Large asteroid will come TEN times nearer to Earth than the moon today (edited)

Daily Mail ^ | 9/7/2016 | Abigail Beall

[docsintown]

women, children, and minorities most impacted

[COBOL2Java]

Kim Jong-un will push the asteroid away with pure Juche

[Vigilanteman]

Today, 32 ft. September 17th, 200 ft. or just a tad larger than the 2012 Chelyebinsk asteriod.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***It’s WAR! ***

How do you say it in Tagalog? (Subtle reference to the last page of STARSHIP TROOPERS,a Heinlein novel.)

[The Great RJ]

It’s past time for the close encounter and I’m still here

[al baby]

once in the atmosphere it will be coughing and spurting till id hits the surface

[PAR35]

will pass by Earth today

on September 17

How can they know how close it will get when they can't even sort out whether it will be the 7th or the 17th?

[Daffynition]

*Some people*? Asians, e.g.?

[TXnMA]

WOW! 53 posts of blather -- and -- finally --someone gets around to noticing that the event is ten (10) days from now -- NOT TODAY!

[Salgak]

32 footer ? Not really. The 2013 Chelyabinsk Meteor was about twice the size (~60 feet) when it hit the upper atmosphere.

Not even CLOSE to a SMOD. . . .

[al baby]

unless it hit detroit then folks would have a reason to visit save haveing to drive to arizona

[RightGeek]

There are TWO asteroids.

One today that is 32 feet.

One on the 17th that is 200 feet.

[al baby]

Thats a big twinki

[outpostinmass2]

http://www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/q975.html

[DJ Taylor]

Actually, there were three asteroids mentioned, and it was the third one that got my attention.

“According to a Nasa database another, much larger, asteroid is also set to sweep past us today - one that could cause ‘devastation’ if it hit our planet.

The huge asteroid could be up to a mile long (1.6km). But luckily the giant will pass at a safe distance of 7.3 million miles.

According to Space.com, an asteroid would need to be of larger than 0.6 miles wide (1 km) to have the force to wipe out humanity.”

[Patriot Babe]

O Darn I hope I have health insurance by then.

[bestrongbpositive]

It wouldn't do near the damage to earth as a Hillary Presidency would do. Vote Trump !!

[shotgun]

[wbill]

Certainly. The only good bug, is a dead one.

[mowowie]

i read that book back in the late 80’s.
Pretty entertaining story.