Asteroid in Near MISS of Earth!! .. Uh . . . Never mind . .

[robnissen]

The SKY IS FALLING!! . . . The SKY IS FALLING. An asteroid is about to pass THREE THOUSAND MILES FROM EARTH . . . THE END IS NEAR!!! Uh . . . wait you say that is the satellite Rosetta on a regularly scheduled flyby of Earth ... <br /><br />http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/071112-technov-asteroid-mistake.html<br /><br />Are you FRICKEN kidden me??? Methinks a little more communication in the astronomy community might be useful.

 

[3488]

What a bunch of brain dead muppets. <img src="/images/icons/crazy.gif" /><br /><br />The Rosetta encounter has been known about PRIOR to launch. Hardly a bleedin secret. <img src="/images/icons/rolleyes.gif" /><br /><br />Mind you this 'scare' probably made their day. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /><br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[Boris_Badenov]

My boss was here today, we got a good laugh over this too. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#993300"><span class="body"><font size="2" color="#3366ff"><div align="center">. </div><div align="center">Never roll in the mud with a pig. You'll both get dirty & the pig likes it.</div></font></span></font> </div>

 

[3488]

Hi Boris1961,<br /><br />I could not believe it either. You just cannot make this up. <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" />.<br /><br />I can accept mistakes, have made plenty myself, but this is not a mistake, just a <br />stupid blunder, that could have got a lot of people scared.<br /><br />I am not an expert, but I have known about this encounter, for a long time now,<br />so those who monitor Near Earth Space, MUST have known.<br /><br />ESA have the route & dates of Rosetta in considerable detail on their website. There was<br />no excuse for this.<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[thebigcat]

That really sort of casts the Minor Planet Center as a bunch of Chicken Littles, doesn't it? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[alokmohan]

Dooms day forecast is regular feature .Astronomers dont have much interest.But it is good for astrology business.Space.com is liked by astrologers .

 

[franontanaya]

It's good that they detected and tracked it, anyway. If Rosetta can't 'sneak' unnoticed into our near Earth space, it won't be easy neither for a big chunk of rock. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[h2ouniverse]

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[h2ouniverse]

Confusing Rosetta with a stone... how ironic <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />

 

[umpa_lumpa]

I also heard of a an asteroid that is going to be extremly close, has anyone heard of the one that is going to be here friday the 13th April 2029? I found it funny that it would be this day. Has anyone heard anything bout this?

 

[MeteorWayne]

I'd suggest reading this thread <br /><br />It has most of the latest details. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[tony873004]

<i>"It's good that they detected and tracked it, anyway. If Rosetta can't 'sneak' unnoticed into our near Earth space, it won't be easy neither for a big chunk of rock. "</i><br /><br />I agree. They should have put a positive spin on this. So they forgot to add Roestta to their list of known asteroids. Big deal. I'm sure it and other spacecraft are in there now.

 

[symbolite]

lol when i read the article the other day i had a good laugh and needed to show it to my friends.<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>