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Asteroid bigger than Empire State Building heading towards Earth
NY Post ^
| May 12, 2022
| Charlotte Edwards, The Sun
Posted on 05/13/2022 12:47:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin
There’s no need to panic though as Asteroid 388945 (2008 TZ3) should pass us from a distance of about 3.5 million miles away.
That may sound pretty far away but in the grand scheme of space this isn’t a large distance at all.
That’s why Nasa has still flagged it as a “close approach”.
If an asteroid comes within 4.65 million miles and is over a certain size, it’s considered “potentially hazardous” by cautious space agencies.
Sunday’s asteroid fits this description.
It should shoot past from its safe distance at a speed of just over 18,000 miles per hour.
Nasa says the asteroid should pass Earth at around 5:18 p.m. ET and 9:18 p.m. GMT.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: 2008tz3; asteroid; asteroid388945; asteroids; astronomy; charlotteedwards; science
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posted on
05/13/2022 12:47:04 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Where is King Kong when you need him?
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posted on
05/13/2022 12:48:14 PM PDT
by
Born in 1950
(Anti left, nothin else.)
To: BenLurkin
We’d get hit a lot more if the solar system wasn’t just right. Wonder how that happened.
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posted on
05/13/2022 12:48:50 PM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/13/2022 12:48:56 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: BenLurkin
Sunday:
Nasa says the asteroid should pass Earth at around 5:18 p.m. ET and 9:18 p.m. GMT.
Total lunar eclipse
People in the Americas, Europe and Africa will see the total lunar eclipse during the night of May 15-16, 2022. Plus, on this night, the moon is close: a supermoon.
Penumbral eclipse begins at 1:32 UTC on May 16 (9:32 p.m. EDT on May 15)...
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/total-lunar-eclipse-may16-2022/
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posted on
05/13/2022 12:53:08 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
("Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️.)
To: BenLurkin
I wonder if we’ll be able to hear the sonic boom.
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posted on
05/13/2022 12:53:29 PM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: BenLurkin
At this point I’d just as soon it hit us.
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posted on
05/13/2022 12:59:47 PM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
To: BenLurkin
I guess that Trumps all this globull warming shit.
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posted on
05/13/2022 1:02:38 PM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
To: BenLurkin
I’m okay if it hits DC and wipes it out.
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posted on
05/13/2022 1:06:28 PM PDT
by
Obadiah
("America is facing a winter of severe illness and death." Biden's own summary of his America.)
To: ComputerGuy
Sheila, you silly goose. Go back to looking for the flag the astronauts left on Mars.
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posted on
05/13/2022 1:07:21 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
To: Yo-Yo
Looks like I picked the wrong time to stop sniffing glue.
To: BenLurkin
Is there time to paint a big bullseye on the Capitol dome?
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posted on
05/13/2022 1:09:23 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
To: BenLurkin
Again?
This thing shows up every year.
Still not afraid..
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posted on
05/13/2022 1:17:13 PM PDT
by
joethedrummer
(We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
To: Born in 1950
Maybe it could hit the Empire State Building.
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posted on
05/13/2022 1:18:08 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: BenLurkin
I am sorry but this is ridiculous highlighting and warning about things that are millions of miles away. I think it’s a bit of crying wolf, and what we need to be worried about are the ones that are between the moon in the earth. But maybe this gets him a bigger budget by trying to scare people who don’t think about how far away the things are
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posted on
05/13/2022 1:18:09 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
To: FlipWilson
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posted on
05/13/2022 1:18:37 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I just haven’t been myself lately.
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posted on
05/13/2022 1:19:11 PM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: BenLurkin
Faster than a speeding bullet...
More powerful than a locomotive...
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound...
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posted on
05/13/2022 1:21:14 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: Yo-Yo
I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.
To: Born in 1950
Pelosi will ask for $2 trillion to give to her husband.
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