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How to Spot Near-Earth Asteroid 1998 QE2 This Week
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| May 27, 2013
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Posted on 05/27/2013 4:23:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
05/27/2013 4:23:09 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
A wide field view of the passage of 1998 QE2 this week, from May 27th through June 2nd.
(Created by the author in Starry Night).
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posted on
05/27/2013 4:27:26 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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05/27/2013 4:32:16 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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Thanks BenLurkin.
Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) 285263 (1998 QE2) will pass 6.2 million kilometres from the Earth on Friday, May 31st at 20:59 Universal Time (UT) or 4:59PM EDT... Estimates of its size vary from 1.3 to 2.9 kilometres... [probably] 2.7 kilometres in diameter... starting tonight. The asteroid is currently at +12th magnitude in the constellation Centaurus and will be cruising through Hydra on its way north into Libra Friday on May 31st... it will never top +10th magnitude... threshold for binocular viewing under dark skies... best observed from northern latitudes of +35° southward.
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posted on
05/27/2013 4:32:26 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv; BenLurkin
Its perihelion exterior to our own makes it no threat to the Earth.
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posted on
05/27/2013 4:37:58 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
( barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/27/2013 4:40:13 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: BenLurkin
K. So this isn't about M1 money? It's about a giant asteroid that will barely miss Earf (in a scalar sense)?
I think the writer and editor can change a few terms and recycle this story for the business page.
/johnny
To: BenLurkin
QE2? I think it’s already hit us.
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posted on
05/27/2013 4:41:33 PM PDT
by
Paine in the Neck
(Socialism consumes everything. Bolshies' gonna bolsh.)
To: bigheadfred
20 light seconds away, according to a cook's back of the envelope calculations without reference books.
Ooohhh. I'm scared.
/johnny
To: Paine in the Neck
Glad I read all the comments first. Aren’t we somewhere between QE3 and QE10 by now?
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posted on
05/27/2013 4:50:02 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Arent we somewhere between QE3 and QE10 by now?Nope. We now have QE Infinity thanks to Republicans. You know, the guys we support.
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05/27/2013 5:59:33 PM PDT
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houeto
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To: houeto
I don’t really support the republicans. I just support the democrats less. There are a few true conservatives in the republican party but not enough. But there are no conservatives among the democrats.
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05/27/2013 6:11:05 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
There are a few true conservatives in the republican party but not enough. But there are no conservatives among the democrats.Agree.
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05/27/2013 9:44:16 PM PDT
by
houeto
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To: bigheadfred
A perihelion is when there are two helions; and exterior falls between wterior and yterior.
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks. For a while there I was running in a circle.
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posted on
05/28/2013 5:21:11 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
( barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
To: SunkenCiv
Maybe if I had a smart phone I could get the aphelion and keep all this straight.
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posted on
05/28/2013 5:24:31 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
( barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
To: bigheadfred
Well, smart phones do have a lot of Aphel.
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posted on
05/28/2013 8:27:55 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
Congrats that is the high point of the entire thread.
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posted on
05/29/2013 7:15:20 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
( barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
To: bigheadfred
It’s a signal achievement.
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posted on
05/29/2013 7:55:37 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
and now the long slow slide into oblivion
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posted on
05/29/2013 8:10:47 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
( barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
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