[Don W]

The church of perpetual panic is at it again.

“Uncomfortably close?” “Only a matter of time before a collision”?

One of these objects landing within a mile of you would be unpleasant. Any further away you’d hear it, maybe get a shake or two through the ground, but no catastrophic stuff.

Do I ever weary of this constant doomsaying.

[Roccus]

NASA's Close Approach Data makes clear, we'll witness a total of 19 near-Earth objects before January 9th alone, meaning that it could be only a matter of time before our planet collides with another celestial body.

To think that such an event is anything more....or less...than a matter of time is beyond stupid.
The only thing MORE stupid is to think we can avoid it from happening.

[southernerwithanattitude]

The thing that bothers them the most is that they cant come up with a way to blame Capitalism for them!!

[UCANSEE2]

"At around 12.14 in the afternoon, it will come as close as 15 lunar distances, which is 15-times the distance from the Earth to the Moon (or about 3.7 million miles)."

15 L.D. How exciting. The one that passed by on Nov. 19 was at .03 Lunar Distance.

"NASA's Close Approach Data makes clear, we'll witness a total of 19 near-Earth objects before January 9th alone, meaning that it could be only a matter of time before our planet collides with another celestial body.

While true, only a few of them are even passing reasonably close to be of concern.

2018 WD 2018-Nov-24 4.5 LD 13.6 50
2009 WB105 2018-Nov-25 15.2 LD 18.9 71
2018 VT7 2018-Nov-25 8.2 LD 2.3 10
2008 WD14 2018-Nov-27 7.4 LD 9.3 93
2001 WO15 2018-Nov-28 13.6 LD 11.7 107
2018 VE4 2018-Nov-30 15 LD 4.8 30
2018 WN 2018-Dec-01 14.9 LD 4.4 17
2018 TG6 2018-Dec-02 3.9 LD 1.4 13
2013 VX4 2018-Dec-09 4.1 LD 6.6 65

[freedumb2003]

There is a wall joke there somewhere.

I leave it for the more clever FReepers to actually formulate it.

[Shadowstrike]

at this point in my life, I say let ‘em hit.

[Rurudyne]

Wormwood

[Darksheare]

Not my fault.

[SamAdams76]

I find that the Command strips are far superior to hanging pictures on walls then driving nails, tacks and other hole-inducing items into your wall that must then later be plastered and re-painted.

There are now heavy duty Command strips for all your hanging needs.

[mrsmith]

“(sexily named “2009 WB105”) “

Love that dry British wit!

[MarMema]

[Songcraft]

It's amazing what those new-fangled telescopes will pick up these days...

       

[Deaf Smith]

Bugs!