Nitro Vordex
Jan 29, 2008, 10:19 PM
Originally from: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-014a
Asteroid Zooms by Earth
January 29, 2008
"As expected, Asteroid 2007 TU24 made its closest approach to Earth at 12:33 a.m. today, Jan. 29 (3:33 a.m. Eastern time), and is now headed away from our planet. At its closest point, the asteroid was 554,209 kilometers (344,370 miles) from Earth, or roughly 1.4 times the distance between the moon and Earth."
"Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. had tracked the asteroid in advance and determined that there was no possibility of an impact. The rare close approach is providing a bonanza for scientists, who plan to scrutinize images and data gathered in hopes of learning more about our solar system's closest neighbors - near-Earth asteroids. More observations are planned for Feb. 1 through 4 using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The observatory is operated by Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., for the National Science Foundation. "
VERY IMPORTANT.
From: http://tu24.org/
"Although the chances of a direct impact are nearly non-existent, there is a much greater chance that there will be a degree of electromagnetic interference as TU24 traverses Earth's magnetosphere in the manner of Tunguska 100 years ago."
I recommend keeping computers and other major things off for most of Jan. 30, possibly until 12:00-5:00 EST. Please don't hold me to it, this is my estimation. I'm not responsible if you turn anything of yours on and it busts or is harmed in any way connected and/or not connected to me or this statement.
Asteroid Zooms by Earth
January 29, 2008
"As expected, Asteroid 2007 TU24 made its closest approach to Earth at 12:33 a.m. today, Jan. 29 (3:33 a.m. Eastern time), and is now headed away from our planet. At its closest point, the asteroid was 554,209 kilometers (344,370 miles) from Earth, or roughly 1.4 times the distance between the moon and Earth."
"Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. had tracked the asteroid in advance and determined that there was no possibility of an impact. The rare close approach is providing a bonanza for scientists, who plan to scrutinize images and data gathered in hopes of learning more about our solar system's closest neighbors - near-Earth asteroids. More observations are planned for Feb. 1 through 4 using the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The observatory is operated by Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., for the National Science Foundation. "
VERY IMPORTANT.
From: http://tu24.org/
"Although the chances of a direct impact are nearly non-existent, there is a much greater chance that there will be a degree of electromagnetic interference as TU24 traverses Earth's magnetosphere in the manner of Tunguska 100 years ago."
I recommend keeping computers and other major things off for most of Jan. 30, possibly until 12:00-5:00 EST. Please don't hold me to it, this is my estimation. I'm not responsible if you turn anything of yours on and it busts or is harmed in any way connected and/or not connected to me or this statement.