Mystery object to pass by earth on Wednesday!

[Raph's Girl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100112/ap_on_sc/us_sci_space_miss

A mystery object from space is about to whizz close by Earth on Wednesday. It won't hit our planet, but scientists are stumped by what exactly it is.

Astronomers say it may be space junk or it could be a tiny asteroid, too small to cause damage even if it hit. It's 33 to 50 feet wide at most.

NASA says that on Wednesday at 7:47 a.m. EST, it will streak by, missing Earth by about 80,000 miles. In the western United States it may be bright enough to be seen with a good amateur telescope.

Awesome! Viewable on the west coast!! :D

[discordiatookie]

Cool! My first thought was: Bring on the invasion!

I've always said (in my ripe old age of twenty-six) that if I was to see the end of the world, I would like it to be from aliens. A bit more exciting than us bringing it onto ourselves.

[Raph's Girl]

They're now thinking it's an asteroid which they have dubbed 2010 AL30 and on Thursday ANOTHER one will be passing by called AG30.... :teek:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/weird-space-object-asteroid-100112.html

[XERO]

And I was hoping it was Wesley Snipes's career.

[Fledermaus]

I know it's been awhile, but here's the photo taken of the object by the Hubble space telescope:

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//100203/480/2273d06ddc9c4dfab32400cffeb0753f/

And here is a close-up shot.
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//100203/480/2273d06ddc9c4dfab32400cffeb0753f/#photoViewer=/100203/ids_photos_ts/r3483231546.jpg

Very cool "Asteroid" ... if that's what it is. ;)

[Vivi]

Sweet pics. The whole thing about it being a sibling of the K-T asteroid from 65 mya, kind of freaks me out a little.

[Samhain]

Sweet pics. The whole thing about it being a sibling of the K-T asteroid from 65 mya, kind of freaks me out a little.

Yeah that is pretty freaky.