The asteroid of 'uncertain orbit' that REALLY could smash into Earth, according to NASA

express.co.uk ^ | February 28, 2016 | Jon Austin

[doug from upland]

No apology necessary, my FRiend. My comment could have easily been interpreted as you did.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Thanks.

[21twelve]

“Well it did break some windows and send some people to the hospital with cuts.”

Now were those folks just lucky (a low-angle entry/ glancing blow?) or was it small enough that it broke up before it hit? Like I said - I wouldn’t want it landing in my yard.

Now - to witness a relatively harmless, but spectacular event...

We were traveling with the kids and stopped and pulled off the highway about two miles to look at the stars on a dark clear night in Wyoming somewheres.

Hard to pick out any constellations with all the stars. A meteor came in behind us and lit up the entire sky like a transformer blowing. We turned around and you could still see a bit of light from the trail it left. REALLY cool.

[VRWC For Truth]

Na,San Francisco!

[pleasenotcalifornia]

OK, but no more Ghirardelli Chocolate for you.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Nice.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks rdl6989. Gonna miss this time, but the close pass will allow refinement of the mass and trajectory, fun.

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[Redcitizen]

We’re fresh out of shuttles with which to attack the aliens spaceship. But alien elephants are hard to take seriously. Give them some peanuts and a job at the circus.