Soloprotocol
They would notice in this case.
Theres a pretty decent guide to viewing the asteroid with a back yard scope later down the page here:
earthsky.org...

Wouldn' it be cool if it just stopped right between us and the moon-7.76 km/second to zero in a physics breaking manner..
It would be worth it just to see Avi Loeb lose the plot!

Slightly bigger than the Meteor Crater (Barringer) in Arizona, which is estimated to have been 160 feet. So it would definitely be a Big Bang that, if it happened to hit a city, would probably destroy it. But it is hardly a "country killer" (unless it was a really small country.) The likelihood of it actually hitting a populated area is rather small. Statistically it would probably land in water, resulting in a tidal wave. All in all, not something to lose sleep over.

Its observations dating back to January has been found and it'll safely passby next week.
There's a small uncertain scenario of hitting the earth in 2026 but that would be easily ruled out with more calculations coming in when it reaches perigee later this year.

Don't waste your time watching another fearmonger on YT.

So true co considering the world might END on the 25th!

Jks of course

a reply to: Anomin

a reply to: Silcone Synapse

My body is ready.

How come your title states March 26th but your post and everything else is stating March 25, typo? Regardless at 5:34a.m. on March 25 I will be working, hopefully on break at that time.

It's kinda funny, where if all is as stated and we should be worried about an asteroid impact, I am so doom porned out I can't even get a little excited about this. But to continue keeping up with TEOTWAWKI agenda and show I'm not a party pooper, I put a new extra tarp in the trunk of my daily driver.

I think because of all the lies from the government and their 'scientists' over the years and much worse lately, the multitude of false alarms, the burnout over the political division and the societal chaos in the last few years, an asteroid impact almost sounds like a welcome diversion.

So in my biggest boomiest voice, 'BRING IT'!

originally posted by: Anomin
Its observations dating back to January has been found and it'll safely passby next week.
There's a small uncertain scenario of hitting the earth in 2026 but that would be easily ruled out with more calculations coming in when it reaches perigee later this year.

Don't waste your time watching another fearmonger on YT.

But what if the scientists using science to calculate the orbit of the asteroid are similar to the scientists that said follow the science on COVID came from the wet market instead of the lab?

FWIW's cursory look shows it's extremely rare to have an asteroid of the size pass within half of the distance to the moon. Historically there are only a handful of the over 960 know NEOs to get this close and this large last one was in 77. Only 30 or so fall into the rarity class of 3

and here is JPl's NEO disclaimer note it says newer discovered NEOs have a little bit more uncertainty for the record on JPL's scale of certainty with 0 being certain and 9 being uncertain JPLs certainty now is a 7

cneos.jpl.nasa.gov...

NEO Earth Close Approaches
IntroductionTutorialData TableComets (pre-1900)Uncertainties
Uncertainties
This page describes the limits placed on the Near Earth Objects close-approach tables and discusses the uncertainties in those data.

Characterizing the Uncertainties
Perhaps the most important issue to remember when interpreting our NEO close-approach tables is the inherent uncertainty in each NEO orbit. This uncertainty is related to several parameters used in the orbit determination process including the number of observations (measurements), the time spanned by those observations (data arc), the quality of the observations (e.g. radar vs optical), and the geometry of the observations. Of these parameters, the time spanned by the observations generally has the greatest effect on orbital uncertainty.

Even though NEO orbits are uncertain, it is possible to estimate the size of these uncertainties and place corresponding limits on close-approach distance and time. For example, we provide a nominal distance, and minimum distance (the minimum distance between the 3-sigma Earth target-plane error ellipse and the Earth’s surface).

We also note that Earth close-approach statistics for a given NEO can change (often by large amounts) as new data become available and the orbit is updated.

Limits Applied to NEO Close-Approach Data
In an effort to include only close-approach data that are reasonably well determined and for which the uncertainties are not overly large, the data presented in our NEO close-approach tables are selected using the following conservative limits. Specifically:

only Earth close-approaches whose close-approach time uncertainties are within 10 days (3-sigma), and
only Earth close-approaches from the portion of the NEO’s orbit where the position uncertainties are within 0.1 AU (3-sigma).
Although these limits could be refined, they are sufficiently conservative to exclude any highly uncertain Earth close-approaches.

originally posted by: putnam6
While the chances are infinitesimal, with one that is that close all it would take is a collision with another unknown asteroid or object to possibly send closer the next go around

Lol there are a lot more things worry about in your life than extremely unlikely scenario of a 200 ft asteroid damaging buildings and shattering windows.

Auto accident, plane crash, lightning strike, earthquake, flooding, I could make such a list all day but what a waste of time.

This asteroid's uncertainty score of 7, it is not for next week. It's for 2026 and with more observations calculated in the near future as it reaches perigee, uncertainty level would drop no doubt about it.

originally posted by: Silcone Synapse
A pretty big chunk of space rock is due to pass by Earth,at a literal space whisker away next week.
Coming closer than the moon,the rock is not expected to hit us thank goodness-at least if the astromoners have their calculations correct-

Yet another newly discovered space rock will safely zip past Earth, this one on March 25, 2023. It’ll sweep by at about half the Earth-moon distance.
Astronomers at the observatory of La Palma, in the Canary Islands, Spain, discovered the asteroid in late February, 2023. And amateur astronomers might get a glimpse of the asteroid as it speeds past.

earthsky.org...

This guy on Youtube seems to think that JPL have kept quiet about the discovery since it was found in February-and is on the fence about if it will hit us or not-

He calls it a potential "country killer."
I wonder what the elite think about this?
Could be interesting to monitor private jet flights to New Zealand over the next few days-many of the mega rich have their doomsday bunkers there.

Lets hope we only get to see it on video footage as it passes us by,and not in the the form of a giant crater.

Last week of March is shaping up to be potentially mental,what with the alleged magnetic pole flip which has long been predicted by some for the same timeframe..
higherfreequency.com...

Oh well,hopefully 2 more doom dates we can cross off the list.

Don't look up.

hopefully this will pass by and nothing happens. i would hate to think this is another case of the three stooges doing science.

originally posted by: Anomin

originally posted by: putnam6
While the chances are infinitesimal, with one that is that close all it would take is a collision with another unknown asteroid or object to possibly send closer the next go around

Lol there are a lot more things worry about in your life than extremely unlikely scenario of a 200 ft asteroid damaging buildings and shattering windows.

Auto accident, plane crash, lightning strike, earthquake, flooding, I could make such a list all day but what a waste of time.

Is this something new where ATS makes new members read and participate in threads they have no interest in?

You do know it's okay if a certain topic doesn't interest you, it's okay to skip it and go to another forum. I could be wrong but I suggest you might want to hang around in the rant forum, your contributions here probably fit better there.

Because at the end of the day, you are wasting your time telling people they are wasting their time in a thread you have no interest in.

a reply to: putnam6

I'm just putting out facts because of whether was intended or not, misleading or fearmongering people should be straightened out with facts.

All the smartest astronomers including many amateurs around the world haven't come forward with grave concerns so who are you going to believe, astronomers or YTbers?

a reply to: Silcone Synapse

I wouldnt worry too much...

originally posted by: Anomin
a reply to: putnam6

I'm just putting out facts because of whether was intended or not, misleading or fearmongering people should be straightened out with facts.

All the smartest astronomers including many amateurs around the world haven't come forward with grave concerns so who are you going to believe, astronomers or YTbers?

Respectfully I thought you weren't gonna waste your time anymore...

regardless if 2023 DZ2 comes blazing into the atmosphere or not. I can pretty much guarantee the consensus opinion here on ATS is if there were an inbound asteroid TPTB just discovered weeks before it was gonna hit, there would be no announcement of the impending impact. Instead, they would point out how close it is gonna be but it's just gonna miss us by about 1/2 LD.


The Moon is an average of 238,855 miles from earth, its coming within half that distance is newsworthy by itself. The fact that it is going to be close enough and slow enough to view on private telescopes is newsworthy too.