Small Asteroid Making 400,000 Mile Pass By Earth

AtariKee writes "Universe Today is reporting that a small 10m asteroid, discovered earlier this month and named 2009 BD, is passing within 400,000 miles of Earth. Although the asteroid poses no threat to the planet, the site reports that the asteroid is still very interesting, as it may be a rare co-orbital asteroid (as in, shares the same orbit as Earth)."

Comments

Let's land on it.

[FredFredrickson]

Am I the only one who thinks we should attempt to land on it and stage an emergency scenerio drill, just to prepare for the day when there is an armageddon-destined asteriod?

Re:Let's land on it.

[oldspewey]

And soon ... those actors aren't getting any younger you know.

Re:Let's land on it.

[onion2k]

How do you propose to land on a 10 meter wide asteroid?

Very carefully. :)

Re:Let's land on it.

[mea37]

With an asteroid that small, it would be debatable whether the ship landed on it, or the other way around...

So I guess you'd have to use a soyuz.

(Get it? Because in soviet russia... Never mind.)

Re:Let's land on it.

[Tybalt_Capulet]

Easy, I used to land on womp rats back hope with my t-16, and they're no wider than 10m.

Re:Let's land on it.

[corbettw]

Somewhat more likely, apparently, we may send an aircraft to travel near the asteroid

If you have to wait for an aircraft to do the job, I think it's probably too late.

Re: someone did

[hammarlund]

Obviously we did already because there's a camera shot from the asteroid of Earth.