Green Fireballs Coming! 3/6 - 3/9!

Was looking at all these comet/asteroid threads, and came upon a object which is going to have a close call with earth. I did a little research, and i found a site that says between 3/6 - 3/9 we should have a pretty neat lightshow available to us!

Elevated Green Fireball Activity Worldwide Projected* for 6MAR2011- 9MAR2011 Have your cameras ready for a capture! Known NEOs (Near-Earth Objects) asteroids will pass safely but their debris and unknowns are likely to produce Green Fireball and Bolides this coming Monday through Wednesday. (March 6-9) Get out and watch! 20 New NEO discoveries have been made for March 2011 with more to come! Please get the word out and post a link to this site in Facebook, Twitter, Forums, News Stories, etc. Thanks! -* by LunarMeteorite*Hunter Tokyo, Japan.

Figured i would post here for all to see!


SOURCE

Will it be visible worldwide?

Originally posted by SpreadLoveNotHate
Will it be visible worldwide?

Not too sure? I would think so? Something to research a little more, see if you can find out and post the answer here!

I saw that on NASA NEO.
Its object 2011 EY11 and it's gonna be close.
Distance from Earth will be about .00088 AU
or around 125,000 km.
Its about the size of a house,
5 to 15 meters.
Coming to us on March 7

Originally posted by kdog1982
I saw that on NASA NEO.
Its object 2011 EY11 and it's gonna be close.
Distance from Earth will be about .00088 AU
or around 125,000 km.
Its about the size of a house,
5 to 15 meters.
Coming to us on March 7

Actually if you look it up now, the distance is even closer. On the 7th, it shows its going to be IN our atmosphere, its no longer only .00088 AU, its 9.0E-4au now, check out the link...JPL Database

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So that one is within the orbit of the moon close. Could be fun!

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The size of a house you say? Here's some fun reading for everyone it breaks down impacts from house size to mile wide.
science.howstuffworks.com...

Originally posted by Silverado292
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The size of a house you say? Here's some fun reading for everyone it breaks down impacts from house size to mile wide.
science.howstuffworks.com...

Doh...after reading that, it made me pucker a little. PLEASE DON'T HIT FL, PLEASE DON'T HIT FL...lol

A while back, wasn't there a post sometime last year that said something about this? I remember an "Agency operative" or so, never said what he was from posting things about two green fireballs flying through Earth's atmosphere or nearly hitting. Most people claimed it was fake and would never happen.

Originally posted by LittleDragon
A while back, wasn't there a post sometime last year that said something about this? I remember an "Agency operative" or so, never said what he was from posting things about two green fireballs flying through Earth's atmosphere or nearly hitting. Most people claimed it was fake and would never happen.

I was about to write that

Ye kind of scary now I must say... And it also said somehing about staying indoor for along time after the green fireballs have been seen, somehing about a portal that would open

do we have a time for the closet approach?

Originally posted by woogleuk
do we have a time for the closet approach?

Not too sure, when i used the JPL DB to calculate distance, it seemed like right after it hit march 7th is when it came the closest to us (using the by hour setting), not too sure if that helps any, or if its irrelevant...lol

Originally posted by cabuki

Originally posted by woogleuk
do we have a time for the closet approach?

Not too sure, when i used the JPL DB to calculate distance, it seemed like right after it hit march 7th is when it came the closest to us (using the by hour setting), not too sure if that helps any, or if its irrelevant...lol

Time was about 00:57 and I assume thats GMT but not sure

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oh i hope your wrong, that was 20 minutes ago, I could have gone out and looked up (at the clouds) 1:20 GMT now

Originally posted by woogleuk
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oh i hope your wrong, that was 20 minutes ago, I could have gone out and looked up (at the clouds)

1:20 GMT now

Woops, Your right, its GMT.

Originally posted by woogleuk
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oh i hope your wrong, that was 20 minutes ago, I could have gone out and looked up (at the clouds)

1:20 GMT now

Is it March 7 there??

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oh no, lol, it's just gone the 6th, sorry, seen the 6th above and got confused, it is 1:30am , and i'm due more coffee . I have put a sticky on my desktop reminding me to drag the telescope out later tonight.

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You should be able to catch a few today, looks like there should be around 4-5 close calls on the 6th (look at source link at top)

The one on the 7th though is super close

I just heard of this, Im in australia, will I be able to see it lol or have I missed it?
Portal being opened? Where is this crazy thread

I am in new zealand also, will it be visable?
seeing as we are frist in line as in timewise...