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Nearly 3-mile wide asteroid to pass close by Earth Sept. 1
www.spaceflightinsider.com ^ | 08-29-2017 | Staff

Posted on 08/30/2017 6:17:25 AM PDT by Red Badger

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4 million miles.............

1 posted on 08/30/2017 6:17:25 AM PDT by Red Badger
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3122_Florence


2 posted on 08/30/2017 6:18:42 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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Whew. Thought I might need some extra brylcreem on Friday to keep what little hair I got left in place.


3 posted on 08/30/2017 6:23:00 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Red Badger

Again with the Trump.


4 posted on 08/30/2017 6:27:17 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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Just think someone who may have been an affirmative action math major may have made that calculation! 3 mile wide eh? Well, say good bye troubles.


5 posted on 08/30/2017 6:28:21 AM PDT by Mouton (The MSM is a clear and present danger to the republic.)
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Yeah, that’d leave a mark eh?


6 posted on 08/30/2017 6:30:07 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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Hello Ellie


7 posted on 08/30/2017 6:33:58 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: Red Badger

In space terms, that’s rubbin’ bumpers.


8 posted on 08/30/2017 6:36:53 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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Kim would be a hero if he’d knock it out of the sky with one of his missiles.


9 posted on 08/30/2017 6:49:30 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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4 million miles? Why that’s merely just a half-of-day hike.


10 posted on 08/30/2017 6:51:12 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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I am so screwed.


11 posted on 08/30/2017 6:55:36 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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It might be better overall for humanity if it didn’t miss.


12 posted on 08/30/2017 6:56:56 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; I celebrated; I'm good. Let's get on with the civil war now.)
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A little dab’ll do ya!..................


13 posted on 08/30/2017 7:03:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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But the Earth and all the animals would suffer!.....................


14 posted on 08/30/2017 7:05:13 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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Another unintended consequence of global warming no doubt. ;-)


15 posted on 08/30/2017 7:13:23 AM PDT by CodeJockey (I don't have a license to kill, but I do have a learners permit.)
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To: Red Badger
Lucifers Hammer?


16 posted on 08/30/2017 7:17:29 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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Not this one.....................

I read that book back in ‘78 or ‘79. It was one of the greats...................


17 posted on 08/30/2017 7:18:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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“relatively” close...


18 posted on 08/30/2017 7:26:33 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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Just because it’s in a orbit that doesn’t impact the Earth at this time, doesn’t mean it will stay in that orbit. Things move.................


19 posted on 08/30/2017 7:39:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

There is no asteroid.


20 posted on 08/30/2017 7:50:16 AM PDT by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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