"Asteroid 2023 DZ2"...

[Darmok]

City killer’ asteroid to pass harmlessly between Earth and moon

Rare close encounter will occur this weekend, when the space rock will be visible through binoculars and small telescopes

‘City killer’ asteroid to pass harmlessly between Earth and moon | Asteroids | The Guardian

"Asteroid 2023 DZ2" - Search (bing.com)

Andy Cooper on Twitter: "@Rainmaker1973 No experts ever look at close approaches in context with the MOID (Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance) If the MOID is small the NEO can hit Earth if they’re both at the intersection at the same time. This would’ve happened if #2023DZ2 was just 19 hours behind along its orbit" / Twitter

Duck n Cover.

 

[tpetsch]

 

[slavedata]

Where do we stand with the ability to shoot down space objects? Back in the seventies I did my first university work place from the Physics Dept of Brunel University at SERL Baldock, long gone and absorbed into RRE Malvern. I was working on the team using High Power pulsed CO2 lasers that the Daily Express ran a story on saying they were designated for Regan's Star Wars program. Does the world have any ability to deploy such technology?

 

[gintonic]

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...ion-impact-changed-asteroid-s-motion-in-space

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

Where do we stand with the ability to shoot down space objects? Back in the seventies I did my first university work place from the Physics Dept of Brunel University at SERL Baldock, long gone and absorbed into RRE Malvern. I was working on the team using High Power pulsed CO2 lasers that the Daily Express ran a story on saying they were designated for Regan's Star Wars program. Does the world have any ability to deploy such technology?

Probably not by the weekend

 

[Kirk]

Ahh for the days when the press, probably the Beeb, would have covered this - if at all - with calm English understatement.

 

[slavedata]

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...ion-impact-changed-asteroid-s-motion-in-space

Thanks for the update on Dart, shows we have a usable tool to deal with potential strikes from Space

 

[Tarzan]

Probably not by the weekend

Boo! l am working all weekend.

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

Boo! l am working all weekend.

Well, look on the bright side: if it hits, you may not need to work this weekend after all...

 

[Hook]

I hope it lands on the Wagner Group.

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

Or Florida, perhaps?

 

[Craig B]

Mar-a-Legover or Ron De's house?

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

Mar-a-Legover or Ron De's house?

With a bit of luck they're close enough that it could get both of them.

 

[Hook]

With a bit of luck they're close enough that it could get both of them.

Unfortunately, Mar-a-Lago is in Palm Beach, and the Governor’s mansion is in Tallahassee. Will have to pick one, then wait for another flying rock to get the other. Decisions, decisions…

 

[sean99]

Unfortunately, Mar-a-Lago is in Palm Beach, and the Governor’s mansion is in Tallahassee. Will have to pick one, then wait for another flying rock to get the other. Decisions, decisions…

If the strike were at an acute angle perhaps the rock might bounce ? First hit Mar-a-Lago, second Governor’s mansion in Tallahassee.
At that point I think I might be persuaded of the existence of God.

 

[Whaleblue]

Thanks for the update on Dart, shows we have a usable tool to deal with potential strikes from Space

Trouble is, the inhabitants of Dimorphos aren’t too happy with us now…

 

[Hook]

If the strike were at an acute angle perhaps the rock might bounce ? First hit Mar-a-Lago, second Governor’s mansion in Tallahassee.
At that point I think I might be persuaded of the existence of God.

Amen!

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

Thanks for the update on Dart, shows we have a usable tool to deal with potential strikes from Space

What happens next is that the asteroid we deflected, ever so slightly, moves out of its long-term stable location. That, in turn, disturbs the asteroids in its immediate vicinity, ever so slightly. The orbital mechanics equivalent of the butterfly flapping its wings in the rain forest. A thousand years from now, our descendants will face a rain of planet-killer asteroids the like of which we have not seen since the birth of the solar system.

 

[darrenyeats]

Hmm!