Near miss asteroid...a very near miss.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

In all seriousness, is anyone else disturbed that with all of the telescopes and amateur "asteroid hunters" around the world this one was discovered only THREE days before passing us? Not to mention NO mention on the interwebs about this thing until after it had safely passed, which leads me to believe that if we were in a real life Armageddon, we would all be in the dark.

To quote the great Dan Truman, "Well, our object collison budget's about a million dollars a year. That allows us to track about 3% of the sky, and begging your pardon sir, but it's a big-ass sky."

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

To quote the great Dan Truman, "Well, our object collison budget's about a million dollars a year. That allows us to track about 3% of the sky, and begging your pardon sir, but it's a big-ass sky."

LOL. See? LOVE that movie.