[Mr. Douglas]

Gosh. Maybe there is something to those September 23rd predictions. ;)

[UCANSEE2]

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[CMAC51]

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?

[proxy_user]

How much of it would have burned up before hitting the earth? If it starts at 32 feet, how much would be left?

[lafroste]

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.

[TribalPrincess2U]

I thought there was a little more wind then usual.

[ClockDoc]

Really?
239000 miles X 6 = 1,434,000 miles.
I would believe either 5/6ths or 1/6th the distance to the moon.

[Hatteras]

Ahh, so that explains those truck-like noises coming from down by the highway...

[Huskrrrr]

Trump’s ban on immigration kept it from entering the Earth’s atmosphere. s/

[mikrofon]

I need some help with the high-tech lingo – is there some speed or directional difference between “whizzing by” or simply “buzzing by” ;?

[blueunicorn6]

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.

[RandallFlagg]

TRUMP’S FAULT!!

(Come on. You KNOW it’ll happen)

;-)

[jiggyboy]

What does “six times closer” (than 240,000 miles) mean?

[Heartlander]

[doug from upland]

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?