Posts Tagged asteroid attack
Because Tuesday is the New Monday
Posted by mistergroonk in Art, Intertube Madness on January 25, 2011
We were going to save this for a Monday Good Morning. Then, over the last three days, our toilet broke(now fixed), the oven broke(remains unfixed), and this piece of shit coffeemaker decided to brew up a batch of coffee then promptly shatter spilling precious Black Blood of the Earth everywhere.
The world may be burning in fire and snow right now but we find it hard to give a good goddamn without The Precious running through our veins.
via agent3z
Good Night, Internet: Watch 30 Years of Asteroid Discovery in 3 Minutes
Posted by mistergroonk in Science, Space, Video on October 26, 2010
Our Strange Sky: Meteor Streaks Huntsville, Scottsboro.
Posted by mistergroonk in Alabama, Science, Video on June 4, 2010
It was bright.
It was shiny.
It skipped off the skin of the Earth.
Meteor!
SCOTTSBORO, AL (WAFF) – On May 18th, NASA cameras at the Marshall Space Flight Center and Walker County Science Center near Chickamauga, Georgia tracked the entry of a large meteor estimated to weigh some 60 pounds over northeastern Alabama.
This meteor was first picked up at an altitude of 47 miles over northwest Huntsville, moving at a speed of 8 miles per second towards the southeast. It was last visible northeast of Gurley at an altitude of 23 miles.
The meteor was quite bright, with an intensity rivaling that of the waxing crescent Moon (in astronomical terms, it was about visual magnitude -8.3). Calculations automatically performed by the tracking software indicates that this interloper was from the main asteroid belt, moving in an orbit which takes it more than three times Earth’s distance from the Sun.
Observe HQ video and non-altered imagery over on WAFF’s webhouse.
They think pieces of it may have landed north of Woodville and Scottsboro. If any of you find it, NASA would love a piece of it.
If you think you may have seen the meteor, call Dr. Bill Cooke at 256-544-9136 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              256-544-9136      end_of_the_skype_highlighting email him at william.j.cooke@nasa.gov.
Worth noting: it might not be a bad idea to alert the Meteorite Men if any of you sky-watchers find this cold piece from the heavens.
via waff
Update: NASA still wants your help finding the meteorite.
Earth’s Other Moons
Posted by mistergroonk in Science, Space on January 30, 2009
Five days ago (as of this post) Space Weather newsletter informed that:
CURIOUS ASTEROID FLYBY: Newly-discovered asteroid 2009 BD is slowly passing by Earth today only 400,000 miles away. The approximately 10 meter-wide space rock poses no significant threat, but it merits attention anyway: The orbit of 2009 BD appears to be almost identical to the orbit of Earth. 2009 BD may be a rare “co-orbital asteroid,” circling the sun in near-tandem with our planet. If current measurements of the asteroid’s orbit are correct, 2009 BD will remain in Earth’s neighborhood for many months and possibly years to come.
That day’s newsletter pointed to an older article that detailed the phenomenom:
“2003 YN107 arrived in 1999,” says Paul Chodas of NASA’s Near Earth Object Program at JPL, “and it’s been corkscrewing around Earth ever since.” Because the asteroid is so small and poses no threat, it has attracted little public attention. But Chodas and other experts have been monitoring it. “It’s a very curious object,” he says.
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Future Earth needs coorbital mining contracts, I think.
This is How the World Ends… and Pink Floyd will Play Us Out
Posted by mistergroonk in Music, Space, Video on September 9, 2008
The worse of the worst is about to happen. A 500km asteroid has its sights dead center on Earth. This simulation animates the fire and facts of such an event.
And it’s all set to Pink Floyd. So the end does have it’s pluses.
(via geekologie, techeblog)
Small Canadian Town was Poisoned, from Space
Posted by mistergroonk in Science, Space on January 29, 2008
Don’t get any fucking new ideas, Chris Carter. Better yet, don’t bother revisiting old ones.
Well water of the tiny Canadian town of Gypsumville, Manitoba (population 65) has been poisoned by an extraterrestrial.
The invader: A meteorite which struck down almost a quarter-billion years ago, creating the 25-mile-wide (40-kilometer) Lake Martin impact crater.
The ancient impact shattered the granitic ground so that extraordinary amounts of fluoride now taint the well water. Slightly higher than recommended amounts of fluoride can cause mottled teeth, while even higher concentrations can lead to neurological problems and softened bones.
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