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Large asteroid will come TEN times nearer to Earth than the moon today (edited)
Daily Mail ^ | 9/7/2016 | Abigail Beall

Posted on 09/07/2016 9:20:31 AM PDT by RightGeek

Get ready for a close encounter: A large asteroid will come TEN times nearer to Earth than the moon today

Asteroid will come within a distance of 24,800 miles (40,000 km)

The 32ft-long asteroid will pass by Earth today at 18:12 BST (13:12 ET)

A huge 200-foot asteroid is also set to pass us by on 17 September

[Snip] The space rock is predicted to whistle past our planet at 31,000 miles (50,000km) per hour, on September 17.

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(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asteroid; kaboom; nibiru
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To: Vigilanteman

And if you recall, that particular object was closely followed/in tandem with another noted asteroid that came basically along the same path.

So my point is ANYTHING in space can have trailing/leading objects that we don’t know about. At least until we are hit!


41 posted on 09/07/2016 9:47:11 AM PDT by djf ("She wore a raspberry beret, the kind you find in a second hand store..." - Prince)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Then i just heard it ...oh wait that was just Hillary


42 posted on 09/07/2016 9:47:40 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: djf

True, but I don’t think they ever got an accurate count on the number of fragments produced by the Chelyebinsk asteroid. It exploded something like 20 miles above the earth’s surface when it entered the atmosphere. The estimated size was about six times the current asteroid passing close to the earth and it was nearly impossible to sort out which impact fragments originated from trailing objects and which from the asteroid itself.


43 posted on 09/07/2016 9:52:29 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Maybe this statement is from the same ones saying there is no more controversy concerning climate change????


44 posted on 09/07/2016 9:52:57 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: Vigilanteman

everybody must get stoned


45 posted on 09/07/2016 9:55:48 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: RightGeek


46 posted on 09/07/2016 9:56:43 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Daffynition

But what would it mean for math to be twice as easy for some people?


47 posted on 09/07/2016 9:57:26 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: RightGeek

About the size of Hitlery’s cankle.


48 posted on 09/07/2016 9:57:26 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (What about second breakfast?)
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To: bankwalker

A good book.


49 posted on 09/07/2016 9:57:28 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - vote Trump 2016)
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To: bankwalker

That was a good book


50 posted on 09/07/2016 9:57:36 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: Vigilanteman

Which is it? The article says 32 ft, then 200 feet.

As for the ten times nearer, that sounds like a Britishism.


51 posted on 09/07/2016 9:59:04 AM PDT by sparklite2 (The game overs whether you play it or not.)
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To: sparklite2

OIC. Never mind. It’s 32 feet, which does sound that big.


52 posted on 09/07/2016 9:59:49 AM PDT by sparklite2 (The game overs whether you play it or not.)
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To: MichaelCorleone

Had the same thoughts ,on using the common core math.


53 posted on 09/07/2016 10:00:07 AM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: Blood of Tyrants

My first thought. And is ‘today’ September 7 or 17th.

Author either drunk, stoned or both (not to mention stooooopid).


54 posted on 09/07/2016 10:01:17 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: JoeProBono
It's a Wonderful Life photo: It's a Wonderful Life 082 its-a-wonderful-life-029.jpg George Bailey: What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That's a pretty good idea. I'll give you the moon, Mary.
55 posted on 09/07/2016 10:01:36 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Vigilanteman

And YES, i have wondered for a long time now why Russia seems to have gotten so many big, bad ones.


56 posted on 09/07/2016 10:04:34 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622
And YES, i have wondered for a long time now why Russia seems to have gotten so many big, bad ones.

Must be the vodka

57 posted on 09/07/2016 10:10:33 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Hillary's screeching voice is like the pipe organs of hell)
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To: SoFloFreeper
What side of the planet? Dark or light? I am currently in the Eastern time zone.

At 32 feet, would it reflect enough sunlight to be seen?

Sputnik at 22.8 inches in diameter was just barely visible with the naked eye at night in underpopulated areas with no city glare to obscure it.

58 posted on 09/07/2016 10:11:06 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - vote Trump 2016)
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To: COBOL2Java

lol


59 posted on 09/07/2016 10:12:49 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

Everybody OK?


60 posted on 09/07/2016 10:17:27 AM PDT by sanjuanbob
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