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Newly Discovered Asteroid To Pass Within Geostationary Orbit Sunday

Posted by Soulskill on from the how's-that-space-program-coming-along dept.

theshowmecanuck writes: A newly found asteroid the size of a house will give earth a close flyby this weekend. It will pass just below satellites in geostationary orbit, and above New Zealand around 14:18 EDT / 18:18 GMT / 06:18 NZST this coming Sunday (Monday morning in NZ). "Asteroid 2014 RC was initially discovered on the night of August 31 by the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona, and independently detected the next night by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope, located on the summit of Haleakal on Maui, Hawaii," NASA officials said in a statement.

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  1. Geostationary Orbit Sunday already? by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Geostationary Orbit Sunday

    I've only just recovered from Near Equatorial Tuesday!

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  2. Re:3:2 resonance by TheCarp · · Score: 3, Funny

    Already done, a quick simulation clearly shows nothing to worry about, even if it hit the atmosphere straight on it would still be decelerated to a safe velocity before hit hit the gorund and would just bounce.

    That is a load off my mind.

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  3. Re:Isn't that cutting it kinda close by RivenAleem · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who's house we taking about here?

  4. Re:Isn't that cutting it kinda close by Lost+Penguin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait till it starts transmitting a greeting..... /"Attention all planets of the solar federation".

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