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Asteroid whizzing by Earth six times closer than the moon
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| 01/29/2017
| Eric Mack
Posted on 01/31/2017 8:32:27 AM PST by BenLurkin
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:32:27 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Gosh. Maybe there is something to those September 23rd predictions. ;)
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:36:53 AM PST
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: BenLurkin
For those who would like to keep aware of NEAR EARTH ASTEROIDS, click on this and scroll down to NEAR EARTH ASTEROIDS:
SPACEWEATHER
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:38:37 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: BenLurkin
You really have to question the veracity of an author who would use the terms six times as close and twice as close. Perhaps he was searching vainly for the terms one sixth and one half?
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:39:13 AM PST
by
CMAC51
To: Mr. Douglas
I saw huge, I mean huge meteor this morning around 5:40 A.M PST Broke up spectacularly looked like it was headed right a downtown L.A/Santa Monica. It was something to behold.
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:39:49 AM PST
by
datricker
(Its America in America Again)
To: BenLurkin
How much of it would have burned up before hitting the earth? If it starts at 32 feet, how much would be left?
To: datricker
I’ve seen those when I was driving a lot, late at night. They are spectacular.
They are probably a foot or two across at most.
Lots of light is generated by little mass when it hits the atmosphere.
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:41:39 AM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)
To: datricker
Would you call it “truck” sized or more “Yugo” sized?
I understand that some of the spectacular ones can actually be pretty small objects.
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:42:16 AM PST
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: BenLurkin
until October, when asteroid 2012 TC4 could come more than twice as close.Who writes this stuff? "twice as close"? What does that even mean? Does it mean that if the referenced distance is say 40,000 km then twice as close is 20,000 km or 80,000 km? I really hate "science" writers.
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:43:36 AM PST
by
lafroste
(Look at my profile page. Thanks.)
To: BenLurkin
I thought there was a little more wind then usual.
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:45:49 AM PST
by
TribalPrincess2U
(0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
To: BenLurkin
Really?
239000 miles X 6 = 1,434,000 miles.
I would believe either 5/6ths or 1/6th the distance to the moon.
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:46:36 AM PST
by
ClockDoc
( - Let the churches attend to the poor and the Gov. attend to our enemies.)
To: Vermont Lt
I was wondering about the size - it was big enough I went mentally from “cool a shooting start” -to “OMG that could hit the city” all in the course of 2 seconds. Never seen one like that, Thank you for the info.
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:47:01 AM PST
by
datricker
(Its America in America Again)
To: datricker
I saw huge, I mean huge meteor this morning around 5:40 A.M PST Broke up spectacularly looked like it was headed right a downtown L.A/Santa Monica. It was something to behold.That wasn't a meteor. That was a Chinese Missile Test.
; )
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:47:36 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: proxy_user
If it starts at 32 feet, ???
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:48:37 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: BenLurkin
Ahh, so that explains those truck-like noises coming from down by the highway...
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:49:27 AM PST
by
Hatteras
To: proxy_user
Oops. My bad. I thought you meant 32 feet of altitude.
Never mind.
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:50:25 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: lafroste
Why, when you ask people how FAR some location is away, do they tell you how many minutes it takes to get there ?
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:52:21 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: CMAC51
You really have to question the veracity of an author who would use the terms six times as close and twice as close.Yes. I see that in advertising, too. Maths are hard m'kay...
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:55:32 AM PST
by
IYAS9YAS
(An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees! - Kipling)
To: BenLurkin
Trump’s ban on immigration kept it from entering the Earth’s atmosphere. s/
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:56:27 AM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: BenLurkin
I need some help with the high-tech lingo is there some speed or directional difference between “whizzing by” or simply “buzzing by” ;?
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:56:59 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(Astro Bump)
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