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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: Paul R.
Yeah, Apollo asteroids all over the place.
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posted on
02/29/2016 10:51:01 PM PST
by
Bogie
(Just a coincidence?)
To: rdl6989
Please hit! Please hit! So I don’t have to hear about this godforsaken election any longer.
To: beaversmom
Well yeah! It will get rid of Allah Akbar too.
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posted on
02/29/2016 11:13:35 PM PST
by
Bogie
(Just a coincidence?)
To: Bogie
It would do that, too! See, there are bright sides to everything if you just look!
To: ProtectOurFreedom
If that was the case, you’d think there would be a lot less of it.
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posted on
02/29/2016 11:18:47 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: beaversmom
It is the greatest of pleasures to hear from an optimist such as yourself, at this forum.
Cheers!
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posted on
02/29/2016 11:24:39 PM PST
by
Bogie
(Just a coincidence?)
To: rdl6989
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posted on
03/01/2016 12:39:16 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Gahhh...do they do that just to annoy me??They could be at least 21 times less annoying.
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posted on
03/01/2016 5:50:50 AM PST
by
Toddsterpatriot
("Telling the government to lower trade barriers to zero...is government interference" central_va)
To: soycd
89
posted on
03/01/2016 6:56:13 AM PST
by
doug from upland
(Some of you keep telling yourself -- Romney would have been as bad or worse.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
But people win lotteries several times a week. :)
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posted on
03/01/2016 6:56:58 AM PST
by
doug from upland
(Some of you keep telling yourself -- Romney would have been as bad or worse.)
To: doug from upland
For each individual the odds are millions to one.
There is only one Earth, so the odds are millions to one.
If there were millions of Earths, some of them would be hit several times a week.
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posted on
03/01/2016 7:02:05 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
To: DoughtyOne
If Hellary is POTUS, bring it on.
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posted on
03/01/2016 7:22:22 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: Paul R.
Different asteroid. I doubt firing a missile at an steroid would work. Even if it were hit, the asteroid in the article is over 300 meters across. It’s not going to make much difference.
To: 21twelve
Well it did break some windows and send some people to the hospital with cuts.
To: wastedyears
I can’t believe someone else here read that book.
It’s the SECOND explosion that matters! LOL.
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posted on
03/01/2016 8:36:05 AM PST
by
Don W
( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
To: Don W
Its the SECOND explosion that matters!I don't remember that in either book.
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posted on
03/01/2016 8:42:22 AM PST
by
Toddsterpatriot
("Telling the government to lower trade barriers to zero...is government interference" central_va)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I understand probability. It was just an attempt at a little humor.
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posted on
03/01/2016 8:57:44 AM PST
by
doug from upland
(Some of you keep telling yourself -- Romney would have been as bad or worse.)
To: rdl6989
If you happen to live in the calculated strike zone, take a vacation to the other side of the planet.......
To: doug from upland
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posted on
03/01/2016 9:00:17 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The goal of socialism is communism... Hatred is the basis of communism" --Vladimir Lenin)
To: Toddsterpatriot
When they were launching the nuclear warship: The first boom got them off the ground, the second one was the proof of concept that allowed the ship to to actually fly and fight.
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posted on
03/01/2016 9:04:53 AM PST
by
Don W
( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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