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Large Asteroid To Make Closest Pass By Earth In Over A Century Next Week
https://www.iflscience.com ^ | 15 FEBRUARY 2022 | Dr. Alfredo Carpineti

Posted on 02/15/2022 9:37:40 AM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 02/15/2022 9:37:40 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
Interesting graphic. Looks scary!

...until you read that the closest it'll get will be about 3 million miles...

2 posted on 02/15/2022 9:40:41 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Fauci is a despicable little turd)
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3 posted on 02/15/2022 9:41:09 AM PST by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: Red Badger

My albedo has gone down quite a bit too.


4 posted on 02/15/2022 9:41:21 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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"Oh my God, it looks like a giant......"
5 posted on 02/15/2022 9:41:26 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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This object is classified as "potentially hazardous"

The closest distance will be 3,334,000 miles. That's 14 times the distance from Earth to the moon.

6 posted on 02/15/2022 9:42:48 AM PST by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: Red Badger

Large Asteroid 2022 - Just End It Already!


7 posted on 02/15/2022 9:43:58 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Steely Tom
My albedo has gone down quite a bit too.

Try eating oysters, and maybe cut back on alcohol.

8 posted on 02/15/2022 9:44:07 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: dfwgator

Don’t look up!


9 posted on 02/15/2022 9:44:44 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

What a stupid movie that was.


10 posted on 02/15/2022 9:45:54 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: COBOL2Java

Its a giant baked potato


11 posted on 02/15/2022 9:46:20 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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12 posted on 02/15/2022 9:48:47 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: Magnum44
Its a giant baked potato

Yum! Pass the chili and cheddar cheese!


13 posted on 02/15/2022 9:50:18 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Fauci is a despicable little turd)
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...until you read that the closest it'll get will be about 3 million miles...

Well, on a galactic scale, three million miles is a near miss.

14 posted on 02/15/2022 9:50:37 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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15 posted on 02/15/2022 9:54:11 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (I won't let the rocks cry out in my place)
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To: Magnum44
It was cooler when the Stargate SG1 team saved Earth by creating a wormhole through which both the ship and the asteroid passed through harmlessly just before impact.
16 posted on 02/15/2022 9:56:44 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Red Badger

Hit Red China...


17 posted on 02/15/2022 9:58:46 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Don’t look up!.........................


18 posted on 02/15/2022 10:00:24 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Every twenty million years a 'big one' hits the earth... Yep, this could be the week. /s

19 posted on 02/15/2022 10:01:19 AM PST by GOPJ (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Hebrews 11:6

50’s fear porn... good one Hebrews..

Yep, every twenty million years or so a ‘big one’ hits the world - this could be the one. /s


20 posted on 02/15/2022 10:04:17 AM PST by GOPJ (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. Ayn Rand)
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