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Giant 'Potentially Hazardous' Asteroid Will Whiz By Earth So Close We Can See Inside It
Newsweek ^
| 1/17/18 at 5:43 PM
Posted on 01/17/2018 9:22:59 PM PST by BenLurkin
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posted on
01/17/2018 9:22:59 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
If it is coming that close it will eventually strike the Earth
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posted on
01/17/2018 9:26:44 PM PST
by
Fai Mao
(I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)
To: BenLurkin
“We Can See Inside It” What is there to see inside it? Much ado about nothing.
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posted on
01/17/2018 9:35:58 PM PST
by
Fungi
(Eat mushrooms often.)
To: Fai Mao
To: Fai Mao
If it is coming that close it will eventually strike the Earth A lot of other things could happen to this asteroid depending on its orbit.
It could strike another planet, it could strike the Moon, it could strike the Sun, it could get too close to the Sun or one of the gas giants and get ejected from the Solar system all together.
Or it could just keep orbiting the Sun and not hit anything until the end of time. After all, as far as we know it has been doing that for 5 billion years or more.
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posted on
01/17/2018 9:45:17 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
To: polishprince
Tell Bruce Willis to get the drilling team together.
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posted on
01/17/2018 9:45:30 PM PST
by
TonyM
(UPS)
To: polishprince
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posted on
01/17/2018 9:56:57 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all white armed conservatives)
To: Fai Mao
If it is coming that close it will eventually strike the Earth... And CNN will report that it is Donald J. Trump's fault.
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posted on
01/17/2018 10:00:56 PM PST
by
CurlyDave
To: BenLurkin
Can we divert it’s course to Chappaqua?
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posted on
01/17/2018 10:01:25 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
To: BenLurkin
It is between 1600 and 4000 feet acrossIf they can't even figure out how big it is, how do they know it won't hit us?
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posted on
01/17/2018 10:07:55 PM PST
by
Bullish
(Whatever it takes to MAGA)
To: Bullish
Or if it has a soft, chewy center or it is crunchy.
To: BenLurkin
According to Spaceweather.com / NASA JPL no such thing exists.
What gives ?
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posted on
01/17/2018 10:19:53 PM PST
by
Celerity
To: Fai Mao
What if it veers toward us at the last minute
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posted on
01/17/2018 10:22:58 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: Fai Mao
If it is coming that close it will eventually strike the Earth Not necessarily. Too many factors involved, depending on the object's orbit and period.
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posted on
01/17/2018 10:29:51 PM PST
by
publius911
(CBS: "Asking the right questions is 100% of catching sexual abusers")
To: CurlyDave
Doubt if CNN will be around by then.
However Trump probably will be.
To: Fai Mao
Yup and it will be a very bad day in the neighborhood.
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posted on
01/17/2018 10:59:36 PM PST
by
jmacusa
("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
To: BenLurkin
You have to keep in mind that all these objects come from an advanced civilization.
They are observation and other crafts. They know we’ll use our primitive technologies to try and detect them.
They figured that out long ago. Just attune the parabolic hyperspace emitters to produce a short tachyon burst.
All spacecraft will appear as rocks.
I for one, bow to our future alien overlords.
/This message brought to you by legal california weed and beer.
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posted on
01/17/2018 11:05:35 PM PST
by
1_Inch_Group
(Country Before Party)
To: 1_Inch_Group
All spacecraft will appear as rocks. Not just any rocks. Something that would make the Clintons proud.
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posted on
01/17/2018 11:17:10 PM PST
by
C210N
(It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
To: C210N
Wow, dude.
I feel like Monica Lewinsky...
maybe another gummy bear.
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posted on
01/17/2018 11:23:46 PM PST
by
1_Inch_Group
(Country Before Party)
To: BenLurkin
You know what happens when you lasso a huge rock above your head while gravity actively kicks in?
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posted on
01/17/2018 11:49:26 PM PST
by
Slyfox
(Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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