Asteroid (Page 14)

An asteroid passed between the earth and the moon on Friday, but NASA didn’t find out about it until Thursday (or if they did, they didn’t tell us). If it had impacted, it could have destroyed a major city. Maybe we’d get better information if some of our scientists were honest about what’s really going on out there.

Msn.com spotted a Twitter on Friday from a member of NASA’s Asteroid Watch Team that said, “That’s slightly closer than the orbit of our moon.” Our so-called Asteroid Watch Team isn’t doing much careful “watching!”
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First, something enormous strikes Jupiter. Then a huge spot appears on Venus. Now, something has smashed through Saturn’s F ring. Is our solar system under bombardment by an asteroid swarm? So far, nobody is sure. We just hope whatever it is doesn’t hit the earth next!

The Discover website reports that the Cassini satellite, which has been orbiting Saturn for 5 years, has sent us an image of what looks like a object lodged in one of the planet’s thinner rings. Let’s hope that we here on earth don’t have to start ducking soon.

The BEST edge information on the web is available on our Out There section, which is updated daily. And remember: We can’t stay out there for you without your help!

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But why? – Information from military satellites about incoming asteroids has always been given to scientists in the past, but now the military has suddenly classified the information.

A recent US military policy decision now explicitly states that observations by spy satellites of incoming fireballs have been classified as secret so they cannot be released. These are satellites that detect nuclear bomb sites and tests, such as those in North Korea and Iran. As a side effect, they have also detected potentially incoming asteroids. This means that incoming space rocks that may explode in our atmosphere are now classified, so we cannot be prepared for a possible cataclysm.
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A newly-discovered asteroid flew past earth on March 17 a little over twice the distance of a manmade orbiting satellite. This is the SECOND time in March that an asteroid has flown so close to us. All these asteroids are too small to cause major damage, but an impact could cause local damage of the type seen in Tunguska. We often didn’t notice flybys of such small objects in the past, but improved asteroid searches mean that we are now aware of them.

Art credit: gimp-savvy.com
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