Another 'Near Miss'!

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It would probablty only be the size of a RangeRover by the time it got to the surface... which if it hit London between 8:30 and 9:00 am would probably kill quite a few school children.

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motorollin wrote:
Would the children have less chance of survival if the meteor were fitted with bull-bars?

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moto

Statically speaking, yes!

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blobrana wrote:
The near earth asteroid (NEO) 8E4BDB1 is predicted to make a close flyby of the Earth; passing at a distance  of only 0.00108 AU (about 0.6 LD),  at about 9:04 UT on Sunday, 9 March.
The NEO will reach magnitude 12.6 and be observable from Europe and the Americas.

H=26.7
8E4BDB1 = 2008 EZ7

I'm willing to bet that what Blobzie just said means something to someone... somewhere :-D

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blobrana wrote:
Just another  name for the Near Earth  Object (NEO)

BTW,
LD = Lunar Distance
AU = Astronomical Units
Magnitude = the brightness
H = the apparent brightness (from it you can guess the size of the rock)

Post successfully decoded now, thanks! :-)