On March 8, the asteroid 2002 EM7 passed within 500,000km of Earth . . . the scary thing is, no one knew it until 4 days later because it was coming from the direction of the Sun. It's estimated size is only 70m--not a planet killer, but large enough to create a Tunguska sized explosion. Here's an .ssc file to put in your extras directory so you can check out the encounter.
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/files/neo.ssc
--Chris
Close call
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eightohearts
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- Joined: 19.03.2002
- With us: 22 years 6 months
- Location: Annapolis Maryland
Hello, new to group, Chris, you and your team are awesome. I'm still awe struck by what I've seen come out of this program. I've been into Celestia since 1.2.1 and I've been able to build up a really nice package with the source codes. 1.2.3 is even better by far. But I seem to be missing the Skylab.3ds model, where can I find it? Keep up the great work.