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Huge 18,000mph Apollo-class asteroid set to zoom past Earth in 'close approach'
mirror.co.uk ^ | 20 Nov 2021 | ByLeonie Chao-Fong

Posted on 11/21/2021 10:15:11 PM PST by BenLurkin

The Apollo-class asteroid, called 3361 Orpheus, is 984 feet wide and is travelling at around 18,000 miles per hour.

NASA will be keeping a close eye on the huge space rock, which has made it onto the space agency's 'Close Approach' list.

But there's no need to panic just yet – the asteroid will pass through a distance of 3.5 million miles from our home planet.

Anything that passes within 120 million miles is considered a Near Earth Object (NEO), a term used to describe "comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the Earth’s neighbourhood."

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: 3361orpheus; apolloasteroid; asteroid; asteroids; astronomy; catastrophism; comet; comets; earthcrosser; leoniechaofong; meteor; meteors; nearearthobject; neo; science
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To: 21twelve

Mercury, Venus and Mars are sometimes less than 120 million miles from earth...not to mention Phobos and Deimos.


21 posted on 11/22/2021 8:39:39 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Army Air Corps; 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; ...
Obviously another lie THEY are trying to tell us!!! Apollo was the fake moon landing program and it has nothing to do with the supposed asteroids!!!

Oh, sorry. ;^)

Thanks Army Air Corps. Just above this I've added a graphic of an African impact crater and a recent-years bolide impact map.



22 posted on 11/22/2021 8:39:42 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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In the northern Arizona desert, an imposing-looking crater shows the impact of an ancient meteor crash. Until the 1960s, it was mistakenly believed to be a volcanic crater.
Arizona's Jaw-Dropping Mile-Long Meteor Crater | November 25, 2016 | Smithsonian Channel [From: AERIAL AMERICA: Roadside Attractions]
Arizona's Jaw-Dropping Mile-Long Meteor Crater | November 25, 2016 | Smithsonian Channel

23 posted on 11/22/2021 8:42:32 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: bitt

When was the last big hit? Twelve thousand years ago? Or more? Not buying into this fear porn.


24 posted on 11/22/2021 9:16:43 AM PST by GOPJ (One man lying to himself is pathetic - - a culture lying to itself seeds it's own destruction.)
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To: BenLurkin

“...the asteroid will pass through a distance of 3.5 million miles from our home planet.”

SO CLOSE, 3 1/2 MILLION miles!

“from our home planet”? What about our OTHER planets. You know the vacation planets or our summer planets. Are THEY safe?

/s


25 posted on 11/22/2021 9:24:35 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: Verginius Rufus

The sun is always less than 120 million miles away.


26 posted on 11/22/2021 10:04:30 AM PST by GingisK
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To: GingisK

I know that, but someone else had already mentioned the figure of 93 million miles for the distance to the sun (that’s the average—varies by a few million miles in the course of a year).


27 posted on 11/22/2021 11:25:25 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

We need to sue for a circular orbit.


28 posted on 11/22/2021 11:54:23 AM PST by GingisK
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To: BenLurkin

Swing Low, Big Fella. Swing Low, I pray.


29 posted on 11/22/2021 12:00:56 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: BenLurkin

Swing Low, Big Fella. Swing Low, I pray.


30 posted on 11/22/2021 12:01:33 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: BenLurkin
But there's no need to panic just yet – the asteroid will pass through a distance of 3.5 million miles from our home planet.

When they find one that's going to pass within 75 feet of the Earth, then I'll be concerned.

31 posted on 11/22/2021 12:09:09 PM PST by GreenHornet
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32 posted on 11/22/2021 12:14:04 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: BenLurkin

Why does the chart have metric (140 meters plus, 1 kilometer plus)? Aren’t they supposed to compare near-earth asteroids to the size of a football field?


33 posted on 11/22/2021 3:49:48 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: GingisK

Tinfoil alert. Have you noticed all the close calls over the last 5 years? We have big one (but not extinction) coming. That’s why the vax. Store a tone of food supplies and the right people then Bam 4Billion dead due to Covid, asteroid hits and we survive as a species with Fauchi and Gates as head honchos. Sound like utopia.


34 posted on 11/22/2021 4:00:29 PM PST by wgmalabama (We will find out if the Vac or virus risk was the correct choice - can we put truth above narrativel)
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