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NASA: An Asteroid Will Barely Avoid Slamming Into Earth Today
TBI ^ | 6-27-2011 | David Edwards, The Raw Story

Posted on 06/27/2011 10:08:33 AM PDT by blam

NASA: An Asteroid Will Barely Avoid Slamming Into Earth Today

David Edwards, The Raw Story
Jun. 27, 2011, 11:47 AM

Image: Flickr Ed Sweeny

Astronomers have just discovered an asteroid that is expected come close enough to Earth Monday that it will be visible with amateur telescopes.

The Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research centre (LINEAR) spotted Asteroid 2011 MD on June 22. It has an orbit similar to Earth's.

The asteroid will be visible from parts of South Africa and Antarctica when it makes its closest approach at 1:14 p.m. EDT (1714 GMT), passing just 7,500 miles (12,000 kilometers) from the Earth's surface. The rock will be so close that its trajectory will be sharply altered by the Earth's gravity.

"There is no chance that 2011 MD will hit Earth but scientists will use the close pass as opportunity to study it w/ radar observations," NASA's @AsteroidWatch tweeted last week.

Scientists say there is no danger of the bus-sized object striking Earth this time, but an impact is possible when it makes the next pass in 2022.

"Asteroid 2011 MD measures about 10 meters. Stony asteroids less than 25 m would break up in Earth's atmosphere & not cause ground damage," NASA wrote on their Twitter page.

The record for near-miss asteroids was set in February when 2011 CQ1 came with 3,400 miles (5,471 kilometers) of the planet.

Image: NASA

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2011md; asteroid; byebye; catastrophism; doomsday; nasa; ohoh; space
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To: dead

Of course, if their calculations are far enough off that it hits us, do you trust them on the size calculations?


41 posted on 06/27/2011 10:43:28 AM PDT by Ingtar (Together we go broke (from a Pookie18 post))
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To: bannie
Did I just feel something? A small quake? Did anyone else feel that?

I cant get anyone from Santiago on the phone. hmmm...

42 posted on 06/27/2011 10:46:39 AM PDT by corkoman (Steadfast and Loyal)
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To: corkoman

The bugs attack Earth with a meteor, destroying Buenos Aires. Would you like to know more?


43 posted on 06/27/2011 10:49:06 AM PDT by Ingtar (Together we go broke (from a Pookie18 post))
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To: Ingtar
Would you like to know more?

I would like to know how I can sneak away with Denise Richards in an escape pod. As we would be the only surviving members of the human race it would be our responsibility to repopulate the solar system.

44 posted on 06/27/2011 10:52:04 AM PDT by corkoman (Steadfast and Loyal)
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To: corkoman

cant typ rite now...runingfor shlter!

(Oh, wait! You can run, but you can’t HIDE!)


45 posted on 06/27/2011 10:52:16 AM PDT by bannie ("The gov't that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul." ))
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To: corkoman
"Oh Corkoman we will survive and together rekindle mankind. Now kiss me"


46 posted on 06/27/2011 10:55:27 AM PDT by corkoman (Steadfast and Loyal)
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To: blam

Return of the Mother Ship?


47 posted on 06/27/2011 10:59:11 AM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: corkoman
I watched Starship Troopers II and now I will never dare kiss anyone ever again.
48 posted on 06/27/2011 11:03:52 AM PDT by agere_contra ("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
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To: blam

I think it missed us.

Unless the government tinkering with the AC power frequency has screwed my clocks up again and the time is incor.............


49 posted on 06/27/2011 11:07:03 AM PDT by Iron Munro (The more effeminate & debauched the people, the more they are fitted for a tyrannical government.)
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To: corkoman

Oh man. I just remembered the grisly fate of the guy who literally did share an escape pod with Denise Richards in the first film. But I guess it wasn’t her fault.


50 posted on 06/27/2011 11:07:14 AM PDT by agere_contra ("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
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To: blam

If it would stir up a dust cloud and lower the temp in Texas I’m all for it hitting. I’m tired of this heat!

You know I’m just kidding.


51 posted on 06/27/2011 11:08:59 AM PDT by Terry Mross (I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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To: Ingtar

We Need Rico’s Roughneck’s, for sure.

(And pilots like Carmen Ibanez)


52 posted on 06/27/2011 11:10:00 AM PDT by MikeSteelBe ( "Failure to speak out against evil is evil itself" - Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
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To: blam

I’d actually like to see it impact an isolated area, for study purposes.


53 posted on 06/27/2011 11:10:30 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: blam
Question for the next event: When scientists use the analogy of "bus-sized" to describe the size of a object, what kind of bus are the referring to?

VW bus?
School bus? (standard vs the short bus for the slow kids)
Trailways size bus?
The British, double decker type tour bus?
Indian bus, complete with 200 people hanging off the roof & sides?

54 posted on 06/27/2011 11:10:42 AM PDT by Deaf Smith
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To: Ingtar
Would you like to know more

I did. So, I saw the sequels.

Skip them. Trust me.

Besides, it's pretty hard to beat Doogie Hauser as a Nazi Telepath. Once you've hit that bar, where can you go from there?

55 posted on 06/27/2011 11:11:31 AM PDT by wbill
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To: blam; Lazamataz
An Asteroid Will Barely Avoid Slamming Into Earth Today

Question is, would Laz have hit the earth?

56 posted on 06/27/2011 11:12:18 AM PDT by LearnsFromMistakes (Yes, I am happy to see you. But that IS a gun in my pocket.)
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To: agere_contra

bttt


57 posted on 06/27/2011 11:13:59 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: Terry Mross
If it would stir up a dust cloud and lower the temp in Texas I’m all for it hitting. I’m tired of this heat!

Summer just started for Texas...Better get used to it.

With the hot steamy humidity down there, just pretend your an astronaut, exploring the surface of Venus.

58 posted on 06/27/2011 11:14:28 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: blam

NASA only tells us about the asteroids that are going to miss.


59 posted on 06/27/2011 11:20:45 AM PDT by seowulf ("If you write a whole line of zeroes, it's still---nothing"...Kira Alexandrovna Argounova)
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To: Ingtar
The bugs attack Earth with a meteor, destroying Buenos Aires. Would you like to know more?

Federal service guarantees citizenship.

60 posted on 06/27/2011 11:21:57 AM PDT by mware
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