Asteroids: Past Impacts & Near Misses

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"As far as flying space rocks go, it's as close an encounter as mankind has ever had," reportsd CNN. "A 100-foot diameter asteroid will pass within 26,500 miles of Earth on Thursday evening, the closest-ever brush on record by a space rock, NASA astronomers said... first spied late Monday…the asteroid will pass within the moon's orbit…The asteroid, 2004 FH…should be visible through binoculars to stargazers…Astronomers found the asteroid late Monday during a routine survey carried out with a pair of telescopes in New Mexico funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…Astronomers have not ruled out that the asteroid and our planet could meet again sometime in the future."

March 19, 2004:

On the same day that media reported the near miss of asteroid 2004 FH, the local newspaper in Rochester printed the article shown on the left...

Notice how the editors mislead us by claiming, "Amazingly, that chunk of space rock almost went undetected." But most asteroids that approach Earth go undetected, there is nothing "amazing " about that, it's a fact. What IS detected here is corporate media again lulling the public into a false sense of security.

March 27, 2004:

ECTV's Mitch Battros reports, "I know this is hard to believe, but it's true. Just hours ago, a new razor close asteroid zoomed by Earth. It is known as '2004 FY15'. It was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) in Arizona and confirmed early by Robert Hutsebaut of Brussels, Belgium. The object is 25 meters (75 feet) across. Distance was a mere 23,786 km (14,780 miles), or 12,000 miles closer than last week's Asteroid 2004 FH "record close flyby."

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March 31, 2004:

Asteroid 2004 FU162 comes the closest to Earth of any asteroid yet discovered. The LINEAR survey system in New Mexico tracked it over a 44-minute period and from its brightness estimated its size at around 10 m across

Besides being the closest known brush with Earth, the other unusual aspect of this flyby is that the world astronomical community closed ranks to keep the event secret for the next FIVE MONTHS! It wasn't until August 23, 2004 that the news was leaked to NewScientist.com, which noted, "Steven Chesley of NASA.s Jet Propulsion Laboratory calculated that the encounter with the Earth shifted the asteroid's orbit. 'This was an extraordinarily close encounter and so the orbital change was quite extraordinary. 2004 FU162 was deflected by about 20 degrees because of the Earth's gravity. I've never seen anything like that before,' Chesley said."

Obviously the near miss of this rock was kept secret because mogul controlled media doesn't want the public to consider the fact that asteroids can sneak up so close to Earth and not be spotted, or detected by astronomers until it's too late. But FU162 says "FU" aka "**** YOU" to that lie - it's more proof that the Rock that blows us away won't be seen until it's far too late to do anything to stop it.

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June 19, 2004:

Asteroid 2004 MN4, a quarter-mile wide Rock, is discovered by Roy Tucker, David Tholen and Fabrizio Bernardi of the NASA-funded University of Hawaii Asteroid Survey (UHAS), from Kitt Peak, Arizona. The Rock's path will not be known until Christmas time. Asteroid MN4 is rediscovered from Australia by Gordon Garradd of the Siding Spring Survey, another NASA-funded NEA survey. Further observations from around the globe over the next several days allowed the Minor Planet Center to confirm the connection to the June discovery, at which point the possibility of impact in 2029 was realized by the automatic SENTRY system of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office. NEODyS, a similar automatic system at the University of Pisa and the University of Valladolid, Spain also detected the impact possibility and provided similar predictions. The news broke at Christmas time...

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September 28, 2004:

PBS airs a series called "Origins" which features a section about asteroid impacts. One year ago today Paul Allen's "The Blues" series premeired on PBS and caused fatal meteor impacts in India and New Orleans. One year later, with another asteroid documentary on PBS, Paul Allen's Space Ship One prepares for tomorrow's launch, world media covers the approach of the giant asteroid Toutatis near Earth. Space.com reports, "The largest asteroid ever known to pass near Earth is making a close celestial brush with the planet this week…The space rock, named Toutatis, will not hit Earth, despite rumors of possible doom that have circulated the Internet for months. Humanity is very fortunate there won't be an impact, as the asteroid is large enough to cause global devastation. Toutatis is about 2.9 miles long and 1.5 miles wide (4.6 by 2.4 kilometers). Asteroid Toutatis was discovered in 1989.

On September 29, Toutatis will be within a million miles of Earth, or about four times the distance to the Moon…And while similarly large asteroids have hit the planet in the distant past, none so big have come so close since astronomers have had the means to notice them. NASA scientists and other asteroid experts have been watching Toutatis for more than a decade, and though its orbit changes slightly with each 4-year trip around the sun, they have a good handle on the path.

"Because of the nature of the orbit, we cannot predict thousands of years into the future for this object," said Alan Harris, a senior research scientist at the Space Science Institute…some rumors have suggested the asteroid's forecasted course might be off by enough to cause a collision with Earth…"The actual path of it has indeed varied a bit from the original calculated," Harris said.

[NOTE: More lies designed to lull us into a false sense of security. Anyone who spends a few hours studying the facts about asteroids quickly learns that their trajectories and orbits shift and alter as a result of many forces in space, like hitting up against other space rocks, and gravitational pull from other celestial objects. NO ONE can say that the path of ANY rock is fixed and stable. Listen, "Mr. Harris" - if the deity designs that this rock should be nudged in our direction, a small meteorite crashing into its surface can at any given minute send the thing directly on course for your head.]

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September 29, 2004:

At the precise time that Toutatis makes its closest approach to Earth, Paul Allen launches his intended escape vehicle, Space Ship One. Proles line up the runway to cheer the evil EMPeror, believing his spiel about this spacecraft being designed as a new Greyhound bus for the "common man" - now mom and pop can take Sunday rides into orbit with the kids - thanks to the EMPeror! This spin is designed to create popular support for Mr. Allen's project because he has to get government approval to launch the craft, so the fact that Space Ship One is to function soley as the EMPeror's personal escape prior to asteroid impact is carefully disguised. That Mr. Allen timed today's launch to coincide with the Toutatis near miss of Earth completely escapes the awareness of the herd.

December 19, 2004:

Asteroid 2004 YD5 passes Earth BENEATH the orbits of geostationary satellites, which at 22,300 miles (36,000 kilometers) altitude are the highest manmade objects circling Earth. Most other satellites, along with the International Space Station, circle the planet at just a few hundred miles up. The Rock, about 16 feet (5 meters) wide, was not spotted until three days later by Stan Hope at the University of Arizona's Spacewatch Project. After the initial detection, other observers noted the rock's position and its path was then calculated back to its closest approach on Dec. 19. Asteroid 2004 YD5 approached Earth from near the Sun, so it would have been impossible to detect from Earth prior its arrival in the atmosphere. This is the second closest pass of an asteroid ever observed by telescope. The closest involved a rock that flew by last March and was not announced until August.

December 24, 2004:

It is mostly Internet news outlets that cover NASA's announcement, "A recently rediscovered 400-meter Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) named 2004 MN4 is predicted to pass near the Earth on 13 April 2029. The flyby distance is uncertain and an Earth impact cannot yet be ruled out. The odds of impact, presently around 1 in 300, are unusual enough to merit special monitoring by astronomers, but should not be of public concern. These odds are likely to change on a day-to-day basis as new data are received...This object is the first to reach a level 2 (out of 10) on the Torino Scale. According to the Torino Scale, a rating of 2 indicates 'a discovery, which may become routine with expanded searches, of an object making a somewhat close but not highly unusual pass near the Earth...This asteroid should be easily observable throughout the coming months."

[NOTE: NASA bends over backwards to pacify concern here. Multiple phrases in this press release emphasize the foregone conclusion that this asteroid will pass by. NASA is cooking the books regarding the asteroid's path. It's Christmas Eve and the Deity is fed up with these re-calculations because MN4 is Jimi's "Electric Love" Rock and it's headed for Earth. The Deity plans to consummate the trajectory, as soon as "Krismas" is over…]

December 25, 2004:

The Hendrix Rock Prophecy comes true. In mid afternoon on Christmas in America, the first reports come in of a massive Deep Impact tidal wave in the Indian Ocean.

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The Deity has tossed a "Christmas Star" from the sky into the sea, causing enough of an earthquake to alter the rotation of the planet. 300,000 people perish in floods of biblical proportions. Astronomer witch doctors, who at this moment are racing to announce more "proof" that asteroid MN4 will not impact Earth, see satellite scenes of the meteor flaming into the Indian Ocean. Having prepared since 1998 for such an incident, media immediately enacts a plan to persuade us that the resulting tsunami wave was caused by an earthquake alone. The extent to which the entire media can be mobilized to censor and suppress eye-witness reports of the Christmas Star is the hallmark of our time, a world in which the Orwellian nightmare of total control of us has been achieved by overlord dominators.

"Electric Love penetrates the sky…the Mountain falls in the sea…the Sun refuses to shine..." - Jimi

But the Deity had the decency to wait until the day after Christmas to begin fulfilling Jimi's prediction. The Christmas Star that has caused mass suffering around the world is only the first of the Rocks due to impact Earth. The Deity directed the first one into a remote part of the ocean where it was seen by a handful of people, who today try to report the truth of what happened. Our totolitarian media blocks all reports of sightings of the Christmas Star meteor. Air Force pilots and technicians who monitor space satellites are under the threat of Guantanamo Bay incarceration if they try to tell the truth to anyone. If you believe such scenarios are unlikely, consider the Jan Wong incident, where an entire population is kept unaware of evidence.

December 27, 2004:

Space.com reports, "The giant space rock, named 2004 MN4, was said on Dec. 23 to have an outside shot at hitting the planet on April 13, 2029. The odds climbed as high as 1-in-37, or 2.7 percent, on Monday, Dec. 27. Researchers had flagged the object as one to monitor very carefully. It was the first asteroid to be ranked 4 on the Torino Scale...the highest warning level ever issued...the 323-day orbit of 2004 MN4 lies mostly within the orbit of Earth. Scientists cannot say that the asteroid will never hit Earth."

January 11, 2005:

"NASA Announces Latest Asteroid Threat to Earth," is the headline at About.com. "Near-Earth Asteroid 2004 MN4 Reaches Highest Score To Date On Hazard Scale - It may sound like an Urban Legend, but it's not [a legend]…'unlucky numerical omens' [are] associated with this asteroid. A recently rediscovered 400-meter Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) is predicted to pass near the Earth on 13 April 2029. The flyby distance is uncertain and an Earth impact cannot yet be ruled out. The odds of impact, initially around 1 in 300, were unusual enough to merit special monitoring by astronomers…As of December 24, 2004, 2004 MN4 is now being tracked very carefully by many astronomers around the world...New impact monitoring results indicate that the impact probability for April 13, 2029 has risen to about 1.6%, which for an object of this size corresponds to a rating of 4 on the ten-point Torino Scale."

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February 4, 2005:

"An asteroid expected to fly past Earth in 2029 will be visible to the naked eye," reports Space.com. "It's a once-in-a-millennium event...There has been no event like this in modern history…The 2029 event will be the closest brush by a good-sized asteroid known to occur. The rock will pass Earth inside the orbits of some satellites. No other asteroid has ever been clearly visible to the unaided eye...scientists said it had the highest odds of hitting Earth ever given to a space rock…This week, NASA scientists used new observations from the Arecibo Observatory to further pin down the track of 2004 MN4. On April 13, 2029, it will be about 22,600 miles (36,350 kilometers) from Earth's center. That is just below the altitude of geosynchronous satellites, which hover in fixed perches above the planet.

"'Of the 10 known closest asteroid flybys, 2004 MN4 is by far the largest object,' said Steve Chesley of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory…2004 MN4 is expected to shine like a fast-moving star at magnitude 3.3…easily visible…The 2029 flyby will bend the rock's path and change the circumstances of later close passes to Earth. Were an asteroid the size of 2004 MN4 to hit Earth, it would cause local devastation and regional damage."

[NOTE: "Flyby will bend the rock's path and change the circumstances" - what's left unsaid is the astronomers can't agree this rock'll pass us by.]

February 14, 2005:

Valentine's Day, and just as the U.S. Missile Defense program suffers it's third failed test in a row, and on the anniversary of NASA landing a space craft on the Eros (a/k/a "Love") asteroid in 2001, when Bill Gates was at the Hendrix museum in Seattle to announced that the new Windows, code named "Asteroid" while in development, will now be named "XP", meaning Experience, as in "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" - at this time and day, the world astronomical community is forced to admit that this asteroid "will come closer than the orbit of many satellites…close enough for its orbit to be directly affected by the Earth's gravity."

"Friday the 13th, 2029: Giant Asteroid Will Narrowly Miss Earth," claims The Independent newspaper of London, reporting, "A giant asteroid the size of three football pitches will make the closest flyby of Earth in recorded history for an object of its size, scientists said yesterday [Valentine's Day]. It will pass between the Earth and the Moon and will even come closer than the orbit of many telecommunications satellites...due to make its closest approach to Earth…at about 10pm London time on Friday 13 April 2029…It will shine in the sky as a dim, fast-moving star - the first asteroid in modern times to be clearly visible from Earth without the aid of a telescope or binoculars…It will pass our planet by the relative whisper of 36,000km (22,600 miles) - well within the orbit of geostationary satellites and about a tenth of the distance to the Moon. This is by far the largest of the top 10 closest asteroids recorded by astronomers. Professor Mark Bailey, director of the Armagh Observatory, said that…it would come close enough for its orbit to be directly affected by the Earth's gravity…'I think everyone is saying that it's going to miss. It'll pass so close though,' Professor Bailey said. 'It's like being on a train station platform and watching an express train go by three feet away.' he said.

February 19, 2005:

And at the website homepage for asteroid MN4, a description of Mountain MN4 climaxes with the conclusion: "This object has the possibility of impacting the Earth."

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May 2, 2006:

"A meteor smashed into the Moon's Sea of Clouds with 17 billion joules of kinetic energy-that's about the same as 4 tons of TNT," says Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, AL. "The impact created a bright fireball which we video-recorded using a 10-inch telescope." The video was recorded at the Marshall Space Flight Center.

June 7, 2006:

United Press International reports that at 2:05 a.m. a meteor impacts the country of Norway: "The meteor struck a mountainside in Reisadalen…residents of the northern part of Troms and the western areas of Finnmark could clearly see a ball of fire taking several seconds to travel across the sky. Knut Jorgen Roed Odegaard, the country's leading astronomer, said he expects the meteor to prove to be the largest to hit Norway in modern times…"We can compare it to the Hiroshima bomb," he said.

Following the Indian Ocean meteor that caused the Christmas Tsunami in Dec. 2004, news outlets were put under orders to conceal all news of space rocks. Mass media suppressed every mention of the 2006 Norway impact. Only through the websites of obscure European alternative papers are the facts available.

July 3, 2006:

In the early morning an asteroid a half mile wide named 2004 XP14 (check out the the "XP" connections on this website) nearly collided with Earth, coming about as close as the Moon. This passing was close enough to be visible to the naked eye in North America, so media could not conceal it and today the world is abuzz with news of the Rock. At the end of the ABC News report about XP14, the mass audience of network TV is introduced to Apophis! for the first time.

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July 10, 2006:

European news media report that for the second month in a row, a meteor has crashed into the country of Norway. The rock smashed to the gound in the Jæren district just south of Stavanger in Rogaland County, gouging a crater just outside the house of Bjørn Herigstad.

September 16, 2007:




Meteor Crater In Peru

Reuters reports: "Streamlined Meteorite Hit Peru Fast and Hard…A meteorite crashed in the southern Peruvian town of Carangas, near the border with Bolivia, September 16, 2007…digging out a deep hole and startling nearby residents, [it] traveled faster and hit harder than would have been expected...the object, which left a 49-foot-wide (15 meter) crater, was made of rock and, in theory, should have disintegrated in the atmosphere long before reaching the Earth's surface, said Peter Schultz, a professor of geological sciences at Brown University in Rhode Island. But the pieces stayed together and were speeding at 15,000 mph (24,000 kph) when they hit."

January 29, 2008:

"Largest Asteroid To Come Near Earth In 22 Years" is the headline at NewScientist.com. "The asteroid, named 2007 TU24, will make its closest approach on Tuesday (January 29, 2008), venturing as close as 1.4 times the distance to the Moon…Five hours of observations using NASA's Goldstone radio telescope in California, US, reveal that the asteroid is about 250 metres [several football fields] wide. The last time an object of about the same size was observed to approach Earth at about the same distance was in September 1985, says Don Yeomans, head of NASA's Near Earth Object programme at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, US...Its discovery only a few months [October 11, 2007] before its closest approach to Earth highlights the importance of finding potentially dangerous space rocks."

January 30, 2008:

Asteroid 2007 WD5 narrowly misses collision with Mars. The space rock was discovered in late November 2007 and is similar in size to an object that hit central Siberia 100 years ago in 1908. On January 4, 2008 NASA announced that asteroid 2007 WD5 will closely pass the Red Planet on January 30.

November 20, 2008:

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March 2, 2009:

On March 2, 2009 an asteroid came within 38 thousand miles of hitting Earth. Orbiting satellites are 20 thousand miles high.

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March 18, 2009:

Two weeks after Asteroid 2009 DD45 nearly hit Earth, another space rock, 15 meters (49 ft.) wide, Asteroid 2009 FH comes within 79,000 kilometers (49,000 miles) of Earth on March 18, 2009. Another extremely close pass. Unlike the NEO pass two weeks ago, this time there is very little MSM reports about it, as if an artificial limit on "scary" news is being imposed by H.I.M.M.

March 18, 2009 Asteroid 2009 FH Near Miss

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March 18, 2009:

Two weeks after Asteroid 2009 DD45 nearly hit Earth, another space rock, 15 meters (49 ft.) wide, Asteroid 2009 FH comes within 79,000 kilometers (49,000 miles) of Earth on March 18, 2009. Another extremely close pass. Unlike the NEO pass two weeks ago, this time there is very little MSM reports about it, as if an artificial limit on "scary" news is being imposed by H.I.M.M.

March 18, 2009 Asteroid 2009 FH Near Miss

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June 10, 2009:

Asteroid 1994 CC comes within 1.56 million miles (2.52 million km) of Earth (about six times farther away than the Moon). The asteroid is composed of three separate rocks, known as a "triple system" - it is one of just two triple system asteroids known to be in a near-Earth orbit. Of all asteroids known to be "near-Earth" 15 percent are composed of two separate rocks. Just one percent are a triple system set up. The largest rock in the Asteroid 1994 CC system is about 2,300 feet (700 meters) wide. Two smaller rocks are revolving around the central object.



A "Triple System" Asteroid

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June 11, 2009:




Asteroid Smashing Saturn's Rings

On August 9, 2009 an article titled "Like the Fist of an Angry God" at Discovermagazine.com reported, "The latest pictures [taken June 11, 2009] returned from the Cassini spacecraft (a probe the size of a school bus that has been orbiting the ringed planet since 2004)…is something new...[an] object on an inclined orbit has punched through Saturn's narrow F ring, bursting out from underneath, and dragging behind it a wake of particles from the rings. The upward-angled structure is definitely real, as witnessed by the shadow it's casting on the ring material to the lower left. And what's with the bright patch right where this object seems to have slammed in the rings? Did it shatter millions of icy particles, revealing their shinier interior material, making them brighter? Clearly, something awesome and amazing happened here. We are fated, I think, to watch Nature unfold before us and try to figure it out after the fact."