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Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31
L A Times ^
| May 17, 2013, 7:00 a.m.
| Deborah Netburn
Posted on 05/17/2013 4:44:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Edited on 05/17/2013 5:05:58 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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It's 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making a flyby.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; obamaroid
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I hope it hits us.
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posted on
05/17/2013 4:44:46 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Watch what you ask for...
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posted on
05/17/2013 4:47:51 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: BenLurkin
Aren’t you worried about the sooty stuff on its surface?
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posted on
05/17/2013 4:48:29 PM PDT
by
353FMG
( I do not say whether I am serious or sarcastic -- I respect FReepers too much.)
To: BenLurkin
Do asteroids have to go through TSA?
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/17/2013 4:48:47 PM PDT
by
brivette
To: brivette
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/17/2013 4:50:36 PM PDT
by
Democrat_media
(IRS rigged election for Obama and democrats by shutting down tea party)
To: BenLurkin
19 light seconds away is pretty far.
/johnny
To: BenLurkin
a sticky black substance ...may be the result of a comet that flew too close to the sun
Why don't they just come out and say it, it's a black solar booger........
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posted on
05/17/2013 4:51:23 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This space for rent)
To: BenLurkin
How do they know it is sticky?
To: brivette
To end the nightmare that is the current government.
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posted on
05/17/2013 4:52:01 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(I'm a gamer not because I choose to have no life, but because I choose to have many.)
To: BenLurkin
Maybe it’s an advance ship sent by aliens.
Crazier things have happened.
Like a Kenyan being elected resident of the United States.
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posted on
05/17/2013 4:52:43 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(I'm a gamer not because I choose to have no life, but because I choose to have many.)
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To: BenLurkin
Maybe we’ll get an early Christmas present and it’ll liquidate DC.
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posted on
05/17/2013 4:56:53 PM PDT
by
ScottinVA
( Liberal is to patriotism as Kermit Gosnell is to neonatal care.)
To: BenLurkin
"Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue." Fossil fuel exhaust from SUVs, no doubt.
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posted on
05/17/2013 4:58:22 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: BenLurkin
EPA would never permit it.
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posted on
05/17/2013 5:00:46 PM PDT
by
sphinx
To: Joe 6-pack
That means it’s making its own oil, it’s so big.
Might even have single-celled organisms.
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posted on
05/17/2013 5:03:12 PM PDT
by
txhurl
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/17/2013 5:03:48 PM PDT
by
exnavy
(Fish or cut bait ...Got ammo, Godspeed!)
To: BenLurkin
>>>> it may be the result of a comet that flew too close to the sun, >>>>
Sounds like it should be called the Icarus Roid.
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posted on
05/17/2013 5:04:53 PM PDT
by
Fzob
(In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Jefferson)
To: BenLurkin
Carbon? It must be taxed!
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posted on
05/17/2013 5:09:06 PM PDT
by
swamprebel
(a Constitution once changed from Freedom, can never be restored.)
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