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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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To: SunkenCiv
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12/22/2019 9:44:22 PM PST
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fieldmarshaldj
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12/22/2019 9:49:08 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin
Question is, can we steer it toward mecca or the South China Sea?
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12/22/2019 11:45:59 PM PST
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patriotfury
((May the fleas of a thousand camels occupy mo' ham mads tents!))
To: fwdude
9 lunar distances. Double that.
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12/23/2019 6:18:14 AM PST
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TangoLimaSierra
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To: Deaf Smith
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12/23/2019 6:57:10 AM PST
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Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: rfreedom4u
Well, it could be 919 feet.
Not 918 feet though.
To: Deaf Smith; Bonemaker
Seared.
If it gets close to the Sun.
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12/23/2019 11:01:56 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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