Thanks BenLurkin. Yeah, probably.
Posted on 08/02/2022 10:22:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
An asteroid ...is set to fly safely past Earth later this week after being discovered just a few days ago.
The space rock, dubbed 2022 OE2, will make a close approach to our planet on Wednesday, figures from NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) database show.
At 8:23 p.m. ET on that day, the asteroid is predicted to come within around 3.2 million miles of Earth in its own orbit around the sun.
...astronomers usually provide a range for size estimates, which in the case of 2022 OE2 is 170-380 meters (558-1,247 feet).
According to the CNEOS figures, 2022 OE2 will be traveling at a staggering speed of nearly 72,000 miles per hour.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
For real. I had the Sinclair transistor AM radio. I think they are still available on eBay.
Thanks BenLurkin. Yeah, probably.
This meteor crater is covered up thanks to glaciers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Plaines_crater
This meteor crater is covered up thanks to glaciers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Plaines_crater
Drop a grenade in each one of them.
‘If a “city-killer” rock ever does strike Earth, do you think it may come as a complete surprise (as did the Russian bolide)?’
no, but I believe women of color will be hardest hit...
“Another one!
And it’s going to fly safely past the Earth...” [I want the USA back, post 34]
It’s flying safely past - this time.
In space, rocks like that don’t disappear nor run out of velocity. They just keep going around and around in some sort of orbit until they run into something bigger. Such as a planet, or the Sun.
Many of them don’t even conform to predictable orbits. That’s true of a number of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
My neighbors old Peterbuilt has about that many miles on it I think, I know it’s close to it now.
Looking at it that way it kind of changes my perspective on things.
“Nearing Earth” is 3.2 million miles? Mmmph!
Thanks, good link and info.
Earth once had a bad case of asteroids. It cleared up, though.
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