Posted on 08/01/2019 5:04:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The space rock designated as a near-Earth object, because its orbit takes it within 30 million miles of our planet is expected to come within about 4.55 million miles of us as it whizzes by at 10,400 mph.
Anything that gets closer than 0.05 astronomical units roughly 4.65 million miles is considered potentially hazardous.
The asteroid, dubbed 2006 QQ23, is 1,870 feet in diameter
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As one of the experts on ‘Forged in Fire’ always says..
That WOuld KIll!!!
I don’t think it’s a movie. It’s a clip from this animation with a killer Pink Floyd soundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBWbpFz3wac
The New News: Headlines about things that are NOT going to happen.
You bet. I’m all over the no danger asteroids passing beat.
Beware of witch covens gathering around 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Dammit!
So how much would the Empire State Building weight on an Empire State Building sized asteroid?
Not very much, I would imagine. Not saying you would want to try to bench-press it, or anything.
At least not without a spotter.
That’s kind of my point -— water couldn’t crest the Sierra’s. And, if all the water in the world sloshed east from the Pacific, and it did crest the mountains, Arizona would be just as flooded.
Phoenix is 1,000 feet above sea level and 350 miles from the Pacific. Its not happening. :)
“Lucifer’s Hammer”
A darn fine ‘end of the world as we know it’ read.
And the Vieja’s mountains East of San Diego are 4,187 feet. if the water can crest that height, it’s DOWNHILL to 1,000.
https://www.summitpost.org/viejas-mountain/492372
It would come up from the Baja, Sea of Cortez,...AHA! THE SEA OF ALEXANDRIA OCCASIO-CORTEZ!
Were doomed!!!
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