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Asteroid YU55 radar images
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/multimedia/yu55-20111107.html ^ | 11/07/2011 | NASA

Posted on 11/07/2011 10:35:18 PM PST by djf

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1 posted on 11/07/2011 10:35:19 PM PST by djf
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To: SunkenCiv

/mark


2 posted on 11/07/2011 10:51:35 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: djf

ZOINKS!


3 posted on 11/07/2011 10:55:53 PM PST by Sprite518
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To: djf

Anyone going to try to get a peek?

I’ve only got binoculars at the moment but I’ll still give it a go.


4 posted on 11/07/2011 10:57:26 PM PST by Eyes Unclouded ("The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -George Carlin)
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To: Eyes Unclouded

From what I’ve read it’s going to be very hard to spot even with a large scope.


5 posted on 11/07/2011 11:00:44 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares ( Refusing to kneel before the "messiah".)
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To: djf; All

Found some observing details.....

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/133013563.html


6 posted on 11/07/2011 11:04:54 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares ( Refusing to kneel before the "messiah".)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Coast to Coast radio had someone on less than an hour ago who said he had 2 separate reports that Vandenburg AF Base is launching something very, very soon regarding this asteroid.


7 posted on 11/07/2011 11:29:25 PM PST by japaneseghost
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To: japaneseghost

Well at least they are seeing it BEFORE its approach. I recall a few years ago a fairly large asteroid was only discovered AFTER it had passed by earth - and closer to us than the moon!


8 posted on 11/07/2011 11:33:09 PM PST by 21twelve ("We can go from boom to bust, from dreams to a bowl of dust....and another lost generation.")
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To: japaneseghost

FWIW there are drills about the national emergency alert system, pacific tsunami warning exercise, and a different near earth object called elenin in our neck of the woods all in the next week.


9 posted on 11/07/2011 11:40:41 PM PST by Eyes Unclouded ("The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -George Carlin)
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To: Sprite518

Run for the Hills!—Willya look at the size of that thing? Gypsy JellyBeans!


10 posted on 11/07/2011 11:41:11 PM PST by abigkahuna
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So - How big is it?


11 posted on 11/08/2011 12:17:57 AM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: Eyes Unclouded
FWIW there are drills about the national emergency alert system, pacific tsunami warning exercise, and a different near earth object called olefin in our neck of the woods all in the next week.

There was a large earthquake in Taiwan this evening (6.9). Who knows, the comet may be pulling at our gravity. It will be interesting to see if there are additional seismic activity in the next few days.

12 posted on 11/08/2011 12:18:05 AM PST by stars & stripes forever ( Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: shibumi

I read somewhere that it is 400m across.

I’m watching Deep Impact in its honor :)


13 posted on 11/08/2011 12:36:18 AM PST by VeniVidiVici ("Si, se gimme!")
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So if it hit the Earth, would we be talking a Tunguska type of event? Or bigger?


14 posted on 11/08/2011 12:39:47 AM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: djf
Looks somewhat like Biden without his plugs ... and is probably just about as dumb!
15 posted on 11/08/2011 2:11:44 AM PST by Zakeet (If Obama had half a brain, his butt would be lopsided)
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To: Eyes Unclouded

Comet Elenin is dead, along with doomsday predictions
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45050612/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/comet-elenin-dead-along-doomsday-predictions/


16 posted on 11/08/2011 3:28:37 AM PST by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: shibumi

TEOTWAWKI. Seriously, this would be the end of the whole human show.


17 posted on 11/08/2011 3:31:54 AM PST by KingLudd
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To: KoRn; 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...

Thanks KoRn!


18 posted on 11/08/2011 3:32:10 AM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: djf
Duck!!
19 posted on 11/08/2011 3:32:27 AM PST by Samurai_Jack (ride out and confront the evil!)
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Who are you kidding this is the back of joey plugs head


20 posted on 11/08/2011 3:36:11 AM PST by ronnie raygun (V)
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