Posted on 01/18/2022 10:02:51 AM PST by BenLurkin
The asteroid, known as 7482 (1994 PC1), is set to fly by the planet at 1:51 p.m. PT, traveling at a speed of about 43,754 mph, according to NASA.
“Near-Earth #asteroid 1994 PC1 (~1 km wide) is very well known and has been studied for decades by our #PlanetaryDefense experts,”
With a diameter of approximately 3,451 feet, the asteroid is more than twice the size of the Empire State Building.
And while there’s no threat that the asteroid will hit our planet, NASA still considers it a “potentially hazardous object” due to a combination of size and distance from Earth.
NASA’s “eyes on asteroid” website is currently tracking the large object, so you’ll be to check out when it approaches and passes by Earth on Tuesday
For those looking to actually view the asteroid, it’s not quite big enough to see with the naked eye — but you will probably be able to observe it with a small telescope, EarthSky reports.
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Thank you Joe Brandon Biden for keeping this asteroid from hitting the planet. If the horrid Trump were president, he would have done nothing to save the earth. (sarc)
It’s amusing reading the snarky posts.
Quick paint a bullseye on our fallen US capital called
DC.
Correct the real insurrection that’s already happened.
Is this larger than the interstellar object (ʻOumuamua) that passed through the solar system five years ago?
Is this a false flag? How many millions of miles away will it pass. They know the size down to the foot so they should know how close to the mile that it will pass.
My all time fave sci fi flick.
“Rest assured, 1994 PC1 will safely fly past our planet 1.2 million miles away.”
ʻOumuamua is a small object estimated to be between 100 and 1,000 metres (300 and 3,000 ft) long, with its width and thickness both estimated to range between 35 and 167 metres (115 and 548 ft).[11]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBOumuamua
Okay. So the asteroid is larger.
The ending of that movie is hilarious.
Now let’s steer it towards DC with our minds.
Is the asteroid racist?
Of course, it is.
Lunar Looter Guy, is that you?
Clint Howard’s a funny dude....too bad he was always in Ron’s shadow.
Then you and I watched completely different movies.
The Meryl Streep President character was clearly a disgusting caricature of Donald Trump (and by extension all conservatives,) complete with flag waiving rallies and her MAGA-like "Don't Look UP" hat.
The entire premise of the movie with a meteor striking Earth in six months, and nobody believing the 'scientists' that the Earth was destined to be destroyed if something wasn't done was a metaphor for Global Climate Change and society's inaction.
The only genuinely funny moment in the entire movie was at the very end after the credits.
The rest was an insult to my intelligence and my values.
Exactly, would DeCrapio ever make a movie that didn’t mock conservatives?
They shoulda locked Dr. Carrington outside with the sled dogs, it woulda saved a whole hell of lot of trouble.
I agree, it was the only genuine laugh I got out of the entire movie. The rest stunk to high heaven for me.
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