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Huge 500ft asteroid to skim [3,172,582 miles] past Earth at 38,000mph on MONDAY, Nasa reveals
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| 11/23/2019
| sean keach
Posted on 11/23/2019 1:05:25 PM PST by BenLurkin
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"Skim" using the term loosely.
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posted on
11/23/2019 1:05:25 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Gee, that’s only a dozen times the radius of the Moon’s orbit around Earth.
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posted on
11/23/2019 1:06:30 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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posted on
11/23/2019 1:07:12 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
At 3 million miles away ... pfft ...
To: BenLurkin
When you think about it, it is remarkable that so many asteroids pass within 5 to 10 million miles of earth. The earth’s orbital radius is 93 million miles. The earth orbits the sun in a plane, so any asteroid coming close to earth has to pass through our orbital plane AND be at the location where the earth is in its orbit. Almost all the bodies in the solar system travel in roughly the same orbital plane. Those with highly elliptical orbits, hyperbolic orbits, or highly inclined orbits can intersect the earth’s path.
To: Steely Tom
Not that close but its just a matter of time before we take a hit.
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posted on
11/23/2019 1:14:47 PM PST
by
Brilliant
To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv
Let's go to the Torino Scale:
While the size is meaningful, the remote likelihood of impact puts it in the white/"0" zone.
Move along people - Happy Thanksgiving!!
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posted on
11/23/2019 1:15:11 PM PST
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/23/2019 1:15:57 PM PST
by
Savage Beast
( The curse of high intelligence:having to watch the unintelligent try everything you know won't work)
To: BenLurkin
A much bigger satellite, 2000 miles diameter is SKIMMING past the earth RIGHT NOW, ONLY 240,000 miles away. PANIC!
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posted on
11/23/2019 1:16:24 PM PST
by
aquila48
(Do not let them make you care!)
To: BenLurkin
And the Moon is 240,000 miles away. What matters is its path. Sensational headlines annoy me.
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posted on
11/23/2019 1:17:47 PM PST
by
I want the USA back
(The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
To: BenLurkin
When they find one projected to pass within 75 feet of the Earth, then I’ll be concerned.
To: I want the USA back
The do it that way purposely so you’ll read their drivel!
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posted on
11/23/2019 1:32:07 PM PST
by
Reily
To: BenLurkin
To me a skim would be like 10 miles.
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posted on
11/23/2019 1:42:55 PM PST
by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
To: DoodleBob
Very true — but just gotta love the snarky comments.
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posted on
11/23/2019 1:54:24 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Only two things wrong with that headline: Huge and Skim.
To: BenLurkin
It’s the Sun. Their readers are about 4th grade bright... The ones who have to use Chapstick when they read. All that movement raises blisters.
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posted on
11/23/2019 2:00:06 PM PST
by
jonascord
(First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
To: aquila48
and its already messing with the ocean tides!
To: crusher2013
Is it time to put out a tsunami warning with a silent “T”?
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posted on
11/23/2019 2:36:45 PM PST
by
Colt1851Navy
(What was wrong with Nixon?)
To: BenLurkin
Almost close enough to mess up my hair. I’d better panic.
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posted on
11/23/2019 2:43:05 PM PST
by
IronJack
To: Colt1851Navy
No, but I like your handle. Its a cool toy.
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