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Incoming! Two Asteroids at Breakneck Speeds Whizzing Towards Earth Have NASA on Alert
https://sputniknews.com/science/202003021078448093-incoming-two-asteroids-at-breakneck-speeds-whizzing-towards-earth-have-nasa-on-alert/ ^ | 0915 GMT 02.03.2020

Posted on 03/02/2020 10:01:33 AM PST by BenLurkin

Two asteroids projected to come zooming past planet Earth on 2 March have had NASA on alert, with its Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) tracking the wayward space rocks that possess orbits intersecting Earth’s trajectory.

The first asteroid to venture into Earth’s vicinity has been dubbed 2020 DZ3. With an orbit that goes through the paths of Mercury and Venus, according to CNEOS’ database, the asteroid has built up a speed of over 48,000 miles per hour and boasts an estimated diameter of about 154 feet (47 Meters). This asteroid’s next near-Earth approach is calculated to happen on 28 September 2022.

The other space traveler is trailing behind, both smaller and slower than 2020 DZ3.

Expert calculations show that 2020 DZ3, due to its size and speed, could potentially result in an impact, while 2020 DD4 would most likely burn up in the atmosphere.

(Excerpt) Read more at sputniknews.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: 2020dd4; 2020dz3; asteroid; asteroids; astronomy; catastrophism; science; space
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


61 posted on 03/02/2020 1:34:18 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: mmichaels1970

If they were zooming away then they would never pass.


62 posted on 03/02/2020 1:38:06 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Daffynition; mountn man

That’s the one, thanx!

That Lil’ Dipper cracks me up every time.


63 posted on 03/02/2020 1:56:25 PM PST by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: Seruzawa; Daffynition; dfwgator
Lol. What a stupid article.

Hyped astronomy.

The hype culture infects everything to get clicks.

It's like SETEC ASTRONOMY, only different.

MONEY PATH -- SO DRY!

64 posted on 03/02/2020 2:21:48 PM PST by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: BenLurkin

In Colorado they’re on high alert.


65 posted on 03/02/2020 2:50:59 PM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...



66 posted on 03/02/2020 3:02:33 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Mopp4

Didn’t you really mean any asteroid striking uranaus would really hurt ?


67 posted on 03/02/2020 3:38:35 PM PST by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin posting here for the record hoping somebody might read and pass around)
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To: BenLurkin

True. But when I saw “whizzing towards”, I thought we were certainly all doomed. Then I saw “zooming past”. Shew!


68 posted on 03/02/2020 3:42:11 PM PST by mmichaels1970
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To: BenLurkin

Whizzing towards Earth???

Well, that’s a pisser!


69 posted on 03/02/2020 3:48:09 PM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: Ezekiel

70 posted on 03/02/2020 3:50:53 PM PST by Daffynition (*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
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To: BenLurkin

Do you really think that if the powers that be detected a really big incoming asteroid they would even tell us?


71 posted on 03/02/2020 3:59:47 PM PST by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: TonyM
Seriously, my fellow Christians, is this not another portent of the end of days?

No. This has been happening for a long time.

72 posted on 03/02/2020 4:08:05 PM PST by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: Crusher138

Pushing through the market square
So many mothers sighing
News had just come over
We had five years left to cry in

News guy wept and told us
Earth was really dying
Cried so much his face was wet

Then I knew he was not lying


73 posted on 03/02/2020 4:29:50 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: mosesdapoet

LOL !


74 posted on 03/03/2020 4:30:29 AM PST by Mopp4
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