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Asteroid terror: NASA spot mammoth space rock to hit Earth's orbit five days before X-mas
Express ^ | Dec 23, 2019

Posted on 10/27/2019 4:16:19 AM PDT by 11th_VA

AN ASTEROID the size of the World Trade Centre is on a dangerous Earth-bound orbit that could see the rock smash the planet during Christmas festivities.

The asteroid, known as 216258 2006 WH1, is set for its closest approach to Earth on December 20 - just days before Christmas. The 540 metre space rock is the same size as the World Trade Centre and would cause a significant amount of damage and mass extinction.

... The asteroid hasn’t yet been measured on the Torio Impact Hazard Scale, but will likely be listed as a serious threat when and if it is added.

(Excerpt) Read more at google.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: 2019mo; 2019ok; 2162582006wh1; asteroid; asteroid2019mo; asteroid2019ok; asteroids; astronomy; catastrophism; doomed; science; teotwawki; theskyisfalling
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To: 11th_VA

On the a$$hole scale of 1 - 10, this article rates a 10. It starts with a deliberately scary headline. It asks “will they hit?” It says “could end world,” and “pose a threat to a town or city.” It shows a huge impact crater.

Nowhere does the a$$hole article say what point of the Earth’s orbit the asteroid will cross. This is calculable and therefore known. The a$$hole article deliberately omits that piece of information so as to scare the reader and get clicks.

This is a$$hole “news.”


61 posted on 10/27/2019 6:35:12 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: Elsie
You can go down if you go to the people there and make arraignments. They will take you down. BUT, anyone who goes HAS to be in good shape and have the proper attire-boots and all.
62 posted on 10/27/2019 6:42:15 AM PDT by crz
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To: Elsie

I should also say that anyone who wants to go down has to have a valid reason to go down.

There isnt anything to see down there except your down in the bottom of a HUGE hole.

Geologist students go down, etc.


63 posted on 10/27/2019 6:45:08 AM PDT by crz
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To: 11th_VA

64 posted on 10/27/2019 6:48:42 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: fproy2222

1 in 1,400,000,000 - about the % Indian in Warren’ s DNA.


65 posted on 10/27/2019 7:05:51 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: sten

Five days before Christmas 2019 isn’t 2020. This must be a primary.


66 posted on 10/27/2019 7:55:06 AM PDT by xp38
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To: 11th_VA
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67 posted on 10/27/2019 7:55:47 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Is this the Sweet Meteor of Death that everybody keeps talking about?

DANG!

Better open the Christmas presents a week early then. . .

68 posted on 10/27/2019 8:01:24 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigot!)
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To: 11th_VA
The asteroid, known as 216258 2006 WH1...

What a coincidence. That's what I would've called it.

69 posted on 10/27/2019 8:06:44 AM PDT by Libloather (CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE!)
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To: sten

ROFLOL !!! Great Bumper sticker !!!!


70 posted on 10/27/2019 8:06:58 AM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: muskah
There is an asteroid, but it will miss earth by 15x the distance from hear to the moon.

In space, where there is no sound, is a homophone—a word that sounds the same as another, whether spelled the same or differently—still a homophone??? Especially a 3.6 million miles away? ;^)

71 posted on 10/27/2019 8:08:31 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigot!)
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To: teeman8r

> I will never be able to coordinate schedules with arianna grande

Just so she knows. I can clear the 18th or 19th.


72 posted on 10/27/2019 8:10:29 AM PDT by Do_Tar (Do I really need a /joke?)
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To: Popman

Well, the WTC as it stood, or as a pile of rubble? Either was, an asteroid that large is going to leave a mark. However, it would lose quite a bit of mass hitting the atmosphere. So it would only suck, a lot.


73 posted on 10/27/2019 8:11:04 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Popman

115grns, 500k tons, 220, 221; whatever it takes.

I think his point was “dead is dead”, there are no degrees of “dead”.


74 posted on 10/27/2019 8:22:51 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: 11th_VA
I, for one, plan on being out of town that day. But just in case, I'm ready...


75 posted on 10/27/2019 8:24:08 AM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: Popman
Harmless? Who said that ?

So you are proposing a 115 grain bullet will completely destroy a human body ?

Sitting in a box in my ammo safe, it’s of absolutely no danger to anyone.

However, take that same 115 gr. piece of lead and change its position, velocity, inertia, and vector so that is now 1 inch from a home invader, heading directly toward his sternum at approximately 1400 feet per second and it could very quickly become quite harmful to that particular person.

So whether it is harmless or not is dependent on many other factors, not related to its basic nature or description. The same holds for a 540 meter asteroid approaching Earth’s orbit. . . because we have not been told some other relevant positional facts such as exactly where earth will be along that 292 million mile circle, or that the asteroid will miss the Earth by about 1.3% of that circumference.

76 posted on 10/27/2019 8:24:21 AM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigot!)
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To: DoodleBob

Actually, the moon is about 240k miles, no? But whatever. I don’t think I will change my Christmas plans.


77 posted on 10/27/2019 8:24:28 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: Swordmaker

> homophone—a word that sounds the same as another, whether spelled the same or differently

I thought the iPhone 11 was homophone.


78 posted on 10/27/2019 8:25:59 AM PDT by Do_Tar (Do I really need a /joke?)
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To: 11th_VA

5-days before Christmas? So do I shop, or not?


79 posted on 10/27/2019 8:27:46 AM PDT by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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To: fidelis

To be double FR sure head for the shower.


80 posted on 10/27/2019 8:30:14 AM PDT by xp38
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