Asteroid 2012 da 14 and meteor hitting russia.

[ricleo]

Asteroid 2012 DA14: how to spot it | Stuart Clark | Science | guardian.co.uk

anyone staying up tonight to try and catch/photograph this asteroid?

also not sure if this is related to the meteor that hit russia a few hrs ago...

Meteorite hits Russian Urals: Fireball explosion wreaks havoc, over 500 injured (PHOTOS, VIDEO) — RT

 

[zeehamzah]

Its tonight?? Damn.
Hope the sky is clear tho

 

[9V-Orion Images]

Magnitude +7.4, totally not visible from here.

Don't bother unless there is an island wide electrical power failure.

 

[UncleFai]

Any rough indication of the path across our sky har? Is it from south to north?

 

[ArchRival]

Will be waiting for it at 11 34' 45.86" , +42 00' 23.5" :bsmilie::bsmilie:

 

[9V-Orion Images]

Any rough indication of the path across our sky har? Is it from south to north?

Yup, at a low zenith angle.

 

[ArchRival]

Dammit, sky was clouded out. Couldn't see anything.
Nevermind, PanStarrs is coming up next.

 

[UncleFai]

Dammit, sky was clouded out. Couldn't see anything.
Nevermind, PanStarrs is coming up next.

Ya lor. Got up at 3am. Took a look at the sky, gave up, went back to bed.

 

[ManWearPants]

How come meteor can hit russia without anyone detecting it?

 

[UncleFai]

How come meteor can hit russia without anyone detecting it?

So much for anti-ballistic missile defense.

 

[9V-Orion Images]

How come meteor can hit russia without anyone detecting it?

Too many. Too small.

 

[La Fontaine]

How come meteor can hit russia without anyone detecting it?

Becos there are sooooo many and sooo small la. [oops, din see the previous post]

 

[La Fontaine]

So much for anti-ballistic missile defense.

It is a different ballgame. Meteor travels at astronomical speed!!!!