Our gang of evil space terrorists has found a chance too good to pass up. Flying out to 2001-YB5, they affix rocket engines to the 36 billion kilogram asteroid and, at 9:50:24 UT on 29 Apr 2018, they impart a modest delta-vee of 95.31181 m/s in the direction of RA 13h 32m 40.956s, DEC +18.25417 degrees.
Orbital elements of 2001 YB5 (initial).
a = 2.349557177836 au
e = 0.862427471513
i = 5.490700413641 deg
L = 109.3451209415 deg
w = 114.2474452629 deg
T = JD 2453637.57768 (1:51:51.552 UT, 24 Sep 2005)
Orbital elements of Earth.
a = 1.0000001124 au
e = 0.0167102192
i = 0
L = 0
w = 103.078101 deg
T = JD 2454468.667 (4:00:28.8 UT, 3 Jan 2008)
Will the asteroid hit Earth? If so, when?
What would be the impact speed if it does?
What would be the energy in megatons TNT?
What are the elements of the transfer orbit?
If the asteroid meets Earth dead-center, what would be the latitude and longitude of the crater?
2007-01-23 05:28:33 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes. January 2020.
30+ km/sec.
Not sure.
Not too different from the original orbit.
Don't know.
2007-01-24 07:31:29 · answer #1 · answered by elohimself 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who really cares.
2007-01-23 13:37:13 · answer #2 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
uh hu
2007-01-23 13:31:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋