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Then we have this... At closest approach, 2011 MD will pass in broad daylight over the southern Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Antarctica. As the asteroid recedes from Earth, it will pass through the zone of geosynchronous satellites. The chances of a collision with a satellite or manmade space junk are extremely small, albeit not zero.
12 posted on 06/23/2011 8:58:24 PM PDT by TaraP (An APPEASER is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last)
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To: TaraP

WELL!

Just damn. Forget my diet for today....I am heading for the Klondike bars.


67 posted on 06/24/2011 2:54:46 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (where is the Great Santini when we need him??)
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This asteroid is 13 m in diameter. Give me a break.


71 posted on 06/24/2011 4:41:31 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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I thought it wasn’t getting closer than 7500 miles... we don’t have satellites that high...


77 posted on 06/24/2011 5:22:06 PM PDT by GOPJ (1 in 19 collect SS disability- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2650736/posts?page=131#131)
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10 kt energy. 8m wide ball, 2650kg/m^3 density. Not a big deal.


87 posted on 06/25/2011 3:52:32 PM PDT by Christian Engineer Mass (25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many conservative Christians my age out there? __ Click my name)
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