Small asteroid hits Sudanese sky

alan1961 · #1 Postby **alan1961** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:22 am

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/ ... index.html

Not heard anything about this yet.

#2 Postby **somethingfunny** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:42 pm

Over the Middle East, eh?

Sounds like some yahoo's going to take one meaning or another from Allah out of this one.

#3 Postby **RL3AO** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:52 pm

So we discovered something the size of a car on Monday and it would only take something 20 to 30 meters wide to cause something like the Tunguska event. I'm more worried about an asteriod 30 meters wide than I am one 30 kilometers.

#4 Postby **Aslkahuna** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:16 pm

You're right, a 30 km asteroid (3 times the diameter of the K-T event) would not be anything to worry about since we'd all be dead quite soon after impact.

Steve

#5 Postby **RL3AO** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:06 pm

Aslkahuna wrote:You're right, a 30 km asteroid (3 times the diameter of the K-T event) would not be anything to worry about since we'd all be dead quite soon after impact.

Steve

We would likely see the 30km asteriod coming years in advance. But a 30 m asteriod wouldn't destroy earth, but it could wipe out all of New York City.

#6 Postby **HURAKAN** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:28 pm

Link: http://www.spaceweather.com/index.php

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