I heard from an American that on the 9th of November,
FEMA will be testing out their emergency response system. Also on this day, a meteor will pass between the Earth and Moon. First thing I thought "what are the chances of it hitting the moon?". Turns out I'm not alone.
Coincidence? What are your thoughts on this? The Internet is already abuzz with discussions and religious bullshit about the explanation. But the &ToTSE perspective is what matters here. I have a feeling it will be a close miss with the moon. The predicted video didn't take any gravitational pull into consideration from what i could make out.
Comments
The upcoming close approach by this relatively large 400 meter-sized, C-type asteroid
Source.
If an object the size of an aircraft carrier had enough mass to effect the tides we would have that effect every time one left port. :facepalm: On other hand if it impacted on the moon that could cause measurable and even possible damaging effects on our oceans if it changed the moon orbit.
Wouldn't they have already tried blowing the meteor up or something if they thought it was going to cause damage?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/06/uk-space-asteroid-idUSLNE7A500E20111106
to bad i dont have a telescope which is the only way to see it
This has already been posted, merging threads.
http://www.totse.info/bbs/showthread.php/20873-November-9th-FEMA-and-Meteor
Yes, you do. You posted your thread today at 09:01 PM.
The Op in this thread was on 11-05-2011 at 06:26 AM.
Any other question?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/06/us-usa-iran-ahmadinejad-idUSTRE7A52RV20111106
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/06/us-nuclear-iran-qa-idUSTRE7A50OC20111106
Interesting read with some maths.
I was thinking on the shitter today, is it the size of the meteor the has an influence on its gravitational pull or its mass?
Mass is directly related to gravitation. Size is irrelevant. The size per mass depends on what it's made of. For the same mass, an ice meteor would be much bigger than one made of rock or one that had a high metal content.