Asteroid terror: NASA spot mammoth space rock to hit Earth's orbit five days before X-mas

Express ^ | Dec 23, 2019

[11th_VA]

AN ASTEROID the size of the World Trade Centre is on a dangerous Earth-bound orbit that could see the rock smash the planet during Christmas festivities.

The asteroid, known as 216258 2006 WH1, is set for its closest approach to Earth on December 20 - just days before Christmas. The 540 metre space rock is the same size as the World Trade Centre and would cause a significant amount of damage and mass extinction.

... The asteroid hasn’t yet been measured on the Torio Impact Hazard Scale, but will likely be listed as a serious threat when and if it is added.

[11th_VA]

CNN: “Deadly Asteriod set to destroy earth ... and now back to the impeachment news ...”

[Erik Latranyi]

Well, the World Trade Center is nothing but rubble, so I guess there is nothing to worry about!

[Popman]

would cause a significant amount of damage and mass extinction.

Sort of doubt the mass extinction hysteria part.

The 540 metre space rock is the same size as the World Trade Centre

Yup. a 540 metre rock will destroy the earth...

[equaviator]

I call end-of-the-world sex with Arianna Grande!

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Yup. a 540 metre rock will destroy the earth...

...and a 115 grain piece of lead is similarly harmless.

[Gay State Conservative]

Attention Asteroid:

Princess Liawatha lives in Cambridge,Massachusetts.GPS Coordinates to follow shortly!

[NY.SS-Bar9]

KE = (1/2)mv^2

[a fool in paradise]

Just weeks before New Year’s.

Just a week before Quantas, I mean Quanza, Quakerza, no Qwanza. It’s made up, anyhow.

[dontreadthis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGgJPmOUmDU

[Gay State Conservative]

Boston Globe headline:

WORLD TO END TODAY;WOMEN AND MINORITIES HIT HARDEST!

[Salamander]

I kinda don’t care.

:)

[muskah]

Semi-fake news Don’t sow all your wild oats just ywet

https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=216258&orb=1

There is an asteroid, but it will miss earth by 15x the distance from hear to the moon.

216258
2019-Dec-20
15.3 LD
11.8
324

https://www.spaceweather.com/

[riverrunner]

If the world ends who well be left to care

[Popman]

...and a 115 grain piece of lead is similarly harmless.

Harmless? Who said that ?

So you are proposing a 115 grain bullet will completely destroy a human body ?

[VTenigma]

I’d prefer you send Mitt Romney’s coordinates instead.

[fproy2222]

But what exactly is the risk of Asteroid GD37 striking Earth this year or on any of NASA’s other 30 risk dates?
Thankfully, the danger is minimal and will likely remain so unless some force pushes the asteroid out of its orbit and into Earth’s path.

On December 28, 2019, there is an impact probability of 0.000000070 percent.This means there is a one in 1,400,000,000 odds of cataclysm or a 99.99999993 percent chance the asteroid will miss.

https://amg-news.com/nasa-warning-nasa-warns-giant-asteroid-may-hit-earth-in-december-2019/

[DoodleBob]

Kudos to the sensationalists at the Express for integrating the Torino Scale into their story. If we combine this knowledge with the JPL's database on NEOs, we will see this rock will pass with 0.039 AU, or 3.9% 93 million miles (one AU = distance between the Earth and Sun). That comes to about 360,000 miles, or about 3x the distance to the moon. This rock is a likely 0 or 1 on the Scale. Nothing about which to worry.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Is this the Sweet Meteor of Death that everybody keeps talking about?

DANG!

[Berlin_Freeper]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[NativeSon]

It’s the Dr Who Christmas special, no worries.