Posted on 05/22/2022 5:44:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Fear not: the asteroid, named 7335 (1989 JA), will soundly miss our planet by about 2.5 million miles (4 million kilometers) — or nearly 10 times the average distance between Earth and the moon. Still, given the space rock's enormous size (1.1. miles, or 1.8 km, in diameter) and relatively close proximity to Earth, NASA has classified the asteroid as "potentially hazardous," meaning it could do enormous damage to our planet if its orbit ever changes and the rock impacts Earth.
This asteroid is one of more than 29,000 near-Earth objects (NEOs) that NASA tracks each year. NEOs refer to any astronomical object that passes within about 30 million miles (48 million km) of Earth's orbit, according to NASA. A majority of these objects are extremely small; 7335 (1989 JA) measures larger than about 99% of NEOs that NASA follows, the agency said.
7335 (1989 JA) also fits into a class of asteroid called the Apollo-class — which refers to asteroids that orbit the sun while periodically crossing Earth's orbit, Live Science previously reported. Astronomers know of about 15,000 such asteroids.
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But maybe SMOD@NY
With any luck, it will take out New Jersey
You’d think that with 29,000 near-Earth objects we could get lucky just once...
Will miss by 30 million miles. Too close to call.
I give this prayer to God. Please make the meteor split into small enough pieces to land and destroy the top 20 most populated democrat/globalist cities. Amen. /sarc
At this point I just consider this good news
Well now I know the answer to the eternal question, “Where is SMOD when we need him” (close but no cigar).
Kinda wish it wouldn’t miss.
With the socialist infected world right now, its such a target rich environment.
Is it headed toward the Empire State Building?😎
Re: 6
Shut it down.
Shut it all down.
Hard.
Only come out of houses when safe to do so.
2.5 million miles in space terms is kind of a close shave.
Well, thanks at least for the addition to the headline.
I hate getting my hopes up, then having them dashed by the details in the body of the post.
bkmk rock
Sweet Meteor of Death (politics), I’d guess.
Well, we can’t call up Bruce Willis.
Top Gun: Maverick, in theaters May 27th!
Flying carpet?
>>>During production, it was decided that the design was too boyish and wasn't "appealing enough," so the character was made eighteen and redesigned to add elements derived from actor Tom Cruise and Calvin Klein models.<<<
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(1992_Disney_film)
Calvin Klein models?
Flying car?
Maybe it was the crazy kid who was hit by a car in 1955.
Everyone should stop crying wolf over things passing millions of miles away. Pretty stupid overall. How about we focus on closer objects, say within the moon’s orbit?
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