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Large asteroid will sweep by earth in 2029, almost colliding
Earthsky ^ | April 30, 2019 | Deborah Bryd

Posted on 02/09/2020 1:16:43 PM PST by WebHankerchief22

A relatively large asteroid that would cause damage if it hit earth will undergo a near miss of earth, flying right by. There was earlier controversy as to whether the asteroid would hit, but now scientists say it won't hit. Previously a 1-40 chance of colliding.

However, if the around 370 meter asteroid actually did hit earth in a high density area.. it would be a disaster. According to a simulation from an Asteroid Damage Simulator, the asteroid would cause hundreds of thousands of casualties and hundreds of buildings would collapse in range. Fortunately, this will not happen as the asteroid will undergo a near miss of earth.


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KEYWORDS: 2019; apophis; asteroid; asteroidcollision; catastrophism; extinction; noob; oldnews
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To: SunkenCiv

Watch out for falling objects.

Twice in my life I’ve had birds crap on me. One time I was holding a bag of open Frtios and it dropped squarely in the bag.


41 posted on 02/09/2020 3:34:30 PM PST by be-baw
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To: WebHankerchief22
Here's the pitch. It's outside by 19,000 miles! The batter goes to 1st and the umpire has to get a new ball from the ballperson.

OH! Here comes the manager. He's pulling the pitcher after that last pitch. Who can argue with that move?

42 posted on 02/09/2020 3:39:38 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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To: be-baw
66,000,000 years ago

LOL - guess I was off by a few years...

(BTW this is the technique liberals used to create massive culture changes in a few short years, how they sold peak oil, ozone hole, acid rain, all birds dying from DDT, population bomb, global warming etc. etc,etc.)

Soon we'll have a department of Asteroid Protection... and lots of hysteria about needing to 'SAVE MOTHER EARF' from total destruction.

The psychological mechanisms that create this insanity and total rejection of reality is too complicated to write up in the few decades I might have left on this insane planet.

43 posted on 02/09/2020 3:42:18 PM PST by GOPJ ( http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm)
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To: Chode

Yes, that was bad. We’ve had a few on that level... happens.


44 posted on 02/09/2020 3:44:03 PM PST by GOPJ ( http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm)
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To: be-baw
Twice in my life I’ve had birds crap on me.

Same here, but the best one I saw when I was in boot camp. A bunch of us were BS-ing and one guy was emphasizing his point by threw his index finger out. A bird crap landed right on it. It took us about 20 minutes to stop laughing.

I also saw when James Schmitz had a pigeon egg fall on his head on the way out of school when we were in sixth grade.

45 posted on 02/09/2020 3:46:19 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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To: Vaquero
...only 50,000 years old

True. Well, when global warming goes the way of the ozone hole, peak oil and acid rain we can remind people about the Meteor Crater in Winslow, Arizona. If there's a massive change in the number of Asteroid coming in our direction - then it needs to be looked at. Other than that this is another white liberal elite sky is falling bit of hysteria.

46 posted on 02/09/2020 3:48:26 PM PST by GOPJ ( http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm)
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To: WebHankerchief22; All
I don't believe this. It's white science.

47 posted on 02/09/2020 3:51:00 PM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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48 posted on 02/09/2020 3:53:34 PM PST by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Leep

Like the old saying goes: “Almost doesn’t count (except horseshoes and hand grenades)”


49 posted on 02/09/2020 3:59:52 PM PST by Atticus
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To: WebHankerchief22

Tell me when to duck!


50 posted on 02/09/2020 4:12:02 PM PST by Savage Beast (My perception of Trump these days is that he is in close communication with God. --Qiviut)
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To: Candor7

In another nine years, if I’m still kickin, I won’t be lookin.


51 posted on 02/09/2020 4:42:06 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: BenLurkin

Nobody said it did.

Go ahead and believe the government funded “scientists” if you choose.

My point was that they can’t predict tomorrow’s weather, but they wanna sell us fear - predicting doom in 2029.

Go argue with someone else..


52 posted on 02/09/2020 4:55:32 PM PST by joethedrummer
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To: SkyPilot

Tom Horn says Apophis is the Wormwood meteor of Revelation and it will hit in 2029.
His full hour and a half explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sPLWOXeftg

Short 30 minute explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HofOcZKgfxI


53 posted on 02/09/2020 4:55:37 PM PST by Redcitizen ("There's no replacement for shot placement" - Paul Harrell)
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To: WebHankerchief22

Welcome to Free Republic.


54 posted on 02/09/2020 5:23:29 PM PST by upchuck (Mayor Pete is not running to win. He's running to mainstream homosexuality. ~ Cowboy Bob)
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To: WebHankerchief22
No no...we need to study this astroid. I propose a 100% tax on Gas and oil products, because it is coming because of global warming...Maxine Waters. 😋
55 posted on 02/09/2020 5:43:46 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: WebHankerchief22

BFD, so what if it did hit us? By 2029 we only have what, a couple of years left anyway, right?


56 posted on 02/09/2020 5:54:09 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Redcitizen

Thank you very much for that link. I’m going to listen to that.


57 posted on 02/09/2020 6:04:50 PM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: be-baw

I think they do that on purpose, that’s why they all sit so close on the powerline later, sharing a laugh about what each has been doing. ;^)


58 posted on 02/09/2020 6:22:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

You’re probably right.

Whatever you do, don’t every piss off a crow. They have an uncanny ability to communicate with one another. A few years ago, there was a murder of crows perched in the trees in my backyard, and their cawing was driving me crazy. I finally took out my BB gun and took aim. I don’t think I hit one, but my windshield was covered in messy birdcrap the next day.

You piss off a crow, you piss off them all. Not recommended.


59 posted on 02/09/2020 6:29:33 PM PST by be-baw
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To: SkyPilot

You’re welcome. I’m going to keep an eye on what he says about Apophis in the future.


60 posted on 02/09/2020 6:33:02 PM PST by Redcitizen ("There's no replacement for shot placement" - Paul Harrell)
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