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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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To: BenLurkin
I’m getting tired of all these vagrant asteroids whizzing by earth.
Can’t they hold it until they get by Saturn? There’s a C-store with a bathroom on Saturn.
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:57:48 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: CMAC51
Obviously a Distinguished Graduate of Urinalism School.
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:57:57 AM PST
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
TRUMPS FAULT!!
(Come on. You KNOW itll happen)
;-)
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:59:13 AM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(Vote for your guns!)
To: UCANSEE2
Why, when you ask people how FAR some location is away, do they tell you how many minutes it takes to get there ? Or when you ask for an address they start giving you directions.
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posted on
01/31/2017 8:59:13 AM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted. It belongs to the brave. - - Ronaldus Magnus Reagan)
To: UCANSEE2
Drive time is more meaningful than miles, there are other variables. I don’t find it bothersome at all.
To: BenLurkin
What does “six times closer” (than 240,000 miles) mean?
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posted on
01/31/2017 9:02:58 AM PST
by
jiggyboy
(Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
To: Mr. Douglas
Planet X (or is that Planet Y or Z) is comin’.
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posted on
01/31/2017 9:04:26 AM PST
by
WKUHilltopper
(WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
To: datricker
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posted on
01/31/2017 9:05:55 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: mikrofon
It’s the “hurtling towards” that you got to watch for.
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posted on
01/31/2017 9:07:48 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: mikrofon
“is there some speed or directional difference between whizzing by or simply buzzing by
Scientifically speaking...buzzing by is an effect when you drink a six pack waiting to see it.
“Whizzing by” is the effect when you polish off the six pack before it gets here—and it passes by when you can’t hold it any long.
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posted on
01/31/2017 9:08:16 AM PST
by
WKUHilltopper
(WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
To: ClockDoc
Thank you. The headline had me laugh much so I couldn’t type.
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posted on
01/31/2017 9:09:05 AM PST
by
Ray76
(DRAIN THE SWAMP)
To: blueunicorn6
Im getting tired of all these vagrant asteroids whizzing by earth. Cant they hold it until they get by Saturn? Theres a C-store with a bathroom on Saturn.
I TOLD those asteroids to stay away from the Chernobyl beer!
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posted on
01/31/2017 9:12:50 AM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(1 Tim 2:1-3)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/31/2017 9:19:46 AM PST
by
Heartlander
(Prediction: Increasingly, logic will be seen as a covert form of theism. - Denyse O'Leary)
To: BenLurkin
I never understood this usage of our language. The object is 24,000 miles away. If it is six times closer, does that mean it is 144,000 miles closer?
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posted on
01/31/2017 9:21:04 AM PST
by
doug from upland
(Are we dreaming or is Hillary finally really gone?)
To: CMAC51
So many ppl nowadays can’t handle fractions. :-)
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posted on
01/31/2017 9:33:13 AM PST
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: lafroste
I agree. Substituting “twice as close” for half-the-distance is confusing and probably inaccurate.
For example, a 25% increase is the opposite of a 20% reduction. (Increasing 100 by 25% yields 125. Decreasing 125 by 20% yields 100.)
The language in the article is the popular way to describe things but is confusing to say the least.
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posted on
01/31/2017 9:59:11 AM PST
by
unlearner
(11/8/2016 - a new beginning.)
To: WKUHilltopper
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posted on
01/31/2017 10:12:42 AM PST
by
Paul R.
To: datricker
Its disorienting.
The first one I saw looked like the size of a basketball, right over my car. It looked like it was moving slowly, and the fire coming off it looked like a massive sparkler.
Of course, it was way, way up in the sky...and it was still looked big.
You mind has to take a second or two to realize what it is.
That, every month or two, was the ONLY good thing about driving home two hours every other night, in the middle of the night.
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posted on
01/31/2017 10:44:03 AM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(Brace. Brace. Brace. Heads down. Do not look up.)
To: COBOL2Java
They’re trying to get in before the “ban”.
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posted on
01/31/2017 1:22:52 PM PST
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
To: BenLurkin
Its the hurtling towards that you got to watch for.
I was wondering about this object in the sky. It kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
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posted on
01/31/2017 2:01:47 PM PST
by
gnickgnack2
(Another bad day for Trump, he only got seven major things accomplished)
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