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Asteroid on way, not too close for comfort
Hawkesbury Gazette ^
| January 30, 2013
| Nicky Phillips
Posted on 01/30/2013 10:21:30 AM PST by BenLurkin
An asteroid about half the size of a football field will hurtle past Earth on February 15, NASA scientists report.
While there is no chance the flying rock will collide with our planet, it will break the record for the closest fly-by of an asteroid its size.
"Since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s we've never seen an object this big get so close to Earth," said Don Yeomans, a planetary scientist with NASA's Near Earth Object Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The 50-metre wide asteroid, known as 2012 DA14, will come within 28,000 kilometres of Earth's surface, closer than the belt of geosynchronous satellites that record weather data and telecommunications.
(Excerpt) Read more at hawkesburygazette.com.au ...
TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: 2012da14; asteroid; catastrophism; closeshave
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posted on
01/30/2013 10:21:33 AM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/30/2013 10:23:26 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: SunkenCiv
It's Always Something (IAS)
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01/30/2013 10:24:28 AM PST
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blam
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/30/2013 10:26:05 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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posted on
01/30/2013 10:27:58 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: blam
SMODAL= Sweet Meteor Of Death At Last! .....And it`s going to miss us?? :(
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posted on
01/30/2013 10:29:58 AM PST
by
NCDave
(AKA, "That idiot over there")
To: BenLurkin
What’s the over/under on the number of satellites this thing will take out?
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posted on
01/30/2013 10:30:11 AM PST
by
pgkdan
( "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." ~Thomas Jefferson)
To: Puppage
The only prepping you can do for an asteroid strike is to get right with Jesus. I've got those preps covered. ;)
/johnny
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/30/2013 10:32:07 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
To: JRandomFreeper
The only prepping you can do for an asteroid strike is to get right with Jesus. I've got those preps covered. ;)Amen, Johnny!
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posted on
01/30/2013 10:33:24 AM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: BenLurkin
I hope it breaks up and hits the capital of every country surrounding Israel.
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posted on
01/30/2013 10:35:36 AM PST
by
ZX12R
To: All
I propose a more proactive approach.
To: BenLurkin
"[But it] will definitely not hit Earth," said Dr Yeoman. That's what they want you to believe!
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posted on
01/30/2013 10:37:15 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
To: pgkdan
0. Nada. The goose egg. It’s not even passing through an area populated by many satellites. Also, space is really, really BIG so satellites are widely separated.
To: BenLurkin
“A similar-sized asteroid that collided with Earth about 50,000 years ago created the 1.6-kilometre wide Meteor Crater in Arizona.”
Short video. It was about equivalent to a 20 megaton blast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoGvlYCkD6Q
To: JRandomFreeper
Depends on how big the asteroid is. This one would “only” devatate an area 50 miles across. Folks 100 miles away might want to have a 3 month supply of food and water on hand.
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01/30/2013 10:45:25 AM PST
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BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: BenLurkin
Folks 100 miles away might want to have a 3 month supply of food and water on hand.And learn sign language. I expect the ka-boom would be pretty loud. ;)
/johnny
To: BenLurkin
"Depends on how big the asteroid is. This one would only devatate an area 50 miles across. Folks 100 miles away might want to have a 3 month supply of food and water on hand."(ahem) Bring your gold and I'll trade you some food for it.
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01/30/2013 10:49:29 AM PST
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blam
To: BenLurkin; stylecouncilor; windcliff
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01/30/2013 11:23:06 AM PST
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onedoug
To: BenLurkin
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01/30/2013 11:34:06 AM PST
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afghanistan and Iraq))
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