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  • 22-01-2008 6:56pm
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    bombidol
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    http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

    Knowledgeable types! Can you give us some info on this in laymans terms?


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    Spear
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    bombidol wrote: »
    http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

    Knowledgeable types! Can you give us some info on this in laymans terms?

    It'll miss by .0037 AU or a half million kilometers.


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    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    Here is a map updated daily, it shows Tu24's position in relation to Earth, its already moving away, it's at 0.0214AU or more.
    http://szyzyg.arm.ac.uk/~spm/local_map.html

    1AU = the average distance between the Sun and the Earth.


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    slade_x
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 1,425 Mod ✭✭✭✭slade_x


    bombidol wrote: »
    http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/

    Knowledgeable types! Can you give us some info on this in laymans terms?

    The legend is at the top
    1 AU = ~150 million kilometers
    1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

    Whatever value is in the LD column you multiply it by 1 LD(Lunar distance) which is stated as 384,000 kilometres so it will miss being influenced by earth by 537,600 Kilometres or alternatively look at the AU column (Astronomical Units) 0.0037AU. An AU is about the mean Earth Sun distance

    1 AU is approx:149,597,870,691 Kilometres (150 Million Km Rounded up)


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    ga2re2t
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    Sh*t, 2008 AF3 (on Jan 13th) was close! Only 1 LD. I know it's relatively small (14 - 31 metres) compared to the others on the list, but does anyone know how significant an impact from such an object would be?


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