Posted on 07/18/2019 4:11:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Another day, another Asteroid! It was just yesterday when the news of Asteroid 2006 QV89 not hitting our Earth in september came to light. And now NASA has already detected another massive hazardous asteroid, named 2006 QQ23, that has high chances of hitting our Earth next month.
According to CNEOS, 2006 QQ23, is expected to move past Earth on August 10th at 7:23 AM ST at a distance of about 0.04977 au which is a rather shorter distance in astronomical terms. It has also been tagged as “hazardous” meaning it has a pretty good chance of hitting our planet if its orbit manages to intersect with our Earth’s orbit. The estimated diameter for the asteroid has been estimated to around 250 m - 570 m i.e. close to 1870 feet. This makes it larger in size than many popular tall skyscrapers in our world today. Also, the asteroid is much bigger in size as compared to the Chelyabinsk meteor that was approximately 66ft in size and entered Earth’s atmosphere over Russia back in 2013.
But, does this mean we have to worry? If we go by the history of asteroids that made headlines for hitting our Earth in the past few months, we might not have to worry so much, as these asteroids often tend to either burn off in the air or become a no-show (we're looking at you 2006 QV89) even if they manage to enter our Earth’s atmosphere.
(Excerpt) Read more at in.mashable.com ...
The thousand years straight now = Ten thousand years straight now
From a near-hit to a full-on hit. (Notice I didn't say "near miss." I refer you to the late George Carlin).
Or from a single-entry vehicle to a multiple-entry vehicle (which may or may not be better).
Professor Tom Lehrer ...
“Oh, we’ll all go together when we go!”
Interesting chart. 600 meters puts us in Category 9. Yikes.
A butterfly wing flutter could make it go “splat”!!
Pushing asteroids out of Earth’s path has good certainty though. Any nuclear force flinging debri perpendicular to it’s Earthly path, would have an equal and opposite force pushing the object away.
Maybe junior can do a high school term paper, but be sure to credit TheNext.
:)
What are we gonna do?
I NEVER thought I’d see 50. Thought it was a made up number in my late teens and early 20s.
So there was no reason to save.
Then 30 came and the age thing got a little more real.
51 this year made it very real :)
Whatever’s gonna happen, you gotta plan in some way that you’re gonna be here till 80 or so.
Though the nephews and nieces took a beating betting against the one nephew who thought I’d see 50 :)
Good news: It’s slowing down in preparation for entry.
Well, it would make more sense for an interstellar vessel to enter into an “Aten” orbit around the sun rather than to try and enter orbit around the earth. Certainly has to be easier, I’d think and use a lot less retro-rockets.
All objects score a zero on the Torino Scale; keep your hair appointments and your electric bill on autopay.
“When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati because it’s always twenty years behind the times.” - Twain?
Just make sure Thomas Sowell, VDH, and the other good guys from Hoover are evacuated first.
I was hoping for a strike on the District of Criminals.
We had a white kitty who recently died after a good 20+ year life. In his final couple of years, though he still ate well and had a good quality of life, he looked horrible. His real name was Devon but we started calling him Keith Richards because he looked like he was already dead.
I saw that. I just assumed we get hit, so 100%. That gives us a “Goodbye, nice knowing you” score of 9.
Please, please hit a DemocRat nest. Pleeeease.
possibly, but we both have a better chance of being struck by lightning 7 times on the same day than that scenario lol
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