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An unusually big asteroid will soon pass closer to Earth than the moon
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| March 15, 2019
| Eric Mack
Posted on 03/15/2019 4:28:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin
An asteroid twice as big as the bolide that exploded over Russia in 2013 will whiz by us next week at a distance that's closer to Earth than the moon.
Despite what tabloid headlines might lead you to believe, small asteroids zip by the Earth on a fairly regular basis... and astronomers discover many of them when Earth is already in their rear-view mirror.
Asteroid 2019 EA2 could be up to 128 feet (39 meters) wide. It's the rare rock making a close flyby that's also large enough that astronomers spotted it well in advance. The asteroid, detected earlier this month, is also moving unusually slowly, at a rate of 5 kilometers per second (11,185 mph), which makes it easier to see.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: 2019ea2; asteroid; asteroid2019ea2; astronomy; catastrophism; moon; science
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posted on
03/15/2019 4:28:01 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
The moon is going to pass the earth soon?
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posted on
03/15/2019 4:30:02 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/15/2019 4:30:48 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
Is this yet another Age of Aquarius?
To: BenLurkin
Time to catch one of these suckers.
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posted on
03/15/2019 4:35:54 PM PDT
by
aimhigh
(THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
So, could it impact the moon instead, and if so, what’s the fallout of that?
Inquiring minds . . .
To: RinaseaofDs
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posted on
03/15/2019 4:43:58 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: RinaseaofDs
Let’s ask the crew of Moonbase Alpha.
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posted on
03/15/2019 4:51:47 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
Guess I’d better buy a new pair of Nikes and mix up a batch of Kool-Aid! ;)
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posted on
03/15/2019 5:05:18 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
To: Diana in Wisconsin
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posted on
03/15/2019 5:13:37 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Duck and Cover!
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posted on
03/15/2019 5:13:47 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
To: RinaseaofDs
It’s only traveling at 11,185 mph, so maybe it will affect our tides?
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posted on
03/15/2019 5:16:03 PM PDT
by
Does so
(Is Nanzi controlled by a Mexican Cartel?...)
To: aimhigh
Sure...the asteroid could be made of Lithium which is more valuable than gold these days.
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posted on
03/15/2019 5:19:43 PM PDT
by
entropy12
(Legal immigrants under chain migration not any better than illegal immigrants! Merit ONLY!!)
To: BenLurkin
March 22. Mark your calendars.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/15/2019 5:24:38 PM PDT
by
unlearner
(War is coming.)
To: UnwashedPeasant
William Shatner’s birthday.
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posted on
03/15/2019 5:27:15 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
To: RandallFlagg
Beware the Ides of March.
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posted on
03/15/2019 5:33:54 PM PDT
by
oldasrocks
(Heavily Medicated for your Protection.)
To: BenLurkin
An unusually big asteroid Some say aster some say hemorr..
Either one cause Erf a tremor.
To: RinaseaofDs
Tide cycles, Menstrual cycles, Breeding and fertilization cycles, Seed germination and spouting cycles... Etc.
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