INCOMING!, Detection and observation of Earth-approaching asteroids. |
INCOMING!, Detection and observation of Earth-approaching asteroids. |
Oct 6 2008, 07:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
no sone seems to have noticed this yet
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Oct 12 2010, 08:46 PM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Any comments that this might be a spent rocket stage of some sort?
I love the fact that soon we'll be able to detect these early enough and figure out where to fly for one HELL of an awesome fireball. -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Oct 12 2010, 08:53 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
Any comments that this might be a spent rocket stage of some sort? from the latest orbital elements the perihelion is at 0.68 AU and aphelion is at 2.89 AU. artificial objects tend to have one of the two close to Earth's orbit because that is the less "expensive" way to place something in orbit around the Sun. I am quite sure that this is a natural rock |
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