Thursday, May 22, 2008

Worried?


Are you worried?

These are tough time right now...worst I have ever experienced: High prices with natural gas, gasoline, food, services; terrible natural disasters; corrupt government officials; disproportionate care for health issues; homelessness; unemployment; armed conflict; starvation. In light of those issues are you concerned at all by the following...

May 2008 Earth-asteroid encounters:

[Click the asteroid name for more details.]

Asteroid
Date(UT)
Miss Distance
Mag.
Size
2008 HG
May 5
17 LD
18
90 m
2008 DE
May 9
17 LD
16
550 m
2008 HD2
May 9
6.5 LD
19
40 m
2008 JL24
May 10
0.4 LD
18
5 m
2008 HR3
May 11
3.1 LD
17
50 m
2008 HW1
May 14
72 LD
17
1.4 km
Notes: LD means "Lunar Distance." 1 LD = 384,401 km, the distance between Earth and the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU. MAG is the visual magnitude of the asteroid on the date of closest approach.

SpaceWeather.com

Are you worried?



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