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Cosmic Double Take: Rare Binary Asteroid Discovered Near Earth
Space.com ^ | July 12, 2018 03:52pm ET | Meghan Bartels,

Posted on 07/12/2018 7:32:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 07/12/2018 7:32:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

In first making joke about gender.


2 posted on 07/12/2018 7:34:41 PM PDT by tinyowl (A is A)
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3 posted on 07/12/2018 7:34:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

We’re all going to die!!! twice!!!


4 posted on 07/12/2018 7:35:50 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: BenLurkin

As long as the Erf is not on a collision path, explore away you crazy astronomers.


5 posted on 07/12/2018 7:36:36 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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To: BenLurkin

How close is it/them?


6 posted on 07/12/2018 7:40:31 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: BenLurkin
Here is another binary YE5 from 2017:


7 posted on 07/12/2018 7:42:00 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: tinyowl
Binary?

More like bipolar.

8 posted on 07/12/2018 7:42:10 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


9 posted on 07/12/2018 7:43:10 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: Paladin2; arrogantsob

10 posted on 07/12/2018 7:44:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Very purty but I so know not.


11 posted on 07/12/2018 7:58:59 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: BenLurkin

Trump’s cosmic balls.


12 posted on 07/12/2018 8:01:23 PM PDT by mindburglar (I missed my flight...)
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To: arrogantsob

Near as I can tell, it comes pas us pretty close every once in a while

“2017 YE5 ... passed within 16 lunar distances on June 21, 2018.[1]”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_YE5


13 posted on 07/12/2018 8:03:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

So it’s the Yin Yang asteroid?


14 posted on 07/12/2018 8:06:39 PM PDT by Teflonic (tt)
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/PIA22560-Asteroid-2017-YE5-Orbit-20180712.gif

Good thing the Erf is not traveling through the asteroid belt....


15 posted on 07/12/2018 8:08:25 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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Holy Crap. Wonder if I can still get Asteroid Insurance?


16 posted on 07/12/2018 8:20:28 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: Paladin2

Yes, those asteroids need to stay in their own back yard.


17 posted on 07/12/2018 8:27:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Truss them together and park them at a lagrange point.
Then hollow them out, spin them and make a nice space colony.


18 posted on 07/12/2018 8:28:58 PM PDT by EasySt (Truth will Prevail)
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To: EasySt

Nice!


19 posted on 07/12/2018 8:29:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Is that the dust off Uranus?


20 posted on 07/12/2018 8:54:40 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought.)
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