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This composite of 25 images of asteroid 2017 BQ6 was generated with radar data collected using NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar in California’s Mojave Desert. It sped by Earth on Feb. 7 at a speed of around 25,560 mph (7.1 km/s) relative to the planet. The images have resolutions as fine as 12 feet (3.75 meters) per pixel. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSSR
1 posted on 02/14/2017 11:26:54 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Why yes, it looks exactly like a brick to me.

Note To Self: don’t invite Bob to the bricklaying party for the firepit.

“Bob, your side seems to keep falling over. Maybe you should try using some of these bricks instead of the ones you made.”


2 posted on 02/14/2017 11:37:09 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: BenLurkin
If this comet is 660 feet across, what is the estimated size of the comet that leveled Russian forests a few years ago ?

3 posted on 02/14/2017 11:47:20 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt (Muslim & Spanish migrants are like Kudzu--> designed to overload the system= Cloward-Piven)
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To: BenLurkin

“And if you don’t eat your meat you can’t have any pudding!”


4 posted on 02/14/2017 11:48:14 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: BenLurkin

Meteor Crater in the Arizona desert was created by an asteroid estimated to be 50 meters diameter. I'd hate to see the size of the crater created by Asteroid BQ6 which is 200 meters diameter - over 4x larger.

5 posted on 02/14/2017 11:52:52 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: BenLurkin
Was it as big as a house?
9 posted on 02/14/2017 12:07:17 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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