2006-07-04 05:13:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If you mean the large asteroid that has been in the news, it passed the earth at a distance outside the orbit of the moon, as predicted.
Other than that, asteroids of some size or another enter the atmosphere constantly.
2006-07-04 05:26:38 · answer #1 · answered by 63vette 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They either miss, burn up and if they do enter our earth they are already too small enough (not literally, some of them are still huge) to do catastrophic damage. Most the time time the ones that get in earth land in the ocean.
2006-07-04 05:22:43 · answer #2 · answered by blu_dragon_1004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last one I heard about was in the mid nineties, I don't know if that's the one you mean, that one landed in the sea. There are asteroids hurtling towards the Earth all the time, but they mostly burn up when they hit the Earths atmosphere.
2006-07-04 05:18:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off,the sky would start to become black due to it's shadow,the sun gets blocked out and slowly this huge stone drifts overhead until it strikes the horizon,sending a supersonic plasma shock wave around the entire planet...tom science
2006-07-05 19:19:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the news reported the "near miss" couple of days ago. Look outside once in awhile ! Just kidding :) It's ok. Sure you got your reasons for asking.
2006-07-04 05:20:47 · answer #5 · answered by ena k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
burn off by the Van Allen Belt.
2006-07-04 05:19:07 · answer #6 · answered by NEAL N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it got attracted towards suns gravity so it has gone to sun and got destroyed.
2006-07-04 05:19:34 · answer #7 · answered by mythbuster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i wanna know too
2006-07-04 05:16:43 · answer #8 · answered by changeling 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it missed
2006-07-04 05:16:39 · answer #9 · answered by chilibean 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dunno, I'm still trying to figure out what happened the WMDs in Iraq.
2006-07-04 21:26:07 · answer #10 · answered by bubbacornflakes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋