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‘Hazardous’ Asteroid 2006 QQ23 Might Hit Earth Next Month!
Mashable India ^ | 07/18/2019 | Natasha Mathur

Posted on 07/18/2019 4:11:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Another day, another Asteroid! It was just yesterday when the news of Asteroid 2006 QV89 not hitting our Earth in september came to light. And now NASA has already detected another massive hazardous asteroid, named 2006 QQ23, that has high chances of hitting our Earth next month.

According to CNEOS, 2006 QQ23, is expected to move past Earth on August 10th at 7:23 AM ST at a distance of about 0.04977 au which is a rather shorter distance in astronomical terms. It has also been tagged as “hazardous” meaning it has a pretty good chance of hitting our planet if its orbit manages to intersect with our Earth’s orbit. The estimated diameter for the asteroid has been estimated to around 250 m - 570 m i.e. close to 1870 feet. This makes it larger in size than many popular tall skyscrapers in our world today. Also, the asteroid is much bigger in size as compared to the Chelyabinsk meteor that was approximately 66ft in size and entered Earth’s atmosphere over Russia back in 2013.

But, does this mean we have to worry? If we go by the history of asteroids that made headlines for hitting our Earth in the past few months, we might not have to worry so much, as these asteroids often tend to either burn off in the air or become a no-show (we're looking at you 2006 QV89) even if they manage to enter our Earth’s atmosphere.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: 2006qq23; asteroid; astronomy; catastrophism; science; smod
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To: Larry Lucido

The thousand years straight now = Ten thousand years straight now


61 posted on 07/18/2019 6:13:07 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Innovative
at least it would make it change its trajectory.

From a near-hit to a full-on hit. (Notice I didn't say "near miss." I refer you to the late George Carlin).

Or from a single-entry vehicle to a multiple-entry vehicle (which may or may not be better).

62 posted on 07/18/2019 6:17:25 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: yesthatjallen
Found these outside my door this morning. Should I be concerned?

63 posted on 07/18/2019 6:21:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Professor Tom Lehrer ...
“Oh, we’ll all go together when we go!”


64 posted on 07/18/2019 6:29:12 PM PDT by Terry L Smith (.)
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To: DoodleBob

Interesting chart. 600 meters puts us in Category 9. Yikes.


65 posted on 07/18/2019 6:50:58 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Justa

A butterfly wing flutter could make it go “splat”!!


66 posted on 07/18/2019 6:53:45 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: fruser1
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67 posted on 07/18/2019 7:01:04 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: BenLurkin

Pushing asteroids out of Earth’s path has good certainty though. Any nuclear force flinging debri perpendicular to it’s Earthly path, would have an equal and opposite force pushing the object away.

Maybe junior can do a high school term paper, but be sure to credit TheNext.


68 posted on 07/18/2019 7:11:00 PM PDT by TheNext (Diversity: Darker Replaces Lighter)
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To: Larry Lucido

:)

What are we gonna do?

I NEVER thought I’d see 50. Thought it was a made up number in my late teens and early 20s.

So there was no reason to save.

Then 30 came and the age thing got a little more real.

51 this year made it very real :)

Whatever’s gonna happen, you gotta plan in some way that you’re gonna be here till 80 or so.

Though the nephews and nieces took a beating betting against the one nephew who thought I’d see 50 :)


69 posted on 07/18/2019 7:11:46 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: BenLurkin

Good news: It’s slowing down in preparation for entry.


70 posted on 07/18/2019 7:18:39 PM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: cuban leaf

Well, it would make more sense for an interstellar vessel to enter into an “Aten” orbit around the sun rather than to try and enter orbit around the earth. Certainly has to be easier, I’d think and use a lot less retro-rockets.


71 posted on 07/18/2019 7:23:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; BenLurkin; SkyDancer
But to score a 9 the impact odds of a 600m object must be >99%. The Sentey Table is a highly automated collision monitoring system that continually scans the most current asteroid catalog for possibilities of future impact with Earth over the next 100 years.

All objects score a zero on the Torino Scale; keep your hair appointments and your electric bill on autopay.

72 posted on 07/18/2019 7:50:24 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Terry L Smith

“When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Cincinnati because it’s always twenty years behind the times.” - Twain?


73 posted on 07/18/2019 8:21:30 PM PDT by Theophilus (Make America Grateful Again)
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To: Fred Hayek

Just make sure Thomas Sowell, VDH, and the other good guys from Hoover are evacuated first.


74 posted on 07/18/2019 8:21:39 PM PDT by rfp1234 (NBC: Putting the TURD in Saturday.)
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To: Fred Hayek

I was hoping for a strike on the District of Criminals.


75 posted on 07/18/2019 8:30:37 PM PDT by bobcat62
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To: GreenHornet
.....and Keith Richards.

We had a white kitty who recently died after a good 20+ year life. In his final couple of years, though he still ate well and had a good quality of life, he looked horrible. His real name was Devon but we started calling him Keith Richards because he looked like he was already dead.

76 posted on 07/18/2019 8:59:41 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: DoodleBob

I saw that. I just assumed we get hit, so 100%. That gives us a “Goodbye, nice knowing you” score of 9.


77 posted on 07/18/2019 9:34:27 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: BenLurkin

Please, please hit a DemocRat nest. Pleeeease.


78 posted on 07/18/2019 9:55:30 PM PDT by bluejean (I'm becoming a cranky old person. It really annoys me.)
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To: elteemike

possibly, but we both have a better chance of being struck by lightning 7 times on the same day than that scenario lol


79 posted on 07/18/2019 10:11:48 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
Thanks BenLurkin.

80 posted on 07/18/2019 11:03:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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