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Large Asteroid Packing 50 Megatons Of Force Might Come Crashing Down On Earth In 2023...
Yahoo News ^
| November 25, 2018
| Alexandra Lozovschi
Posted on 11/25/2018 10:55:09 PM PST by BenLurkin
NASA sources revealing that the space rock could end up engaged in not one, but a staggering 62 different potential impact trajectories with our planet — each of them waiting to sling the asteroid toward Earth over the next 100 years.
Known as asteroid 2018 LF16...
The first of these unnerving opportunities arises just five years from now — occurring on August 8, 2023. Other potential impact dates in the near future fall on August 3, 2024, and on August 1, 2025.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: 2018lf16; 20230808; 20240803; 20250801; asteroids; catastrophism; chickenlittle; doomed; nasa; nasadoomage; teotwawki; theskyisfalling
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To: BenLurkin
First of all this is a tiny asteroid. Large meteor perhaps
One article wrote. “Its current best orbital parameters leaves it entirely outside of Earth’s orbit, and there are no predicted encounters that would change its orbit in the near future”
Yes. We keep an eye on this one. We must continue to look for the BAD ones.
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posted on
11/26/2018 3:59:19 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
To: BradyLS
It’s Trump’s fault!
It used to be Bush’s fault.
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posted on
11/26/2018 4:06:13 AM PST
by
Fred Hayek
(The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
To: BenLurkin
In a few years, maybe we’ll be at the point where we can grab one of these as it’s zooming by and mine it for useful minerals and metals.
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posted on
11/26/2018 4:16:57 AM PST
by
PapaBear3625
("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/26/2018 4:19:50 AM PST
by
preacher
( Journalism no longer reports news, they use news to shape our society.)
To: BenLurkin; SaveFerris; Lera
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posted on
11/26/2018 4:28:35 AM PST
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
To: BenLurkin
Damn. And the DNC’s “media” toads aren’t forecasting America to go “full majority Hispanic” until 2025. I guess I won’t have to learn Spanish after all.
To: BenLurkin
At this point, it would be merciful if it were big enough.
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posted on
11/26/2018 5:31:18 AM PST
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchaged our dreams for survival. We just ha va few days that don't suck.)
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
If it takes out LA, San Fran/Oakland, Seattle, Portland, Ore... Pardon me if I'm not amused... my daughters live near Portland.
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posted on
11/26/2018 5:41:52 AM PST
by
Max in Utah
(A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/26/2018 5:54:24 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Six out of seven dwarfs arenÂ’t happy.)
To: BenLurkin
Can we steer it to drain the Swamp, because I’m good with that.
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posted on
11/26/2018 5:57:01 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Six out of seven dwarfs arenÂ’t happy.)
To: BenLurkin
What day? I have a dentist appointment that year.
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posted on
11/26/2018 5:57:41 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
To: BenLurkin
What difference does it make at this point? According to Algore, we’ll all be drowned from global warming by then anyway.
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posted on
11/26/2018 6:09:10 AM PST
by
libertylover
(I'm not against immigration; I'm against ILLEGAL immigration.)
To: BenLurkin
50 Megatons was the explosive force of the Soviet Tsar Bomba test; the largest man made explosion in human history. The Tunguska event had an modern day estimated yield of 3 - 5 MT. The damage from Tunguska was so extensive because all the energy was directed downwards. This asteroid would not be a planet killer but it could easily destroy a city if it exploded in an unlucky spot.
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posted on
11/26/2018 6:59:03 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: Az Joe
How do they know the future trajectories of future objects that are hit by other future objects at some point and both have their future trajectories changed.
Just feed the data into the climate change models, they can predict anything accurately....Duh!
To: BenLurkin
But, plastic straws...........
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posted on
11/26/2018 7:18:14 AM PST
by
rktman
( #My2nd! Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/26/2018 7:31:26 AM PST
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: Az Joe
They consult meteorologists!
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posted on
11/26/2018 7:32:47 AM PST
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: InABunkerUnderSF
Meet Yahoo's science correspondent.
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posted on
11/26/2018 9:38:25 AM PST
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: Scythian_Reborn
It looks like it might miss!!
Let’s give $100 trillion dollars to the Paris Accords NOW!!!
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posted on
11/26/2018 2:13:57 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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