[BenLurkin]

Spotted 9 days before it's pass

[raygunfan]

so why was the headline scientist ‘warn’, when the story says earth is entirely safe?

[bgill]

Nine days is not enough time. Just wait until the next one that is dead on track to Earth.

[I want the USA back]

“scientists warn”
“Earth will be entirely safe”
What’s to warn, when they knew there was no danger?

[rjsimmon]

[WKUHilltopper]

Stupid ‘pressitutes’. What’s to warn if it is passing by??

[Berlin_Freeper]

It’s the close ones that leave people traumatized.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

We are now able to land satellites on asteroids. How cool would it be to land a satellite on this one and watch the earth flyby? Even cooler would be to capture the actual collision.

[JimRed]

The moon’s a quarter million miles away, isn’t it? Leaves plenty of room.

[SuperLuminal]

Just a warm-up drill for 99942 Apophis on April 13, 2029?

At a minimum, everyone living within 100-miles of the east or west coast should be stocking up on rafts and scuba equipment approaches...

Ideally everyone should bend over and kiss their butt goodbye...

[Redcitizen]

I’ll be wearing my Joo Janta 300 super chromatic peril sensitive sunglasses on that day. “Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses have been specially designed to help people develop a relaxed attitude to danger. At the first hint of trouble, they turn totally black and thus prevent you from seeing anything that might alarm you.” ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.