5 February 2013
BIG Space Rock to Pass Inside The Orbit of GOES Weather Satellites
Posted by Dan Satterfield
A space rock will pass perilously close to Earth on 15 February, but it will NOT hit us. This is a REAL near miss, and the rock will actually pass INSIDE the orbits of the geostationary communication satellites and the GOES weather satellites. These satellites orbit the Earth at an altitude of 36,000 KM. NASA has a good video that will answer your questions here:
It’s a dangerous solar system out there!
Maxwell Smart said it best:
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.
