Record-setting asteroid to shave past Earth *THIS month
POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 15:41
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All is well. Remain calm...
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An asteroid about half the size of a football field will zoom past Earth on Feb. 15, closer than the man-made satellites that power GPS, says NASA.
“This is a record-setting close approach,” Don Yeomans of NASA’s Near Earth Object Program at JPL said in a video released by NASA this week. Yeomans, however, emphasized that the asteroid, designated 2012DA14, won’t hit Earth.
“It will come interestingly close, closer than many man-made satellites,” he said.
2012DA14 will thread the gap between low earth orbit, where the International Space Station and many earth observation satellites are located and the higher belt of geosynchronous satellites, which provide weather data and telecommunications.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/01/31/record-setting-asteroid-to-s
have-past-earth-next-month/#ixzz2JcNUMW5U
* correction form original headline.
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That's interesting, will people be able to see it? Will it have a fiery tail perhaps? ...
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Probably only if it enters the atmosphere, or if anything might volatilize off the surface from solar radiation.
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Damn Arachnids taking pot shots at us.
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Quote:I fear for Rio...
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Damn Arachnids taking pot shots at us.
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What would Morgan Freeman do?
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China builds ‘planetary defence’ team as concerns grow over 2024 YR4 asteroid
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3298116/china-builds-p
lanetary-defence-team-concerns-grow-over-2024-yr4-asteroid
Asteroid headed towards Earth might smash into the Moon, scientists say
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/asteroid-earth-pass-moon-strike-ch
ina-b2696048.html
Giant Asteroid...
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We are in a shooting gallery and our sun is the bullseye.
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Great. Even the fuckin' moon's gotta give us problems in the 2020s.
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