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ESA confirms asteroid will miss Earth in 2019
Phys.org ^
| 07/17/2019
Posted on 07/17/2019 12:26:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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07/17/2019 12:26:09 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
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07/17/2019 12:27:07 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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with a ellipse like that so close to ours and the speed, if it had a lot more mass it could alter solar orbit time without any impact.
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07/17/2019 12:32:01 PM PDT
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z3n
To: Billthedrill
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07/17/2019 12:32:19 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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07/17/2019 12:32:49 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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07/17/2019 12:34:18 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Maybe it wasn't an asteroid.......................
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07/17/2019 12:47:05 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: BenLurkin
Thank God they told us! Otherwise it would’ve missed and we’d never have known! /sarc
To: Billthedrill
Disappointed.
hang on until the fall of 2030 when the Earth will pass through the densest part of the Taurid stream. Last time was around 12,800 years ago and ushered in the Younger Dryas Period - colder than the Ice Ages. Ah, you say throw another log on the fire.
Well, if it is like last time, expect a 21 year period of heavy bombardment replete with continental-wide firestorms (not mere forest fires), air bursters (like over Russia a few years back) and ground impacts in the 5 MT range. Watch for the occasional 3Km rock impact to give scale to the plentiful 1Km impacts. You won’t need logs to keep warm, rather luck to keep from being incinerated or basted into atoms.
Did I mention that the focus of the last time was the North American continent? Hope you have a nice day then - I’ll be in my late 80s so a little excitement will be interesting.
Cheers
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07/17/2019 12:52:57 PM PDT
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PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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07/17/2019 12:53:27 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
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If an asteroid was going to wipe out all life on Earth tomorrow, would you really want to know today?
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07/17/2019 12:53:51 PM PDT
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Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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07/17/2019 12:54:39 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
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07/17/2019 12:56:27 PM PDT
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BipolarBob
(Heaven has gates, walls and immigration policy but Hell has an open border policy. Food for thought.)
To: BenLurkin
That gif was from one of the episodes where Kirk wears his gym workout shirt on the bridge...
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07/17/2019 12:58:14 PM PDT
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Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: BipolarBob
Was there any good news?Well, I saved a lot of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico.
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07/17/2019 12:58:49 PM PDT
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thesharkboy
(Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
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We’re still doomed I tell you. 8>)
To: PIF
Are you saying AOC is right but for the wrong reason?
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07/17/2019 1:10:46 PM PDT
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xp38
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