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Asteroid terror: NASA spot mammoth space rock to hit Earth's orbit five days before X-mas
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| Dec 23, 2019
Posted on 10/27/2019 4:16:19 AM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: 2019mo; 2019ok; 2162582006wh1; asteroid; asteroid2019mo; asteroid2019ok; asteroids; astronomy; catastrophism; doomed; science; teotwawki; theskyisfalling
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To: 11th_VA
Sounds like part of the Northern Taurid swarm - the remains of a 100 mile diameter comet broken up long ago, but also, with the Southern swarm, believed responsible for the strike in 10,800 BC which incinerated the North American continent killing off the mega fauna and Clovis peoples and brought on the Younger Dryas.
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posted on
10/27/2019 5:23:08 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: fproy2222
It’s good to see we are on the same side in this thread!
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posted on
10/27/2019 5:23:11 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Kinda depends on whether you are buying or selling.
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posted on
10/27/2019 5:24:40 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: DoodleBob
Dang!
Hasn’t the little power reactor in that run out of fuel YET??
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posted on
10/27/2019 5:25:49 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: 11th_VA
Worlds greatest bar pickup line bump
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posted on
10/27/2019 5:30:04 AM PDT
by
SteveH
(intentionally blank)
To: Elsie
I’ve change the batteries in my 12C multiple times. The calculator continues to work flawlessly. The thread on that gizmo ran over 100 posts...there’s a lotta love for the 12C.
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posted on
10/27/2019 5:33:02 AM PDT
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^s)
To: PIF
WAY back in the day; I was able to actually hike down inside of Meteor Crater in Arizona.
Since that time, I have heard that a tourist woman hurt her foot/leg/whatever while attempting to hike down. In high heels!
Then came the lawyers; now there is no access.
no; the trail was NOT that bad.
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posted on
10/27/2019 5:33:42 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: 11th_VA
Going to hit the orbit, oh no!
If it destroys the orbit will we read about it in its orbituary?
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posted on
10/27/2019 5:34:28 AM PDT
by
kanawa
(Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel))
To: DoodleBob
“That comes to about 360,000 miles, or about 3x the distance to the moon.”
Actually 93,000,000 .039 is 3,627,000 miles and not 367,000 miles.
To: billyboy15; muskah
Yep, guilty as charged. Decimals are a problem before before coffee. The good news is that means an even lower chance of impact and a near-guaranteed 0 on the Torino scale. Christmas will visit earth again.
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posted on
10/27/2019 5:43:39 AM PDT
by
DoodleBob
(Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^s)
To: Elsie
Meteor Crater impact in 50,000 BC was a 50 meter asteroid traveling at 45,000 mph and about one tenth of 216258 2006 WH1 traveling at 26,000 mph for comparison.
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posted on
10/27/2019 5:55:15 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: 11th_VA
Revelation 8:10 The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water—
11 the name of the star is Wormwood.[a] A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.
To: Popman
Yup. a 540 metre rock will destroy the earth... I don't think they used the word 'destroy'.
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posted on
10/27/2019 5:56:38 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
To: Right Wing Assault
I don't think they used the word 'destroy'.mass extinction=destroy....take your pick...
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posted on
10/27/2019 6:02:26 AM PDT
by
Popman
To: Elsie
Only one in 73,000 chance that the earth will actually BE where the asteroid passes thru the ‘orbit’. 
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posted on
10/27/2019 6:06:02 AM PDT
by
Sirius Lee
(They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.>>>)
To: Elsie
Yesterday, a concrete mixer was speeding right at me when I was going through an intersection! Whew! Good thing it didn't get there until 15 seconds later.
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posted on
10/27/2019 6:08:31 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hlwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
To: Gay State Conservative
Can’t believe it waited till the 11th post!
People are falling’ down on the job here!
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posted on
10/27/2019 6:15:19 AM PDT
by
_longranger81
(Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; defend the defenseless; care for the unloved.)
To: teeman8r
It is not so much the size, but speed...Seee??
To: SaveFerris; SkyPilot
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posted on
10/27/2019 6:19:45 AM PDT
by
Roman_War_Criminal
(Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
To: certrtwngnut
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