Breaking: Massive New Object Moving Toward Earth Now? – Jupiter Struck in September

[BeardyMan]

(10 December 2012, 17:10)Bucket Wrote: would go phut with a 1km crater, and a 150db bang.

Let's hope it lands in central Luton then

[Prepper1]

As long as its not on my house, car or bol It'll be right.

[Scythe13]

Considering the damage that could cause, it's an interesting issue. Not an EOTWAWKI, but possibly the end of Luton haha.

[BeardyMan]

Surely if the impact would cause a 1km wide crater it would kick out more than 150db?? the sound system in my Volvo put out more punch than that.

Anything that'll make a hole that wide in the earth would (possibly) effect global temperatures. Not by much.

So yeah, let's hope for Luton, or some other shit hole (that's not too close to my home, or anyone on here)

[Prepper1]

Lets contact NASA see if they can guide it onto essex.....

[I-K-E]

(10 December 2012, 17:12)BeardyMan Wrote:

(10 December 2012, 17:10)Bucket Wrote: would go phut with a 1km crater, and a 150db bang.

Let's hope it lands in central Luton then

would be interesting to know how much thermal energy would released in the impact, what would happen to the displaced soil, dust, rock, the size and effect and range of the shock wave and what size nuclear weapon it would be equivalent to

then what would be the impact on the geology and tectonic plates and climate for year after it

[BeardyMan]

(11 December 2012, 12:05)I-K-E Wrote:

(10 December 2012, 17:12)BeardyMan Wrote:

(10 December 2012, 17:10)Bucket Wrote: would go phut with a 1km crater, and a 150db bang.

Let's hope it lands in central Luton then

would be interesting to know how much thermal energy would released in the impact, what would happen to the displaced soil, dust, rock, the size and effect and range of the shock wave and what size nuclear weapon it would be equivalent to

then what would be the impact on the geology and tectonic plates and climate for year after it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_DA14

Risks

The asteroid will not impact the Earth on February 15, 2013.[4]
As of May 12, 2012, the odds of impact on 2020-Feb-16 are essentially zero.[1]
There is an estimated cumulative 0.033% risk (1 in 3,030) of 2012 DA14 impacting Earth sometime between 2026 and 2069.[1]
It is rated a low −3.19 on the Palermo Scale.[5] (The risk is less than one thousandth of the estimated risk of another similarly sized near earth asteroid hitting the Earth during that time period.[6] It is estimated that there are more than a million near-Earth asteroids smaller than 100 meters.)[7]
It rates 0 (No Hazard) on the Torino scale.[1]
If it were to hit the Earth, it is estimated that it would produce the equivalent of 2.4 megatons of TNT.[1] The Tunguska event has been estimated at 3−20 megatons.[8]
On February 15, 2013, DA14 will pass no closer than 0.000181 AU (27,100 km; 16,800 mi) from the center-point of the Earth,[9] which is no closer to the Earth's surface than 3.2 Earth radii.[4] The nominal pass will be 0.00023 AU (34,000 km; 21,000 mi) from the center-point of the Earth.[9] This is potentially closer than satellites in geosynchronous orbit. The asteroid will not be visible to the naked eye.[4] Due to the uncertainty in the observation arc of 79 days, there is a small possibility that the asteroid will pass 0.00035 AU (52,000 km; 33,000 mi) from the Earth on February 15, 2013.[9]

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So I would assume it would be slightly louder than 150db

[I-K-E]

interesting stuff if something that sized hit it could cause a fair bit of damage but as long as it doesn't land in your back yard it wouldn't be a TEOTWAWKI event longterm

[BeardyMan]

(11 December 2012, 12:20)I-K-E Wrote: interesting stuff if something that sized hit it could cause a fair bit of damage but as long as it doesn't land in your back yard it wouldn't be a TEOTWAWKI event longterm

True.

crops might not do too well next year though - depending on how much debris it would kick up?

[Bucket]

Got the 150db thing from the email from my friend- they argued that as a "mostly snowball, that it would just be a bang and shockwave (causing a crater) rather than a lump hitting lump event". (dumbed it down for me)