Mark The Date: March 5th, Asteroid Flyby

[satanicasmrjunkie666]

Asteroid TX68 is making a very close flyby on March 5th. In fact the asteroid is going to be closer to the Earth than the satellites that orbit our planet. NASA has confirmed that it is very unlikely to hit satellites or worse, penetrate our atmosphere. If you remember in February of 2013 Russia was hit with an meteor named, "Chelyabinsk" which injured hundreds. This asteroid is twice the size of Chelyabinsk. NASA has also recently established a Asteroid Defense Office to keep track of flybys and in some cases use weapons to destroy, and in the worst case scenario... NUKES!

 

 

 

Primary Source:

http://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/small-asteroid-to-pass-close-to-earth-march-5

Secondary Source:

http://www.iflscience.com/asteroid-flyby-earth-march-5-unnervingly-close-distance

[79wjd]

3 minutes ago, satanicasmrjunkie666 said:

NASA has also recently established a Asteroid Defense Office to keep track of flybys and in some cases use weapons to destroy, and in the worst case scenario... NUKES!

 

Like it matters (for now), there isn't much we'll be able to do to prevent an impact (in the near future anyway). 

 

But you left out the most interesting part....where and when will it be visible. 

 

P.s. it MAY be close (11,000 miles), or it may be very far away (9 million miles). They don't really know. 

[satanicasmrjunkie666]

10 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

Like it matters (for now), there isn't much we'll be able to do to prevent an impact (in the near future anyway). 

 

But you left out the most interesting part....where and when will it be visible. 

 

P.s. it MAY be close (11,000 miles), or it may be very far away (9 million miles). They don't really know. 

Did it say where you could see it? Couldn't find it, but I am clueless sometimes.