New asteroid expected to make very close pass to Earth this evening

UPI ^ | January 26, 2023 | By Paul Godfrey

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

Tonight’s the night!..................

[mikelets456]

Standing with clenched fingers crossed...”Please hit DC....Please hit DC”

[BenLurkin]

“If, however, the scientists have miscalculated and the asteroid does enter Earth’s atmosphere, it would turn into a fireball and break up harmlessly...”

Isn’t a twelve foot asteroid a little big to be ‘harmless’?

[teeman8r]

if drawn to scale, we would not be able to see it.

[steve86]

Was expecting it to be 220,000 miles away ... Typical "close" pass. But 2,200? WOW 😮😲😳👀

[Red Badger]

Distance Detroit to Los Angeles...2,285.33 mi

[BobL]

“Gennadiy Borisov, who discovered the asteroid from his MARGO observatory in Nauchnyi, Crimea”

The Ukraine Cheerleaders certainly won’t like the above.

[irishjuggler]

Rusty Griswold: Ya’ got Asteroids?

Cousin Dale: Naw, but my dad does. Can’t even sit on the toilet some days.

[drSteve78]

“ Isn’t a twelve foot asteroid a little big to be ‘harmless’?”

Depends on where it does the Dead Cat Bounce. WHUMP

[metmom]

If only.

The UN building would work, too.

Or WHO headquarters.

[WKUHilltopper]

Was thinking the same…

[DouglasKC]

This is very close. And it’s just a matter of time.

[Red Badger]

Nobody under 30 would get that!...............

[Red Badger]

Imagine if Borisov had went to bed early and didn’t discover it, 5 days ago, and it suddenly appeared out of nowhere................

[oldguy1776]

Actually the asteroid was launched at us by the Belters...:) Sci fi reference...

[DouglasKC]

Actually the asteroid was launched at us by the Belters...:) Sci fi reference.

I love sci fi and I keep trying to watch that series but for some reason it won't grab me.

[steve86]

Hard to believe it wouldn’t be captured by Earth’s gravity or at least its trajectory grossly altered.

[Red Badger]

Newtonian physics works real well................until it doesn’t...............