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Large 'Spooky' Asteroid to Narrowly Miss Earth on Halloween
Accuweather ^ | October 20, 2015 | Brian Lada

Posted on 10/20/2015 6:36:56 PM PDT by Jed Eckert

A newly discovered asteroid larger than a skyscraper will wiz past the Earth on Halloween, making a dangerously close approach to the planet.

The asteroid, officially named 2015 TB145, was just discovered on Oct. 10, 2015, and is expected to make its close approach to the Earth at the end of the month.

Some have already given the asteroid the nickname of "Spooky" due to the fact that it's closest approach to Earth is going to occur on Halloween.

Fortunately, the asteroid will miss the Earth, but it will still make an uncomfortably close approach of 302,885 miles. To put this in perspective, the average distance from the Earth to the moon is 238,900 miles..........

(Excerpt) Read more at accuweather.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 2015tb145; asteroid; catastrophism; spooky; teotwawki
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To: terycarl

If it hit Mecca, however...


61 posted on 10/20/2015 8:12:45 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Congress will have blood on their hands if anything happens because of the Iran appeasement)
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To: FreedomStar3028

If it hit the ocean the tsunami wouldn’t be trivial either.


62 posted on 10/20/2015 8:19:47 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: FreedomStar3028

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Yer s’posta be scared real bad!
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63 posted on 10/20/2015 8:26:30 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Jim from C-Town

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I got close to 350k out of a ‘65 mustang, and lots of those were the hard miles of an immature American male behind the wheel.
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64 posted on 10/20/2015 8:30:33 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: DannyTN

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They shoulda ordered that thing with more corrosion protection.


65 posted on 10/20/2015 8:32:09 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Jim from C-Town

The Moon is not in a geosynchronous orbit. For that to be the case the Moon’s revolution would have to match the Earth rotation, i.e., the Moon would travel a path that kept it continuously above the same point on Earth.


66 posted on 10/20/2015 8:51:52 PM PDT by stormer
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To: huldah1776

Twinkling, or to use the astronomical term, scintillation, is a product of the atmosphere, not the observed body. With clear, cold air scintillation is minimal, but given an atmosphere that is thermally unstable, all objects twinkle. Planets however, are actually tiny discs rather than a point light source, so in marginally unstable air, their scintillation averaged out over a larger area, so they appear to less twinkly.


67 posted on 10/20/2015 9:02:25 PM PDT by stormer
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To: stormer
Good to know. Thanks!

Sorry, I am not an astrophysicist I just like to play one on Free Republic!

68 posted on 10/20/2015 9:04:20 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: PAR35

I am also not a mathematician. Nor capable of grade school level division.

Damn Common Core!


69 posted on 10/20/2015 9:05:45 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: stormer

That makes sense since they are not the source but a reflection of the source which also twinkles from a very far distance! LOL I see double so I see lots of stars.


70 posted on 10/20/2015 9:10:11 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: cripplecreek

Venus has actually been visible after sunrise. DH pointed it out to me about 8 AM the other day in full daylight. First time I have seen that!


71 posted on 10/20/2015 9:14:22 PM PDT by Mom MD
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To: Jed Eckert

What a pity.


72 posted on 10/21/2015 12:16:36 AM PDT by Politicalkiddo ("Laws against the possession of weapons...disarm those who have no intention of committing a crime".)
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To: BigEdLB

If one hits anywhere in particular...

Deep space probes can put down on

an asteroid ... add a little push to speed up or

slow down...lots of computational power in

super computers...

as an engineer once said...it only takes

time and money.


73 posted on 10/21/2015 2:11:55 AM PDT by DavidLSpud ("Go and sin no more"-Rejoice always, pray continually...)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
Cue the Classics IV.

74 posted on 10/21/2015 12:06:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: FreedomStar3028
There was closer a few years ago. Within the orbit of the moon.

Do you realize that every planet in the solar system would EASILY fit between the Earth and the moon???

75 posted on 10/21/2015 6:09:03 PM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVERALL!!)
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To: Jim from C-Town
Wow! I would love to get 302,000 miles out of a car. That would be a pretty good car if it lasts that many miles.

When I was traveling for Chilton Book Company, I drove a Ford Ranger and sold it with 357,000 miles on it.....with the original exhaust system still intact!!!!!!

76 posted on 10/21/2015 6:14:45 PM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVERALL!!)
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