Posted on 07/06/2019 7:37:25 AM PDT by LibWhacker
AN ASTEROID with the destructive power of 2,700 megatons of explosive TNT risks slamming into the Earth later this year, NASA’s asteroid trackers have revealed.
The imposing asteroid, dubbed Asteroid FT3, will come barrelling past our home planet on October 3, 2019. NASA expects the flyby to mark the first of 165 approaches between 2019 and 2116. On any one of these asteroid flybys, the risk of cataclysm is low but should the asteroid veer off course and straight into Earth, the results could be cataclysmic. Asteroid FT3 is a monstrous rocky object measuring an estimated 1,115ft (340m) in diameter.
NASA further estimates the asteroid weighs an incredible 55,000,000,000kg.
If the asteroid were to ever hit the Earth, at the point of atmospheric entry, the rock would slam into the planet at 20.37km per second or more than 45,500mph.
The force of impact would likely be equal to 2,700 megatons of TNT or 2,700,000,000 tonnes of TNT.
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So, what are the odds of this asteroid striking the Earth in October?
Thankfully, the risk is incredibly low but it is not non-existent.
There is a small chance – about one in 11,000,000 – Asteroid FT3 will crash into us in the next three months.
The odds of impact translate into a 0.0000092% chance of cataclysm or a 99.9999908% chance the asteroid will miss Earth.
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
Lol, it’s a big un!
well this one is at least twice the size of the asteroid or comet that blew up in the atmosphere and flattened 770 square miles near Tunguska.
It’s TEOTWAKI
And I feel fine!!!
There, now get that song stuck in your head!
They want more funding. They see how scaring people with climate change has led to massive funding.
That’s ok, I upgraded my rafters when I had my roof done last year.
Hey, it’s many times your chance of winning the lotto. And there are a whole lot of people who bet on that.
...but should the asteroid veer off course and straight into Earth, the results could be cataclysmic.
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Why would it “veer off course”? Is there steering involved.
Would this by any chance be an “undocumented” asteroid? Might as well put out the Welcome mat.
*ping*
No thanks. Spent too much time in my youth with homosexual theme songs like this...Elton John’s Philadelphia freedom, queen, George Michael, Barry Manilow, ...sheesh!
Better chance the thing hits than someone wins powerball or the mega millions lottery. Just saying.
It’s missing a W.
The odds of winning the power ball are much, much worse but somebody always manages to win.
With my luck I would finally win that lottery on Oct. 2 and the next day the asteroid would hit........
The key phase...:^)
Your brilliant. You beat me. Asteroid special lottery coming soon.
Revelation 8:8 “The second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood...”
In a parallel universe, the rock will hit. Though, those there wouldn’t know it, because the quantum consciousness will switch to another parallel universe. No loss.
I got through the 1st page w/o seeing the name Bruce Willis!
It’s orbiting the sun, but not on a more or less circular orbit like earth’s, but on a squashed out oblong orbit. So it can pass by other planets, moons, other asteroids, etc., that gravitationally tug at it and can cause it to “veer off” course.
All right, youse two, calm down.
We just need to make Jupiter bigger to pull more asteroids off course.
We’re taking up a collection to send Michael Moore and Rosie O’Donnell there now.
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