To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
Thanks BenLurkin.
On April 13, 2029, a 1,110-foot-wide asteroid known as 99942 Apophis will speed past our planet at an estimated distance of around 19,000 miles...
That'll be quite a show -- over a fifth of a mile wide, s/b easily visible to the naked eye, even in daylight. The estimated mass of the object should become much more accurate during the passage, and that encounter will make it possible to refine the ephemeris and calculate how close subsequent encounters will be.
4 posted on
04/30/2019 11:48:26 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Question: Might it be dragging smaller objects along with it?
5 posted on
04/30/2019 11:53:44 AM PDT by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv
Wouldn't you know it? April 13th, 2029, will be Friday the 13th.
Beware the Ides of April!
To: SunkenCiv
I just hope their calculations are accurate THIS time.......................
7 posted on
04/30/2019 11:58:55 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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