Skip to comments.
Asteroid will zoom within 25,000 miles of Earth
AP via WISH-TV ^
| September 4, 2014
| Marcia Dunn
Posted on 09/04/2014 11:39:06 AM PDT by John W
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid will pass by Earth this weekend.
At closest approach Sunday, the 60-foot rock will pass a safe 25,000 miles over New Zealand. That’s about one-tenth the distance between here and the moon. It’s also beyond the orbit of our highest communication and weather satellites.
(Excerpt) Read more at wishtv.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2014rc; asteroid; catastrophism
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-49 next last
To: roadcat
Maybe we could pretend that it has a “companion” traveler.
That oughta be good for some phony headlines...
21
posted on
09/04/2014 12:26:35 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: John W
Above the orbit of our satellites, but I wonder how close they are with that measurement. They orbit at 22,500 miles IIRC. 2,500 miles seems like lots of room, but they don’t have to be wrong by much for us to say bye-bye GPS and TV.
22
posted on
09/04/2014 12:30:08 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: John W
23
posted on
09/04/2014 12:35:29 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
To: al baby
24
posted on
09/04/2014 12:36:48 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
( Some days you're the windshield, and some days you're the bug.)
To: John W
It’s that “newly discovered” part that makes me nervous...
25
posted on
09/04/2014 1:01:45 PM PDT
by
ArmstedFragg
(Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
To: JimRed
To: al baby
I wish one would just hit us and get it over with.I find myself getting nostalgic for the Cold War, when either the USA or the USSR could destroy the world many times over. Seemed like the world was a safer place, and we weren't hearing about the latest ISIS beheadings.
27
posted on
09/04/2014 1:04:35 PM PDT
by
Sans-Culotte
(Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
To: All
28
posted on
09/04/2014 1:05:20 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: SkyDancer
29
posted on
09/04/2014 1:07:06 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
To: John W
It's going to miss me, now I have to vote in November.
30
posted on
09/04/2014 1:10:27 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: Little Ray
Too bad we can’t catch it and bring it into orbit for exploitation! Methinks you ought to write up a research plan on how to do just that and get your share of tens of millions of research dollars this government pisses away every year.
I'd rather my tax dollars were wasted studying how to lasso a meteor and bring it into orbit, rather than why lezbo's are fat....
31
posted on
09/04/2014 1:11:45 PM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: ArmstedFragg
It’s that “newly discovered” part that makes me nervous...Me too. It makes you wonder how many are headed our way that haven't been discovered yet.
To: Carl Vehse
As someone once said, “Two people can keep a secret, if one of them is dead.”
33
posted on
09/04/2014 1:15:18 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: John W
In astronomic terms, 25,000 miles is incredibly close! However, an inch is as good as a mile they say.
To: Little Ray
Too bad we can’t catch it and bring it into orbit for exploitation! How are you going to expolit a 60 ft rock? Drop it on ISIS?
35
posted on
09/04/2014 1:30:41 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: John W
Tick, Tick, Tick .... Tick
To: Little Ray
Too bad we can’t catch it and bring it into orbit for exploitation! How are you going to expolit a 60 ft rock? Drop it on ISIS?
37
posted on
09/04/2014 1:36:47 PM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: Steely Tom
It would have made a fine candidate to try something else on it, should be easy enough to reach. Would have made a nice test bed. Problem is, these "small" objects are too hard to detect generally, until it is "too late".
That said, a direct hit by this thing would be catastrophic to a small town sized area. The equivalent of a small atomic bomb.
38
posted on
09/04/2014 1:41:53 PM PDT
by
Paradox
(Unexpected things coming for the next few years.)
To: SampleMan
Depends on what is in it.
Aluminum can be refined and used for reaction mass among other things. Silicon can be used in electronics, like solar cells Water is valuable for obvious reason. Carbon can be used to make plastics. And if it is metallic we might hit the big time!
Don’t have to worry about energy - just need to build a solar array.
Design a bootstrap program, refine the materials into 3D printer compatible format, put a 3D printer on and GM the the hell out it.
39
posted on
09/04/2014 4:21:28 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting sI ao hot?)
To: John W
60 feet across? If it were to hit the earth, it wouldn’t even be a big deal.
40
posted on
09/04/2014 4:55:31 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-49 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
