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Massive 2,034-foot asteroid will zoom past Earth just after Christmas
Fox news ^
Posted on 12/22/2019 4:41:01 PM PST by BenLurkin
The massive space rock, which is known as 310442 (2000 CH59), will be closest to our planet on December 26 at 2:54 a.m. EST, according to NASA.
The space agency's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) estimates its diameter will be in the range of 919 to 2,034 feet.
Paul Chodas, director of CNEOS), told Newsweek. "So it is prudent to keep tracking [them] for decades to come and to study how their orbits might be evolving."
CH59 will be about 4.5 million miles from our planet the morning...
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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: 2000ch59; 310442; asteroid; catastrophism; cneos; paulchodas
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posted on
12/22/2019 4:41:01 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Well at least Santa will be out of the sky by then.
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posted on
12/22/2019 4:45:45 PM PST
by
Fzob
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/22/2019 4:46:57 PM PST
by
Songcraft
To: BenLurkin
Is there any way it can be steered?
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posted on
12/22/2019 4:50:51 PM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: BenLurkin
Is this that whizzing rock from last week?
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posted on
12/22/2019 4:51:11 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: BenLurkin
4.5 million miles, we’re doomed. 8>)
To: Robert DeLong
Someday we’ll capture and profit from these opportunities. Wonder the delta-v required to intercept and steer one of those into a useful orbit.
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posted on
12/22/2019 5:48:34 PM PST
by
Theophilus
(Ich bin ein Hong Konger)
To: blueunicorn6
Different zooming, skimming, whizzer.
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posted on
12/22/2019 5:51:47 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
That figures! I ordered it to arrive on Christmas Eve.
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:10:51 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: Bonemaker
"any way it can be steered?"
Not sure what you are asking.
Do you want to castrate this rock?
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:14:18 PM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
To: Deaf Smith
To: BenLurkin
Boy, does America ever deserve a good big smack right dead-center on Mordor-on-the-Potomac. But, I suspect the Good Lord will spare us such.
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:35:50 PM PST
by
backwoods-engineer
(Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitz)
To: Deaf Smith
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:36:59 PM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: BenLurkin
2,034? Are they sure it’s not 2,035?
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:37:16 PM PST
by
rfreedom4u
(The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
To: Bonemaker
No, there is no air in space to push against. Rocket propulsion does not work in space.
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:43:20 PM PST
by
steve86
(Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
To: steve86
Rockets are the only things that work in space. See vernier thruster.
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:49:24 PM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: BenLurkin
Don’t worry, the turtle will take care of this space rock...
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posted on
12/22/2019 6:49:59 PM PST
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: Bonemaker
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posted on
12/22/2019 7:00:26 PM PST
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
To: Robert DeLong
9 lunar distances. I other words, we should be more concerned about the moon hitting us.
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posted on
12/22/2019 7:03:12 PM PST
by
fwdude
(Poverty is nearly always a mindset, which canÂ’t be cured by cash.)
To: Bonemaker
“The big, huge meteor headed toward the Earth. Could nothing stop it Maybe Bob could. He was suddenly on top of the meteor through some kind of space warp or something. 'Go, Bob, go' yelled one of the generals. 'Give me that' said the big guy general as he took the microphone away. 'Listen, Bob,' he said. 'You've got to steer that meteor away from Earth.' 'Yes, but how' thought Bob. Then he got an idea. Right next to him there was a steering wheel sticking out of the meteor.”
— Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey
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posted on
12/22/2019 7:05:53 PM PST
by
fwdude
(Poverty is nearly always a mindset, which canÂ’t be cured by cash.)
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