Summary
A 27-inch asteroid, C0WEPC5, entered Earth’s atmosphere over Siberia on Tuesday, creating a harmless but visible fireball.
This marked Earth’s fourth detected asteroid strike of the year and only the 11th “imminent impactor” ever recorded.
The asteroid was detected by the Kitt Peak National Observatory ahead of impact, showcasing advancements in asteroid detection.
Separately, a larger asteroid, 2020 XR, measuring 1,200 feet in diameter, will safely pass Earth on Wednesday at a distance of 1.37 million miles.
Separately, a larger asteroid, 2020 XR, measuring 1,200 feet in diameter, will safely pass Earth on Wednesday at a distance of 1.37 million miles.
If we pray to it, do you think it’ll deign to hit us?
Unfortunately, it’s only like 350 meters wide.
The big one that took out the dinosaurs was 10 to 15 kilometers.
A 350 meter asteroid would just make a lot of noise and make a little splash if it survived to hit the ocean, or a little hole in the ground if it managed to strike land.
We need to pray for bigger space rocks.
What if I pray for it to hit me, specifically
Comparing a 27" asteroid and a 1200’ asteroid as comparable seems wack
At least they didn’t use metric.
The impacts are not comparable but perhaps in terms of detection methods they are handled mostly the same. On the one hand, being able to detect a 27 inch asteroid doesn’t matter much but on the other hand, if you can detect something that small, maybe you can detect anything that does matter. Unfortunately, I don’t think asteroid size is the only factor in detectability. A lot of it has to do with which direction it is coming from and if that is functionally obscured by the Sun or other objects.
The point is, if they could detect a 27” asteroid, something bigger won’t be an issue [for detection].
Separately, a larger asteroid, 2020 XR, measuring 1,200 feet in diameter, will safely pass Earth on Wednesday at a distance of 1.37 million miles.
Boo you whore
Fucking teasing bitch.
I have “giant fucking asteroid” on my 2025 bingo card, so I hope they hold out that long.
Someday.
What’s with the weird title?
Doesn’t “Asteroid nearly hits Siberia” convey the information that an asteroid nearly hit earth?
Neither really convey that it did hit Earth('s atmosphere) and just burned up harmlessly. The title reads like it missed, in which case it doesn’t make much sense to me to mention Siberia at all.
It explains why I, not in Siberia, didn’t notice the asteroid.
This would finally get rid of taxes.
Feel free to criticize the Jerusalem Post for other reasons, they deserve it, but their reports on near-miss asteroids where they compare their size to random things is always amusing.
It’s amusing, but not very helpful. Granted, what could the average reader do with an exact size, besides adjust their level of panic?
On second thought, the first one is very easy to picture 😺😸
I’ve seen jewelry made from meteorites. It’s cool!
Terry Pratchett apparently had a sword made from a meteorite.
Alec Steele made a video about trying to work meteorite metal.
I’ve seen a movie about a meteorite once.
Who’s aiming these things? If you’re gonna keep throwing them at Russia, then at least put a crater where Putin’s hiding.
This article is mostly a week in the life of our modern detection and monitoring systems, but of course everyone is immediately sucked into the topic of armageddon. The more we can detect, the more insignificant or only mildly interesting objects we will become aware of. So get used to it. There’s going to be asteroid news in our future other than “END OF WORLD NIGH.”
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