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Fridge-sized asteroid sneaks within 2,000 miles of Earth undetected
NY Post ^
| October 30, 2021
| By Patrick Reilly
Posted on 11/01/2021 10:06:04 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The object was first spotted by the Catalina Sky Survey, which works to identify threatening asteroids, according to CNET.
A simulation shows just how close the space rock came to the planet.
The object, about 6.6 feet in diameter, was likely to have mostly burned up had it struck the atmosphere, according to reports. It was undetected until hours after it had passed the planet, as it had approached from the direction of the sun, blocking it from scientists’ view.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: asteroid; asteroids; astronomy; catastrophism; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; patrickreilly; science
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:06:04 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
dorm sized fridge or commercial sized?
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:10:24 AM PDT
by
b4me
(Repeated lies does Not equal TRUTH. )
To: BenLurkin
I don’t think a refrigerator-sized “asteroid” represents an existential threat.
To: BenLurkin
Full of alien beer for the world series.
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:12:51 AM PDT
by
Fido969
(45 is Superman!Al gun, I believe. )
To: BenLurkin
NASA has everything under control....
Oops.
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:13:49 AM PDT
by
cgbg
(A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
To: BenLurkin
Pelosi-size fridge?
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:15:41 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Fauci is a despicable little turd)
To: DarrellZero
I don’t think a refrigerator-sized “asteroid” represents an existential threat. Depends on what it's stocked with
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:18:10 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Fauci is a despicable little turd)
To: COBOL2Java
This one.
It can survive atmosphere entry, powerful landings, and even lead lined for nuclear radiation!
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:20:48 AM PDT
by
z3n
(“If the populace knew with what idiocy they were ruled, they would revolt.” -Charlemagne)
To: b4me
dorm sized fridge or commercial sized?
Pelosie size?
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:21:13 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(leave the gun, take the canolis)
To: Fido969
Yes, but you'll have to be willing to "Trepilicate" with them first...
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:21:39 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Fridge sized? This is a scare tactic headline. Bolides of that size frequently burn up in the atmosphere. Depending on the trajectory, it most likely would bounce off the atmosphere.
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:23:29 AM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplophobe bigot!)
To: Swordmaker
I’m amazed that can track something that small.
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:25:52 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
This is news?
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:31:51 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: b4me
dorm sized fridge or commercial sized?Not sure, but it did have the name "Amana" printed on the side.
To: BenLurkin
“An asteroid impact is the only national disaster that can be prevented.”
I don’t know about that. What about ‘She Who Shall Not Be Named’? She lost the 2016 election.
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:35:51 AM PDT
by
TheDon
(Resist the usurpers)
To: DarrellZero
Most likely not. If it made it to somewhere populated on earth it would just take out a couple square city blocks.
The one that hit in AZ (Meteor Crater) was about a 100 ft in dia.
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:37:21 AM PDT
by
crz
To: b4me
Pelosi sized would take out all of San Francisco
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:38:32 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Hi Dad)
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:45:45 AM PDT
by
Pollard
(PureBlood -- youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
To: BenLurkin
“Refrigerator-sized asteroid”? Nope, that’s just not going to be big enough to do the job (sigh).
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:48:57 AM PDT
by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: BenLurkin
Interesting how we have read in the past (usually after previous near Earth asteroid approaches) that there is no
"near Earth objects" that could be a potential threat to us for at least 26 years or such and then woooooooosh....
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posted on
11/01/2021 10:50:35 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
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