Space Weather News for May 29, 2012
http://spaceweather.com
ASTEROID FLYBY: A small asteroid is flying past Earth today inside the orbit of geosynchronous satellites and only 14,000 km above the surface of our planet. Named "2012 KT42," the 3- to 10-meter wide space rock ranks #6 on the top-20 list of known close-approachers to Earth, which makes it significant despite its small size. More information and images may be found on http://spaceweather.com .
Doesn't look like it will be flying by me as it is not on the list but there are others that should be visible for me in Albury. (http://www.spaceweather.com/flybys/search_results.php?lat=-36.0833&long=146.917&offset=10&country=AU&state=New%20South%20Wales&city=Albury) On May 31st the the ISS with Dragon attached flys by here and that is visible with the naked eye if here are no clouds.
Nice to know that on 5/30 there were 1293 potentially dangerous arteroids. I guess I should put my tinfoil hat on. biggrin
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Not quite time to bend over and kiss your ass goodbye just yet. :)
another 9.5 months yet apparently!!!!
Odds of spotting a UFO today: 3,000,000 to 1
Odds of a meteor landing on your house: 182,138,880,000,000 to 1
Chance that Earth will experience a catastrophic collision with an asteroid in the next 100 years: 1 in 5,000
Odds of injury from shaving: 6,585 to 1
Odds of fatally slipping in bath or shower: 2,232 to 1
Odds of dating a supermodel: 88,000 to 1
Odds of getting hemorrhoids: 25 to 1
Which means keep out of the bathroom, eat plenty of fibre and expect a huge phone bill while you are contacting supermodels.
Stats from http://www.funny2.com/odds.htm (http://www.funny2.com/odds.htm)