2010 AL30, Asteroid Or Space Junk, To Pay a Close Visit

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 12, 2010 @10:22PM from the threading-the-needle dept.

astroengine writes "A near-Earth object that could be manmade has just been discovered hurtling toward us. On Wednesday (Jan. 13), an object called 2010 AL30 will fly by Earth at a distance of just 130,000 km (80,000 miles). That's only one-third of the way from here to the moon, i.e. very close. It will miss us, and if it did hit us, it wouldn't do any damage anyway, but I managed to pick up on some chatter between planetary scientists and found out that the 'asteroid,' or whatever it is, gives us a new standard: a 10-meter-wide asteroid can be detected two days before it potentially hits Earth. A pretty useful warning if you ask me."

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On Wednesday (Jan. 13), by MavEtJu · 2010-01-12 23:19 · Score: -1, Troll

It's Thursday here already. When will the rest of the world catch up with us?

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Re:Two days? by Anonymous Coward · 2010-01-13 03:30 · Score: -1, Troll

Think of the problems evacuating New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Do you still think 2 days is adequate?
It is if you aren't a poor nigger without an automobile ;)