Okay, I feel better now

[fan_since79]

An asteroid the size of the Golden Gate bridge will fly by Earth today at 2 PM West Coast time. 

 

If it ever hit us, life would be pretty much over. But it will come no closer than 3.6 million miles.

 

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/16/4336720/golden-gate-bridge-sized-asteroid-to-fly-by-earth-may

[1nutkruk]

[katie]

It has its own moon.

[HaloCory22]

Yo Harry, you da man!

[Brent Maguire]

After just completing an astronomy class, I'm not too concerned about this. 

[RallyMo]

After just completing an astronomy class, I'm not too concerned about this. 

 

After reading your post, I've decided not to entertain the thought of worrying about this. Thank you for putting us all at ease.

[RallyMo]

I have this version of Armageddon in my library:

 

http://www.criterion.com/films/578-Armageddon

 

That's right: Armageddon is part of the Criterion Collection.

 

Sit down, haters.

[1nutkruk]

[fan_since79]

There is a live telecast of the flyby, starting at 1:30 PM.

 

Closest approach is at 1:59 PM our time.

 

http://events.slooh.com/

[nate]

It has its own moon.

 

There is a "yo mamma" joke there somewhere.

[fan_since79]

Its moon is 600 meters wide. That would also wreak havoc if it hit us.

[fan_since79]

This is pretty cool:

 

http://eyes.nasa.gov/

 

Just go to the Eyes on the Solar System website, and when the window opens, click on “Tours and Features” in the upper right hand corner, then click on “1998 QE2″ in the dropdown box, and away you go. If you click on the “Live” button on the left, you’ll see the current location; click on “Ride Along” and find yourself sitting on the asteroid heading towards Earth.

At the bottom control panel “dock” (click on the bottom box on the lower right side if the panel isn’t showing), you can speed up time and see how far from Earth this asteroid will get and where it will go in the future.

 

(If you speed things up a little, you can see the asteroid rotating. The image is derived from radar telescope views. The thing has craters. The Earth is right behind the asteroid at its top)

 

I have a Mac, and this program works on Firefox, but it didn't work on Safari.

[fan_since79]

I have this version of Armageddon in my library:

 

http://www.criterion.com/films/578-Armageddon

 

That's right: Armageddon is part of the Criterion Collection.

 

Sit down, haters.

Criterion Collection is expensive. I have Great Expectations (1946) and it cost me $40 as I recall. It was worth it, though. Great film.

[gotbeer]

It's just a cover for an alien attack.

[Sully151]

It has its own moon.

That's no moon. It's a space station.

[Ray McKigney]

Don't worry, I got this...

 

[1nutkruk]

That's no moon. It's a space station.

LOL, lock thread with this.

[mrwicked]

Its moon is 600 meters wide. That would also wreak havoc if it hit us.

 

a guy i know took an astrology class once, he says dont worry about it.

so stop worrying about it.

[Ray McKigney]

a guy i know took an astrology class once, he says dont worry about it.

so stop worrying about it.

 

The prices for those classes are astonomical.

[fan_since79]

The asteroid passed by, but Aybar is still leading off for the Angels.

 

It's comforting to know some things never change.

[Vernster52]

 

This is pretty cool:

 

http://eyes.nasa.gov/

 

Just go to the Eyes on the Solar System website, and when the window opens, click on “Tours and Features” in the upper right hand corner, then click on “1998 QE2″ in the dropdown box, and away you go. If you click on the “Live” button on the left, you’ll see the current location; click on “Ride Along” and find yourself sitting on the asteroid heading towards Earth.

At the bottom control panel “dock” (click on the bottom box on the lower right side if the panel isn’t showing), you can speed up time and see how far from Earth this asteroid will get and where it will go in the future.

 

(If you speed things up a little, you can see the asteroid rotating. The image is derived from radar telescope views. The thing has craters. The Earth is right behind the asteroid at its top)

 

I have a Mac, and this program works on Firefox, but it didn't work on Safari.

 

Way too complicated.

[mrwicked]

that stuff is complicated.

i remember in college project we were building some like space/rocket simulator game, and i gave my buddy the responsibility of building the physics engine.

he got stuck and i remember saying, "dude this shouldn't be that hard, this isnt rocket sci....... oh. umm. just figure it out."

[katie]

Did we die?

[Ray McKigney]

Did we die?

 

Yes, we did. This is heaven. What a gyp, huh?

[TobiasFunke]

That's no moon. It's a space station.

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