Posted on 03/26/2015 1:27:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin
There are ways to report on occasional close approaches by near-Earth objects (NEOs) that convey the respectful awareness of their presences and the fact that our planet shares its neighborhood with many other objects, large and small… and that sometimes their paths around the Sun bring them unnervingly close to our own.
Then there’s just straight-up over-sensationalism intended to drum up page views by scaring the heck out of people, regardless of facts.
Apparently this is what’s happened regarding the upcoming close approach by NEO 2014 YB35. An asteroid of considerable (but definitely not unprecedented) size – estimated 440-990 meters in diameter, or around a third of a mile across – YB35 will pass by Earth on Friday, March 27, coming as close as 11.7 times the distance between Earth and the Moon at 06:20 UTC.
11.7 lunar distances. That’s 4.5 million kilometers, or almost 2.8 million miles. Cosmically close, sure, but far from “skimming”…and certainly with no danger of an impact or any of the nasty effects that would be a result thereof. None. Zero. Zilch. NASA isn’t concerned, and you shouldn’t be either.
(Excerpt) Read more at universetoday.com ...
Darn! I just sold everything I owned and blew it on .....!
Well you know what it it was. : )
I’m more concerned about the Giant Roid in the WH that “skims” from the “wealthy” to give to the dependency class.
In universal terms, this extremely close.
And given the size of this object, it would have likely caused planet wide consequences.
This is a continent killer ++
Maybe it will hit the moon, that would be something
to see.
If you like your skim, you can keep your skim.
I don’t really care — I don’t have that much skim in the game any more.
That’s interesting...maybe interesting for a radius of 60-70 miles somewhere. Good post! But it’s not big enough to be very interesting. A mile or more and moving faster, now that would be very interesting.
;-)
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