The Moon

[dieselboy]

Only time will tell.

I'm getting some posters made up. Theyre 30ft wide and say I "BELIEVE"
If anyone wants one let me know. They would be perfect taped or nailed to your roof tiles. If you live in a flat you actually have an advantage because flat roofs face straight up.
Fireworks and things can be bought nearer the time, so don't bother wasting money right now.

[dieselboy]

Okay ITS STARTED
bbc link http://bbc.co.uk/i/pcmhj/

Latest "the sky at night program" just watching it now. Solar flares have begun. Now is the time to go watching the northern lights!

[_cj_]

what's up with the moon tonight - i've never seen it so bright

its 1:20 and its almost like early morning, i've just walked the dogs and i can see perfectly clearly

Regards,

alex

[puddlesurfer]

Is now a good time to trade in the SURF for an ARC? The animals go in 2x2.....

[slobodan]

Help me, help me!

[_cj_]

Help me, help me!

yep - Asteroid Apophis -

i think it was predicted that there was a 1:45,000 chance of it hitting the earth - a lot less odds than winning the lottery and someone still wins the lottery most weeks

it doesnt get close until 2032 so plenty of time to make that arc

Regards,

alex

[dieselboy]

Hi all,
Is this the same one that they discovered some time ago and shrugged it off?
Thing is, they are always finding these. What about all of those they don't find that "near miss" us? It would be nice to know if there was something going to hit us. Even if we had only a few hours before the slam.

[fatfires]

Next time the moons full, go hire "An American Werewolf In London" A great film i saw first when I was a kid. It scared me half to death. Im a Devon boy and driving and walking on Dartmoor has never been the same since.

It's a big old full one tonight just come up over the moors!

[_cj_]

Hi all,
Is this the same one that they discovered some time ago and shrugged it off?
Thing is, they are always finding these. What about all of those they don't find that "near miss" us? It would be nice to know if there was something going to hit us. Even if we had only a few hours before the slam.

i dont know about shrugging it off the russians are taking it seriously and talking about blowing it up.

The problem is that they are difficult to find because they are cold and dark - NASA has its latest asteroid hunter the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer "WISE" which was launched in december.

Regards,

alex

[_cj_]

NASA link to WISE - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/WI...e20091214.html

Link to Apophis article - http://english.pravda.ru/science/tec...roid_apophis-0

Regards,

alex

[dieselboy]

I would like to see them hurry up and start producing some serious results from the multi million $$ satelite they have created solely for spotting earth-like planets

[_cj_]

i would like to see an asteroid killer put up

apophis probably wont hit the earth but it will pass by at a lower altitude than our satellites - and that is way to close for me

and its due to come back a few years later - nobody is predicting that orbit because they dont know how the gravitational pull from the earth will effect the first fly by.

Regards,

alex

[dieselboy]

I've seen the opening credits for 3rd Rock from the Sun, so I know nothing bad is going to happen if it does hit.

[_cj_]

I've seen the opening credits for 3rd Rock from the Sun, so I know nothing bad is going to happen if it does hit.

ahh you got me there - i dont have a tv - what happens??

Regards,

alex

[si tate]

ahh you got me there - i dont have a tv - what happens??

Regards,

alex

All the planets just bounce off each other in a bouncy ball kinda way, "no damage"