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| Asteroid smashes into atmosphere |
| 2009-10-27 |
| AN asteroid exploded over Indonesia with the force of three Hiroshima bombs - and no one on Earth knew it was coming. The New Scientist website reports the dramatic explosion over South Sulawesi, Indonesia, on October 8 underscores how blind humanity is to the danger of giant space rocks. NASA estimated the explosion was the equivalent to 50,000 tons of TNT, making it one of the largest asteroid explosions ever observed. However, this time we were lucky - the blast caused no damage on the ground because it occurred at high altitude, 15 to 20km above Earth's surface. While the explosion was heard by witnesses in Indonesia and picked up by international nuclear explosion detectors, the asteroid only became visible after it exploded. Video images of the sky following the event showed a dust trail characteristic of an exploding asteroid, according to the New Scientist. Researchers believe the asteroid was about 10 metres wide - too small for even our most powerful telescopes to spot. But Tim Spahr, director of the Minor Planet Center, in the US state of Massachusetts, warns even an asteroid of this size could cause a lot of damage on the ground. Read the full report at New Scientist |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #2 OWG SPACE DEFENSE > D *** Ng IT, ITS ONLY A MERE 000'S MILES WIDE MOON, OR MASSIVE CHUNKS THEREFROM, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG [Miscalcs by NORAD = North AMer AEROSPACE Command; SPACOM = SPADEFCOM]! ? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-10-27 20:42 |
| #1 ME > AMER SAMOA QUAKE-TSUNAMI = shade of GUAM's future KAMALEN EVENT. MINOR ASTEROID/ROCK will strike offshore, unleashing TSUNAMI whose "high-water mark" will as high as the AGANA CLIFFLINES. FYI many Guam locals oer the years had revealed personal dreams/visions of a TIDAL WAVE washing oer GUAM = NORTHERN GUAM? IMO this event is separate. later and more serious than KAMALEN, + is likely simil or related to VARI NETTERS' CLAIMS SINCE THE 1990's OF DREAMS/VISIONS OF HAWAII STATE BEING WIPED OUT IN EAST PACIFIC. As per COMET APOPHIS [Year 2029/30-2036] + EARTH-OBSERVED EXPLOSIONS ON THE MOON > CHALK IT UP TO THE NORMAL "TIMES WE LIVE IN", + TEST(S) OF MAN'S READINESS FOR OWG-NWO = "GLOBALISM/ GLOBAL-NESS]. IS CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF HUMANITY = "POWERS THAT BE" "ARROGANT" ENUFF TO ATTEMPT TO UNILATER FORCE THE REST OF US INTO OWG-NWO, AND BEYOND, BUT NOT ENUFF AS PER DEFENDING SAID DESIRED OWG-NWO FROM CORRESPONDING EXTERNAL = CATASTROPHIC THREATS TO SAME. TV's "Agent 86" MAXWELL SMART > ITS NOT NICE TO THREATEN NICENESS. Ah SECULARISM > aka THE GREATEST THREAT/PROOF(S) AGAINST, AND FOR, THE EXISTENCE OF GOD. Iff the Powers that be in Govt-Society want to be solely responsible for deciding everything in life for the rest of us widout botherng to ask for our opinion or our formal Vote, then they should have no problem being personally responsible for ensuring that Earth survives the first 100 years of THEIR OWG-NWO, now should they??? SO-CALLED "OWG-NWO" + GLOBAL GOVT IS NOT TRULY "OURS" YET BECUZ NEITHER THE PEOPLE NOR THE NATIONS FORMALLY VOTED FOR IT, NOR WERE DESIRED = ALLOWED TO! But I digress .... |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-10-27 20:26 |