Asteroid to hurtle past the Earth at 27,000 mph

UK Guardian ^ | 17 Feb 2014 | Sarah Knapton

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Asteroid to hurtle past the Earth at 27,000 mph

A giant "potentially hazardous" asteroid more than three times the size of a football pitch is to hurtle past the Earth at more than 27,000 miles per hour

Although the speeding chunk of rock, named 2000 EM26, will be 1.6 million miles away it still represents a close shave for our planet in astronomical terms

‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid which is three times the size of a football pitch and travelling at 27,000 miles an hour will pass close to Earth on Monday night.

Although the speeding chunk of rock – named 2000 EM26 – will be 1.6 million miles away it still represents a close shave for our planet in astronomical terms.

It will be tracked by the online Slooh Space Camera which monitors asteroids but scientists say it poses no threat to Earth.

Scientists estimate that 2000 EM26 is around 885 feet (270 meters) in diameter.

[P.O.E.]

Although it would melt a lot of the snow piled up around here.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Where is the asteroid which was to be named after Trayvon Martin???

[Conspiracy Guy]

I thought the near earth fly by speed limit was 21,000 mph.

[txhurl]

1.6 million miles does not represent a close shave for earth. The two or three who have come between us and the moon, that’s a close shave.

[Patriot Babe]

Does this mean I have to clean up my apartment and cancel all of my appointments?

[P.O.E.]

Lowell Observatory's Putnam wants to name asteroid for Trayvon Martin. You know, I'd completely forgotten about that.

[P.O.E.]

Space debris often has trouble with metric conversions, so maybe that explains it.

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Asteroid Tonight: Don’t Miss This Near Miss! (Live Feed)

If you want to get "near miss" you might want to consider a "close shave" -(Cue the Noxzema shaving commercial)

[1_Rain_Drop]

Should I hide under the table or in the cast iron bathtub?

[henkster]

The hot chick in the Noxema commerical is now drawing social security.

Just sayin...

[P.O.E.]

Not to late to do some last-minute shopping

[Conspiracy Guy]

I thought the speed limits were posted in Miles/hour and Kilometers/hour.

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks. I don’t know why I even bother to use the search function.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, it’s not too good. Still beats the pants off Facebook’s though.

[SunkenCiv]

Responding to Potential Asteroid Redirect Mission Targets
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-052

[NonValueAdded]

Sorry, Ghostrider, the pattern is full ...

[X-spurt]

What I want to know is how Big Is A Football Pitch.......

[BlueDragon]

depends on how far the boy can huck it