60558 Echeclus

[iBrian]

Not bad - unstable astoid starts fragmenting for no apparent reason - will pass close to earth in 2015.

Something to be uneasy about?

http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn8976-hybrid-cometasteroid-in-mysterious-breakup.html

 

[lunamoth]

Pretty interesting. Makes me think that if we really knew all that is going on in outerspace we'd all be more nervous.

Scientific response: Start building technology to knock things out of our sky.

Religious response: Pray.



lunamoth

 

[wil]

I thought the 2012 date fun!....but then read the article and it is April of 2015, it'll be a heckuva 58th birthday party...

Makes me think that if we really knew all that is going on in outerspace we'd all be more nervous.

I searched but couldn't find the graphic I saw in the past couple weeks of near asteroid rendevouses it showed us pretty darn busy...little buggers wizzin all over the place...

 

[iBrian]

Whoops, you're right - I've edited my original post so as not to vindicate the Mayan Prophecies.