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The asteroid of 'uncertain orbit' that REALLY could smash into Earth, according to NASA
express.co.uk ^
| February 28, 2016
| Jon Austin
Posted on 02/29/2016 6:53:00 PM PST by rdl6989
AN ASTEROID set for a staggering close whistle past of Earth in just 10 days could return to strike the planet as early as next year, NASA has admitted.
We are expected to be risk free when the space rock hurtles past us at as close as 11,000 miles away - 21 times closer to us than the moon - on March 8.
But the US space agency cannot yet be 100 per cent certain about its orbital path.
NASA gives near-Earth asteroid a condition code regarding the certainty of its travel from one to 10, with the latter meaning least certainty.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2013tx68; asteroid; asteroidtx68; catastrophism; teotwawki
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To: rdl6989
If it hits the water it still hits land.
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posted on
02/29/2016 7:22:14 PM PST
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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posted on
02/29/2016 7:25:28 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: calljack
But everybody doesn’t hit it. Just sayin.
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posted on
02/29/2016 7:26:38 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
To: Jet Jaguar
Excellent book. Wish it was made into a film.
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posted on
02/29/2016 7:27:21 PM PST
by
gop4lyf
(Gay marriage is neither)
To: DannyTN
That sign should have a question mark at the end.
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posted on
02/29/2016 7:31:36 PM PST
by
Darth Reardon
(During the Great Depression, World War I was referred to as the Great War)
To: rdl6989
This TX68 is pretty serious from my readings...not to be disparaged!
To: gop4lyf
Excellent book. Wish it was made into a film.I'd rather Footfall be made into a movie over Lucifer's Hammer.
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posted on
02/29/2016 7:44:24 PM PST
by
wastedyears
(uchikudake - toki michite - ikiru tame - tokihanate)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
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posted on
02/29/2016 7:46:03 PM PST
by
dr_lew
To: wastedyears
Hot fudge sundae falls on Tuesday!
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posted on
02/29/2016 7:47:21 PM PST
by
Mom MD
To: dr_lew
That's crazy! The only way that thing could hit the Earth would be if Gravity was involved!
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posted on
02/29/2016 7:55:19 PM PST
by
Cvengr
( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
To: rdl6989; LucyT; SunkenCiv; null and void
Thanks rdl6989!
All y’all, ping to topic and calculations down thread.
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posted on
02/29/2016 8:05:25 PM PST
by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
To: rdl6989
Water shots are worse than land shots, assuming the thing gets through most of the atmosphere relatively intact.
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posted on
02/29/2016 8:06:12 PM PST
by
Paul R.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The oft reported reported odds concerning asteroids are deceiving. This ateroid is on a crossing orbit and is missing by just a bit more than the diameter of the Earth. It’s an issue. And asteroids the size of a bus hit the Earth more often than you might think.
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posted on
02/29/2016 8:08:19 PM PST
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: rdl6989
It’s only 38 meters across. I’m not that worried.
To: rdl6989
21 times closer to us than the moonGahhh...do they do that just to annoy me??
To: <1/1,000,000th%
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posted on
02/29/2016 8:19:22 PM PST
by
Paul R.
To: DoughtyOne
Anything logical evaporates at the first motion of my club. A lot of guys are like that.
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posted on
02/29/2016 8:25:07 PM PST
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: soycd
"Perhaps it can be diverted to mecca or medina. It would be fitting." Or Hollyweird.
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posted on
02/29/2016 8:25:34 PM PST
by
West Texas Chuck
(OBAMA: Fundamentally Twerking America)
To: wastedyears
It was OK. Elephant aliens were a bit of a stretch for me.
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posted on
02/29/2016 8:26:57 PM PST
by
gop4lyf
(Gay marriage is neither)
To: rdl6989
The asteroid has a poorly constrained orbit and often makes close approaches to Earth, and should make one such approach sometime between March 610, 2016.[2] While the nominal (best-fit) orbit suggests that it will pass 0.03 AU (4,500,000 km; 2,800,000 mi) from the Earth on March 8, it may pass as close as 0.0002 AU (30,000 km; 19,000 mi) (0.07 LD).[2] It may also pass as far away as 0.1 AU (15,000,000 km; 9,300,000 mi).[2] There is no risk of an Earth impact in 2016.[3] The asteroid is 2152 meters (69171 ft) across, making it approximately twice as large as the Chelyabinsk meteor.
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posted on
02/29/2016 8:27:33 PM PST
by
Bogie
(Just a coincidence?)
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