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Asteroid four times the size of the Empire State Building barreling toward Earth on May 27 [Sorry. Not SMOD]
livescience.com ^
| Brandon Specktor p
Posted on 05/22/2022 5:44:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Fear not: the asteroid, named 7335 (1989 JA), will soundly miss our planet by about 2.5 million miles (4 million kilometers) — or nearly 10 times the average distance between Earth and the moon. Still, given the space rock's enormous size (1.1. miles, or 1.8 km, in diameter) and relatively close proximity to Earth, NASA has classified the asteroid as "potentially hazardous," meaning it could do enormous damage to our planet if its orbit ever changes and the rock impacts Earth.
This asteroid is one of more than 29,000 near-Earth objects (NEOs) that NASA tracks each year. NEOs refer to any astronomical object that passes within about 30 million miles (48 million km) of Earth's orbit, according to NASA. A majority of these objects are extremely small; 7335 (1989 JA) measures larger than about 99% of NEOs that NASA follows, the agency said.
7335 (1989 JA) also fits into a class of asteroid called the Apollo-class — which refers to asteroids that orbit the sun while periodically crossing Earth's orbit, Live Science previously reported. Astronomers know of about 15,000 such asteroids.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: 1989ja; 7335; 73351989ja; acronyms; asteroid; asteroids; astronomy; catastrophism; doomage; science; smod; teotwawki
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To: BenLurkin
SMOD? Just another tease I’m afraid.
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posted on
05/22/2022 6:49:05 PM PDT
by
Salman
(It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
To: BenLurkin
A 1.8km asteroid - if it hit Earth - would cause local devastation and grief but would not be the "big one". Sort of like a Tunguska event. The Chicxulub crater was a mass extinction event and was about 10 km in size or so.
I don't scoff at these things and I am glad this one will miss us.
To: dsrtsage
Have you ever been to New Jersey?
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posted on
05/22/2022 6:55:10 PM PDT
by
Exit148
(I)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
05/22/2022 7:00:14 PM PDT
by
Recompennation
(Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count so me)
To: Exit148
“Have you ever been to New Jersey?”
I have
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posted on
05/22/2022 7:03:31 PM PDT
by
dsrtsage
( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
To: WKUHilltopper
Less than 250,000 miles and then I’ll think about it, otherwise who cares?
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posted on
05/22/2022 7:30:27 PM PDT
by
Don W
(When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
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posted on
05/22/2022 7:39:02 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
To: BenLurkin
The one to watch is Friday the 13th, 2029 Apophis
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posted on
05/22/2022 7:49:39 PM PDT
by
roving
To: BenLurkin
Maybe it will hit Davos. No loss.
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posted on
05/22/2022 8:38:41 PM PDT
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(My body, my choice....but not when it comes down to unconstitutional "vaccine" mandates.)
To: july4thfreedomfoundation
Bring it on ☄️...Now that’s the way to go out!!
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posted on
05/22/2022 8:48:28 PM PDT
by
JerseyDvl
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: BenLurkin
Indeed, sounds like good news for a change...
To: plain talk
“Diameter of
Carter”
Which Carter? Why are we interested in Carter’s diameter?
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posted on
05/22/2022 10:34:04 PM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
To: All
Barrelling towards earth and missing earth by ten million miles sounds like an epic FAIL to me. Still, in a society in which you can lose an election by fifteen million votes and be sworn in president, I guess it is a direct hit, we’re all doomed and we’re all gonna die.
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posted on
05/22/2022 11:16:00 PM PDT
by
Peter ODonnell
("Vlad, next time you have a special operation, run it by us first, okay?")
To: BenLurkin
I was amazed when I saw the scale diagrams below

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posted on
05/23/2022 4:02:25 AM PDT
by
Cronos
To: Exit148
how to be pre-judged
Tell people that one was born in California and raised in New Jersey.
I even hate myself for such a deleteriously mercurial lineage.
Oh the Hugh Manatee!
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posted on
05/23/2022 4:30:22 AM PDT
by
SERE_DOC
( The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. TJ)
To: BenLurkin
. Still, given the space rock's enormous size (1.1. miles, or 1.8 km, in diameter) and relatively close proximity to Earth, NASA has classified the asteroid as "potentially hazardous," About as "potentially hazardous" as global warming.
ML/NJ
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posted on
05/23/2022 6:48:20 AM PDT
by
ml/nj
("If the Representatives of the People betray their Constituents ..." Federalist #28; READ IT!)
To: SERE_DOC
How about being born and living in Massachusetts- and marrying into NJ.?When my dear Mother realized where I was going to live, she cried but on her first visit here, i drove her around and she was astounded. Not AT ALL what she saw on the turnpike and all the gas tanks! Not many places where you can go from almost mountainous area and to the ocean in an hour. AND —- it is a peninsula!
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posted on
05/23/2022 7:18:45 PM PDT
by
Exit148
(I)
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