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House-size asteroid discovered this week will fly past Earth on Friday
NY Post ^ | 03/16/2023

Posted on 03/16/2023 2:25:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The near-Earth object, called 2023 EY, has been posted on NASA’s asteroid database and listed as one of the next five asteroid approaches.

Scientists estimate it is about 54 feet wide.

A near-Earth object is classified as any space object that can come within 30 million miles of Earth.

This asteroid’s closest Earth approach is roughly 149,000 miles.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: 2023ey; asteroid; asteroids; astronomy; catastrophism; donatefreerepublic; science
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1 posted on 03/16/2023 2:25:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
This asteroid’s closest Earth approach is roughly 149,000 miles.

Dammit!

2 posted on 03/16/2023 2:32:33 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

Cmon idiots. The moon is 1/4 million miles away. So this is 120 times that.


3 posted on 03/16/2023 2:33:43 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: George from New England

Misread posting. Sorry.


4 posted on 03/16/2023 2:34:19 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: BenLurkin

That’s a close one!


5 posted on 03/16/2023 2:34:19 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: BenLurkin

One of those (big) puppies has our name on it most likely due before the century is over, but those of us in Christ will be watching from the heavenly Mezzanine.


6 posted on 03/16/2023 2:36:11 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: DouglasKC

Don’t get many inside moon’s orbit.


7 posted on 03/16/2023 2:36:32 PM PDT by John W (W)
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To: George from New England

Didn’t the article say 149000 thousand...and the moon is 260000 or so? That is really close in astronomical terms.


8 posted on 03/16/2023 2:36:45 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC

I had read the 30 million # first. My bad.

We know our world is full of media ‘Crying Wolf’ over anything.


9 posted on 03/16/2023 2:38:30 PM PDT by George from New England
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To: BenLurkin
"This asteroid’s closest Earth approach is roughly 149,000 miles."

The NASA programs to focus on minorities, LGBT, diversity, inclusiveness, islamophobuaia, and general wokidity can give us great confidence about anything it says or does, about dangerous objects...

10 posted on 03/16/2023 2:41:35 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: DouglasKC

Wouldn’t it burn up? Being only the size of a house?


11 posted on 03/16/2023 2:47:15 PM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: dfwgator

Misread title and was about to get excited, but really it would be great if it was the right size for that whole district.


12 posted on 03/16/2023 2:48:15 PM PDT by Bayard
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To: BenLurkin

Between us and the moon - seems pretty close to me.
What sort of damage would be done if it hit the earth?
I suppose the probabilities are that it would hit in one of the oceans, but still ...


13 posted on 03/16/2023 2:49:42 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: MrRelevant

Depends on the size of the house I guess.


14 posted on 03/16/2023 2:50:52 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: George from New England

Moon is 250,000. 149,000 is a bit closer.


15 posted on 03/16/2023 2:54:24 PM PDT by 6ppc (Democrats would have to climb Everest to reach the level of "scum of the earth")
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To: BenLurkin

God throwing rocks at us as a wake up call?.


16 posted on 03/16/2023 2:54:43 PM PDT by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: MrRelevant

The one that exploded over Russia bit back was something like 30 to 60 feet I think. They were lucky. A house sized asteroid that impacted would pulverize everything in a half mile radius...plus of course tons of damage outside that.


17 posted on 03/16/2023 2:59:37 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: 6ppc

Yep, inside the moon’s orbit.


18 posted on 03/16/2023 3:02:20 PM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: DouglasKC

On top of that, nobody saw the Chelyabinsk meteor coming. It was a complete surprise.


19 posted on 03/16/2023 3:04:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
Is someone playing Zathura?


20 posted on 03/16/2023 3:12:53 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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