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1 posted on 05/06/2020 1:58:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Wow!


2 posted on 05/06/2020 1:59:02 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: BenLurkin

[ Asteroid sneaks past satellites in one of the closest flybys on record ]

I blame the NRA!! The Paris Accords would have kept us safe!!

It’s time to put up “No Asteroid Area” signs all over the Solar System!!

This is obviously President Trump’s fault. And clear evidence of ... RUSSIAN COLLUSION!!!

/Massive Liberal Logic


3 posted on 05/06/2020 2:03:47 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: BenLurkin
We need better Space Intruder Detector satellites. This one comes with an outdoor gas grill. Lucas Electrics, too!


4 posted on 05/06/2020 2:03:55 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: BenLurkin

https://spaceweather.com/

If you scroll a little down there’s a Near Earth Asteroid section and 2020 JJ was on there being tracked at 0.0 LD. There was another close one today 2020 JN that was at 0.7 LD. (Lunar Distance.)


5 posted on 05/06/2020 2:04:00 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: BenLurkin

Not that big of a deal:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_JJ


6 posted on 05/06/2020 2:05:37 PM PDT by Moonman62 (http://www.freerepublic.com/~moonman62/)
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To: BenLurkin

“Close asteroid passes like this aren’t really anything worth worrying about, but it’s always worth keeping an eye on what’s going on near our planet”

The people that keep watch for these things missed it completely. Don’t worry, nuthin to see here.


7 posted on 05/06/2020 2:06:31 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised but It Will Be Livestreamed)
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To: BenLurkin

“Had 2020 JJ actually struck Earth, most of it probably would have burned up in the atmosphere. In other words, this space rock wasn’t any sort of existential threat, but it did fly closer than many of the satellites orbiting our planet and could have potentially struck one, creating a big mess.”

I guess, but then it’s more likely to win the multi-state Lotto.


9 posted on 05/06/2020 2:07:08 PM PDT by BobL
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To: BenLurkin
2020 JJ

Not very creative. Get with the times: "2020 Covid"

11 posted on 05/06/2020 2:07:57 PM PDT by C210N
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To: BenLurkin

I think that there have been closer asteroids. Berringer Crater comes to mind as one. Chenyabinsk(sp)


15 posted on 05/06/2020 2:09:50 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: BenLurkin

It didn’t hit the earth and nobody would have noticed if it did. Slow news day, I guess.
And now, in the same vein, George Carlin reports on today’s big health news: “The Center for Disease Control has discovered a new disease which has no symptoms. It is impossible to detect, and there is no known cure. Fortunately, no cases have been reported thus far.”


21 posted on 05/06/2020 2:18:48 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: BenLurkin

Sooner or later another big one will hit.


22 posted on 05/06/2020 2:18:50 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SunkenCiv

*ping*


27 posted on 05/06/2020 2:30:22 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: BenLurkin

Next time, my way


35 posted on 05/06/2020 3:14:09 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: BenLurkin

It is said, “you never see the bullet coming that kills you”

(..I’ll take that on faith)


36 posted on 05/06/2020 3:30:28 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas ( (January 20, 2017, High Noon. The end of an error.))
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To: BenLurkin

Sooner or later one will sneak in and impact.


38 posted on 05/06/2020 3:36:34 PM PDT by JPG (MAGA 2020!)
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To: BenLurkin

Um, do we know where Marco Inaros is at the moment?


39 posted on 05/06/2020 4:41:52 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: BenLurkin
Had 2020 JJ actually struck Earth....

It would have been DY-NO-MITE!


40 posted on 05/06/2020 4:46:32 PM PDT by Lazamataz (China is the single source of evil in the entire world.)
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To: BenLurkin

“Tower, this is 2020 JJ requesting a flyby.”
“Negative 2020 JJ, the pattern is full.”


49 posted on 05/07/2020 6:08:59 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin
Inquiring minds want to know what size of truck?





57 posted on 05/07/2020 2:52:23 PM PDT by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
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