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03-05-2012, 02:04 PM
Maybe not after all. It should be an interesting sight though, assuming the Mayans were wrong that is.
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03-05-2012, 08:35 PM
We'll never see it. it will pass (assuming it's present course) at such altitude that there will be zero atmospheric heating, and it will be traveling at such a high velocity that it'll be all over in a fraction of a second.
Originally Posted by Articulate_Ape
Maybe not after all. It should be an interesting sight though, assuming the Mayans were wrong that is.
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03-06-2012, 12:21 PM
Going from the JPL NEO information, relative velocity is around 6 km/s...pretty damned fast, but on the lower end of the spectrum as these things go. Originally Posted by TVDOC
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03-06-2012, 03:32 PM
IIRC the Tunguska meteor wasn't much bigger and it did some damage. Originally Posted by JB
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