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Asteroids could be approaching Earth undetected as NASA scientists find a danger zone that allows space rocks to 'sneak up' on telescopes because of a quirk of the planet's daily rotation
Daily Mail ^
| Ian Randall
Posted on 01/17/2022 2:23:10 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: Seruzawa
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posted on
01/17/2022 3:25:38 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I needed to test the service before I could recommend them to anyone else.
22
posted on
01/17/2022 3:25:41 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: GaltAdonis
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Ignorance is greatly to be preferred.
23
posted on
01/17/2022 3:26:55 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Climate change, COVID and now we have to worry about sneaky asterisks.
To: Seruzawa
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posted on
01/17/2022 3:28:07 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: TomGuy
Ain't that the truth!
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posted on
01/17/2022 3:29:04 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Rusty: Hey, ya’ got Pac Man?
Cousin Dale: No.
Rusty: Ya’ got Space Invaders?
Cousin Dale: Nope.
Rusty: Ya’ got Asteroids?
Cousin Dale: Naw, but my dad does. Can’t even sit on the toilet some days.
27
posted on
01/17/2022 3:29:47 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
They. can’t come fast enough.
To: dfwgator
Just dump a box of rattlesnakes out behind the trailer and let the kids round them.
It’ll keep ‘em busy for hours.
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posted on
01/17/2022 3:31:14 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Cousin Vicki : I’m going steady, and I French kiss.
Audrey Griswold : So? Everybody does that.
Cousin Vicki : Yeah, but Daddy says I’m the best at it.
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posted on
01/17/2022 3:59:40 PM PST
by
Raycpa
To: BenLurkin
The reason, the team determined, is because it was moving towards us in such a way that its motion across the night sky was counteracted by the Earth's spin.BULL!
This graphic is a STILL snapshot.
The earth is moving against a background of stars and the apparent motion of any external closeup object is going to show because of the dynamic parallax.
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posted on
01/17/2022 6:48:27 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: blueunicorn6
Are there asteroids on Uranus?
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posted on
01/17/2022 6:50:08 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: BenLurkin; Lazamataz
None.
You get the other 68.
(You can always share with Laz...)
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posted on
01/17/2022 6:55:01 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: BenLurkin
>
I’m thinking of setting up a fearporn ping list. Interested? Assuming it's for the purpose of ridiculing/denouncing said fearporn, please count me in.
As an added twist to the "serious" fearporn, you might include the occasional Babylon Bee satire-fearporn article. Just to see it we're paying attention. :-)
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posted on
01/17/2022 7:13:19 PM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
Perhaps. After all, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Ignorance is greatly to be preferred.
35
posted on
01/17/2022 7:26:41 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin; 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; ...
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posted on
01/17/2022 9:33:26 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: BenLurkin
So many ancient civilizations had sky-watching monuments (Stonehenge, Egyptian Pyramids, Mayan Snail-shell, etc.)
Maybe too much Art Bell listening back in the day, but I always wondered maybe they weren’t about planting crops, but a warning to watch for a cosmic interaction (some invisible star, space dust, etc.) that was headed our way.
Kind of like the Vogons and their hyperspace bypass.
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posted on
01/17/2022 9:39:46 PM PST
by
P.O.E.
To: BenLurkin
"...Ignorance is greatly to be preferred...." If true, then Democrats should be dancing in the streets.
I don't see it.
Protesting, Yes - but no dancing...
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posted on
01/18/2022 5:16:37 AM PST
by
GaltAdonis
(As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide. Abe Lincoln)
To: Vaquero
They have discovered several large asteroids at distances closer than the moon .... AFTER they have passed by the Earth due to being blinded by the Sun.
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posted on
01/18/2022 5:22:46 AM PST
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
To: BenLurkin
In Robinson Crusoe he spent his first years(?) on his deserted island alone but in relative good spirits. Building a shelter, figuring out food, etc.
At some point he explored the far side of the island. On the beach he saw foot prints. His fear got the best of him. Pirates? Slave traders?? Canibals!!???
He ran back to his camp, built a stockade and hunkered down in fear for a year or two. Of course nothing happened.
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posted on
01/18/2022 5:28:09 AM PST
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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