Empire State Building-size asteroid ‘expected’ to miss Earth

NY Post ^ | July 31, 2019 | Max Jaeger

[BenLurkin]

The space rock — designated as a near-Earth object, because its orbit takes it within 30 million miles of our planet — is expected to come within about 4.55 million miles of us as it whizzes by at 10,400 mph.

Anything that gets closer than 0.05 “astronomical units” — roughly 4.65 million miles — is considered “potentially hazardous.”

The asteroid, dubbed 2006 QQ23, is 1,870 feet in diameter

[BenLurkin]

2006 QQ23 NASA/AP

[impimp]

I made a thread that tied to this concept of a devastating asteroid impact and the survival of the human race. The keys to surviving an asteroid strike, as a species, are 1. massive technological advancement fueled by economic expansion and population expansion, and 2. Colonizing structures/planets other than earth.

[ealgeone]

Well, we only have 12 years per AOC to save the earth.

[A strike]

That was a year ago wasn’t it?

[ealgeone]

January 22, 2019

[dynachrome]

10 years until the oceans rise and we need to flee now, per yang. He sez it is too late now, so buy that ocean view property in Arizona.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I don’t know anything about the movement of such objects, but is 20 times as far away as the moon really that close?

[Pontiac]

https://fox2now.com/2019/08/01/an-asteroid-bigger-than-the-empire-state-building-is-passing-by-earth-next-week-scientists-say-its-completely-normal-though/

[DoodleBob]

We will be fine. It's about 600m long but the chance of impact is remote.

[ro_dreaming]

If the oceans rise enough to crest the mountains between California and Arizona, it’s gonna flood Arizona, too.

[dynachrome]

All right, a houseboat, then. haha.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Thanks!

[tet68]

This may be the one due on August 10th?

[Rebelbase]

[A strike]

Thx, good to know, otherwise we would all be sol.

[GreenHornet]

If it hits Baltimore, it will cause millions of dollars worth of improvements.

[WildHighlander57]

What movie is that from?

[BenLurkin]

Oh my!

[BenLurkin]

S M O D

[Mr. Jeeves]

If the oceans rise enough to crest the mountains between California and Arizona, it’s gonna flood Arizona, too.

Pournelle and Niven explained in "Lucifer's Hammer" that that could not happen - the amount of energy needed to drive water that far inland is beyond what an asteroid or comet impact could produce. In their novel a few miles inland from the coast went under, as did all of California's low-lying Central Valley. The Sierra foothills were the safe zone that the main characters retreated to.