The Colombian media has been buzzing with eye witness accounts of the fireball, which fell out of the sky and caused a massive explosion at 3:15PM local time Sunday.
Bucaramanga Mayor Fernando Vargas confirmed the phenomenon was a meteorite that left a crater 100 meters in diameter where it crashed into the earth in the San Joaquin municipality in Santander
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There are possibilities I think for all of these to occur. When we think about PXs influences, we are all so quick to relate it to how it effects Earth and its magnetic influence to our planet. But, if PX is that large and orbits in our solar system, what about the other planets? I recall reading about either Uranus or Neptune was discovered to be rotating on its side. Do we dare wonder that during an ancient pass of PX, could that have been caused by PX? And with a gravitational pull so strong, why couldn't PX cause asteroids to be influenced and pulled of course and be headed towards Earth? I think its not only possible but probable!
Huge asteroid will hit Antarctica in 2012 06 Sep, 2010 | Author: Canadafirst | No Comments »
A University of British Columbia Professor published an online article that projected an 800m asteroid would hit Antarctica in the fall of 2012. His article was on the www.phas.ubc.ca website for 2 days before it abruptly disappeared. The initial data was gathered by The Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The theorized asteroid was then tracked by Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea, which (with the Adaptive Optics Bonnette) supplies probably the sharpest images currently obtainable from the ground.
One week after this mysterious article disappeared, “Canadian and American astronauts say the world needs to prepare for the big one — the asteroid impact that could one day devastate the Earth.Veteran Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is president of the Association of Space Explorers, which has prepared a detailed report on the asteroid threat. The Canadian Space Agency intends to launch NEOSSat next March to look for asteroids that may be hiding near the sun. The $15-million suitcase-sized satellite will circle about 700 kilometres above the Earth. A Canadian Space Agency official says NEOSSat is expected to detect hundreds of new asteroids during its first year of operation. It will also monitor the heavy traffic of satellites now orbiting the Earth to try to prevent possible collisions.”
http://scarletwhore.com/
http://www.spaceweather.com/
http://britastro.org/blog/?tag=2010-rf12
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