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Oct 10, 2016

The Asteroid 2009 ES Past Safely then Someone Said Something and The Internet Goes Crazy

 Background
(as of 2016-10-10)
The NEO 2009 ES on 2016-09-20 (Astrometrica) a stack of 4 - 60 Second Luminance BIN2 Images taken with iTelescope.net's (TEL T11 0.50-m f/6.8 reflector + CCD + f/4.5 focal reducer) at (MPC Code H06) Mayhill, New Mexico (New Mexico Skies) By Steven M. Tilley
    Tweets(Before Purple Mountain Observatory's Report)



Note before Purple Mountain Observatory's Report 2009 ES just a NEO with well know orbit. Any danger into the foreseeable future from 2009 ES was ruled out on 2009-03-18 10:56(UTC).
Purple Mountain Observatory's Report
 
Then as this story moved through the blogosphere, it changed like the "telephone game." The report was misread, poorly translated, misunderstood, etc. then rewritten by other writers with the wrong information.  Then other writers then use the revised stories as sources for new stories adding to the madness. One should seek out the original story(and see if it is reliable), and check for reliable information from some of the reliable sources such as the Minor Planet Center, NASA NEO Program Office at JPL, ESA's NEODyS (Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site), or The Tracking News.  I am not posting links to the crazy stories, Just Google Asteroid  2009 ES  and see for yourself.
 
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Correction: (as of 2016-10-25) was corrected to say (as of 2016-10-10) the date of the post
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  1. UnknownOctober 11, 2016 at 1:50 PM

    Had to chuckle at this Steven...I mean 19 lunar distances...utter madness that this got out of hand

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    1. Steven M. TilleyOctober 11, 2016 at 5:18 PM

      Wendy you are right...What was key to madness is people misread Xinhua report and thought it said 2009 ES "was" 10 km. A 10 km asteroid at 19 lunar distances would have been seen in backyard telescope. The crazy thing is "Discovery News" posted AOL's "story" on Facebook.

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  2. LeonChungFebruary 22, 2018 at 8:31 AM

    Hey Steven, I had seen the rumor in youtube channel. Then I checked the JPL website. But I still have some question. There are so many Asteroid flyby the earth everyday, Why 2009ES would be the rumor's theme. Just because the China Xinhua 's report? Or it has something else? I still have a little bit worry about that. Thanks.

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    1. Steven M. TilleyFebruary 22, 2018 at 5:43 PM

      First off from the available date it could be said there NO risk from asteroid 477162 (2009 ES) in OUR life time.....however over thousands, tens of thousands...millions of year that could change. I know China Xinhua did a report on 2016-09-08, I do not why they did the report. The report said "...This is the first time that a telescope in China has captured images of the asteroid." it also said "...Previously, eight other telescopes around the world had captured images of the asteroid..." Some how story was pick up by the blogosphere and got a live of its own. Sometimes someone need an asteroid to "talk about" and they pick one that fits their time line(and 2009 ES could be imaged at that time). There is no need to worry about asteroid 477162 (2009 ES).

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