What if 1.5kM wide asteroid hits the UK ..

[Ratlet]

1 hour ago, StevieDvd said:

I think you have a typo surely the Optolong Armadeddun.

I'm guessing it'll be the imaging conditions that cause the halos and not the filter with that one 🧚‍♂️

[maw lod qan]

5 hours ago, Alien 13 said:

I am fine, got a tinfoil hat 🤣

Alan

Me too. I used it when joining Facebook!

[maw lod qan]

The real question would be, would you want something fast and quick?

Or slow drawn out and agonizing?

Either way would be bad. But with the second one you'll deal with your neighbors for a while.

[sagittariancat]

Just looked up what can happen and yes, clothes catching fire would be the last of your worries.

[vlaiv]

I think that distinction between clothes and trees catching fire (former at shorter distance) - has to do with profile / cross section presented to the blast rather than type of material or how easy is to set it on fire using normal means.

Trees are taller and have larger cross section and will thus collect enough energy for ignition at larger distance.

[Macavity]

Quite an entertaining (is that the right word? lol) video on the topic:
https://youtu.be/4Wrc4fHSCpw (These are the asteroids to worry about) 😎

If there is sufficient warning about a Chelyabinsk sized event...
Keep away from windows (flying glass!) might just help a bit. 😬
 

 

[saac]

they should make a movie about this 😬

Jim 

[Leo S]

Many who observed the Chelyabinsk event reported that they could actually feel the radiation from the fireball warming their faces. Meteors emit most of their light in the infrared part of the spectrum. In terms of visible light Chelyabinsk was brighter than the Sun at peak.

As for filters - a welding mask perhaps!

[Paul M]

Way to go, I'd say!

[Astrobits]

Play around with this calculator:

https://education.down2earth.eu/impact_calculator

see what it would take to eliminate that pesky security light.

Nigel

[Moonshed]

Wouldn’t bother me, I’d whitewash the windows.

[wesdon1]

On 09/02/2023 at 11:44, Captain Scarlet said:

Phew thanks be to God I moved to the SW tip of Ireland 🤣🤣, should escape the worst 

haha! Well all my family are from Brosna' County Kerry, southwest Ireland, so I might bump into you when I head over to my late Nannas cottage when i'm fleeing the next big Asteroid!! Haha! 

[EarthLife]

11 minutes ago, wesdon1 said:

haha! Well all my family are from Brosna' County Kerry, southwest Ireland, so I might bump into you when I head over to my late Nannas cottage when i'm fleeing the next big Asteroid!! Haha! 

I'm afraid the lumps destination has moved, NASA's attempt to knock it off coarse only moved it's destination by a few miles

Edited February 13, 2023 by EarthLife

[Macavity]

Only spotted prediction 15 minutes before "impact"! Sadly, too far South for me?
Some fun videos of (supposedly) 1m diameter AR2667 over France / the channel! 😎
Maybe some of you might have seen it? Can't embed, see "pic" twitter link.

From Brighton apparently! 😉
 

Edited February 13, 2023 by Macavity

[Leo S]

1 hour ago, Macavity said:

Only spotted prediction 15 minutes before "impact"! Sadly, too far South for me?
Some fun videos of (supposedly) 1m diameter AR2667 over France / the channel! 😎
Maybe some of you might have seen it? Can't embed, see "pic" twitter link.

From Brighton apparently! 😉
 

Clouds and horizon permitting, an event like this can be visible for 500+ km from the event itself. I've captured fireballs that are towards S France from here in Derby.

[Leo S]

Not quite 1.5 km but: 1/2-mile-wide asteroid will pass Earth safely on February 15-16

It's that time of year. More on the Fireballs of February.

Edited February 14, 2023 by Leo S
Bonus link

[Sunshine]

Boris Johnson's hair would be blown back neatly, for once.

Edited February 14, 2023 by Sunshine