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Asteroid Flyby Going to be Visible without Telescopes
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joepunk said:Just so you know NASA is ending the life of Hubble after this year. So, no Hubble pictures. Sorry
I mentioned the *replacement* for the Hubble, not the Hubble itself. Even if it was funded, I don't think the Hubble could last 24 more years in orbit.
I'll be curious to see what happens in 8 or 9 months after it completes another orbit - see if planned path changes at all.
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I have lost faith in Nasa, so they are spending billions on getting shuttle going again only to not use it for what it was designed for because its to dangerous??? I also see that its clear they dont know where all the rocks are or where the rocks are going in space. Another pair of eyes looking around is just what we need if we are going to protect earth from the next great impact. Nasa answer?.........The guy who holds our purse strings(George) says let it burn up. This whitehouse has ran me off the republican ticket for a long long time.
Mr. Anderson said:
Oops, I misread. The dangers of me multitasking on a computer (web, illustrator, photoshop, trouble with iPod showing up, and watching videos). Sorry.
Anyway, it is still way too close for my comfort levels of space objects passing the Earth.
Dont Hurt Me said:
I don't think you really realise what NASA is, the agency isn't given a blank check each year and allowed to spend the yearly budget on anything... each major scientific project has to be approved by congress I beleive.
Also, there are many asteroid search programms going on worldwide. The current Hubble Telescope wouldn't be very good for searching for asteroids - it has very high resolution, but a tiny field of view.
Have a look here http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/programs/
MacSA said:
I only mentioned it because once we actually find one coming close, the Hubble would be great to get close up pics.
And as for dealing with the budget constraints on projects, you can imagine working there is more a labor of love for what you do and not how much you take home.
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Im trying to think of another scope that can take pictures like hubble.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Seems this administration isnt to fond of Science on or off the planet. 1 Mission to fix hubble doesnt seem like asking to much. if they can send up a rocket to take it out of orbit they can send one up to push its orbit a little higher for future use. The more scopes we have looking for these rocks the better plus hubble doesnt have to look through a atmosphere. Shuttle sits in a hanger eating billions while Hubble which is working today is going to get tossed out. This is the brilliance of the U.S space program which says spend as much as you can as many times as you can...waste waste waste.....Im still waiting for 1 of those X programs to be used in a real spaceship or even plane for that matter.Nasa needs some serious guidance and it wont come from Politicians. Sorry to vear off subject but if im around ill be looking for this rock. Seems we are seeing a lot of stuff moving around now that we are looking so closing our best eye doesnt seem right.
Repair Hubble!
Repair Hubble!
I'm totally for parking it in a higher orbit for now instead of burning it up in the atmosphere.
I imagine some day there will be a Smithsonianesque museum in space, orbiting the planet and contain all sorts of interesting satellites and space memorabilia.....the only thing is that the Hubble won't be around in 100 years when this could happen....
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I imagine some day there will be a Smithsonianesque museum in space, orbiting the planet and contain all sorts of interesting satellites and space memorabilia.....the only thing is that the Hubble won't be around in 100 years when this could happen....
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True. what really bothers me is that this is a working deep space scope. I know its not for asteroid chasing but look at all the stuff its captured both in and out of our solar system. Ready to go at a moments notice plus just great science. Sometimes when govt is way off course Congress has to get involved.This is one of those times. I allways wonder why russia could use a pencil in space but we had to design a million dollar pen to do the same job.Mr. Anderson said:
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joepunk
Distance of the moon from Earth: 384,400 km
Estimated distance of asteroid from Earth: 36,350 km
Hale Bopp comet distance from Earth: 200 million km
Yes,thess are some distances. The Distance when at first a picture was made of
Spacerock 2004 MN4 was 136.1 Million km, it was the 15th of March 2004.
on this Link one can see these pictures moving according to time. The Asteroid look a little as he would have a trail, bat this is only noise on electronic image. http://spacewatch.lpl.arizona.edu/new.html
Wish a good night to all!
joepunk
Distance of the moon from Earth: 384,400 km
Estimated distance of asteroid from Earth: 36,350 km
Hale Bopp comet distance from Earth: 200 million km
Yes,thess are some distances. The Distance when at first a picture was made of
Spacerock 2004 MN4 was 136.1 Million km, it was the 15th of March 2004.
on this Link one can see these pictures moving according to time. The Asteroid look a little as he would have a trail, bat this is only noise on electronic image. http://spacewatch.lpl.arizona.edu/new.html
Wish a good night to all!
Although the makeup of this asteroid is still not known, 2004 MN4, at 1,000 feet (320 meters) wide, would put it at roughly 6.5 times the size of the meteorite (150 ft wide) that created the Barrington Crater in Arizona.
Alternatively, the Tunguska explosion of 1908 was created by a meteor estimated now by some to be even half the size (30-60 meters wide) of the Barrington Meteorite which devastated an area of Siberian forest roughly the size of Rhode Island.
Alternatively, the Tunguska explosion of 1908 was created by a meteor estimated now by some to be even half the size (30-60 meters wide) of the Barrington Meteorite which devastated an area of Siberian forest roughly the size of Rhode Island.
To rd brained
Yes,yes it is true, this spacerock would be a dangerous one, I see this the same way here in Germany in the Mids`t of Europe.
WOULDN`T THERE BE GOOD LUCK
Yes,yes it is true, this spacerock would be a dangerous one, I see this the same way here in Germany in the Mids`t of Europe.
WOULDN`T THERE BE GOOD LUCK