tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post799312430047694101..comments2023-09-12T08:48:14.298+01:00Comments on Artificial Philosophy: Everybody wave to 2010TD54!Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065848582219331473noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-70104749034680341002010-10-12T14:32:37.175+01:002010-10-12T14:32:37.175+01:00Unlikely according to the data - the next signific...Unlikely according to the data - the next significantly close pass is in 2044 (March the 17th to be precise), and it'll be significantly further away, about 130,000 km. You're right though, something like that actually hitting us would put on a very nice light show indeed.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07065848582219331473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-37771777654505530402010-10-12T12:02:49.783+01:002010-10-12T12:02:49.783+01:002010TD54 will probably merge with the Earth on the...2010TD54 will probably merge with the Earth on the next pass. This is very likely a metallic asteroid of 6 meter diameter aand mass 900 tons.<br />If a merge event does occur on one of the next encounters - and it will - it will be a dramatic event. Most of the asteroid will be burned up or dispursed in the upper atmosphere; the components<br />which make it intact to the ground will be the object of meteorite ccllectors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com