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| 2012 DA14 Asteroid - Passing Earth Today Posted by nolanola on 2/15 at 1:00 am Didn't see any recent talk of this here. quote: LINK This post was edited on 2/15 at 1:00 am Reply Back to Top |
| read about this in the WSJ this morning. it was only big enough to take out an area the size of the SF Bay area .. but still that would frick some people Facebook surfing time up for sure. Reply Back to Top |
| Germans LINK Just,kidding! I wish we could see it.in the daytime here though! Reply Back to Top |
| Can't see it. No care. Reply Back to Top |
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| Fragments of this is what hit Russia earlier Reply Back to Top |
| Think the government would say anything if it actually was going to hit earth? Reply Back to Top |
quote:Yes... Reply Back to Top |
quote: quote: Really? Would not happen. Reply Back to Top |
| inb41st2ndand3rdworldproblems Reply Back to Top |
| anywhere to see when this badboy will be passing overhead? I'm not in the US Reply Back to Top |
quote: They would have to. Amateur astronomers would figure it out pretty quickly. Reply Back to Top |
| I was surprised at how close it's going to get to the earth. Only 17,000 miles out which is much closer than the Moon and within satellite orbit range. Reply Back to Top |
quote: Thanks for clearing that up! Reply Back to Top |
| I bet many people on here have no idea how many miles separate the Earth from the Moon. Reply Back to Top |
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quote:This is just off the top of my head, but isn't it 93 million? Reply Back to Top |
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| Yeah...the moon is farther than the sun. Idiot. Reply Back to Top |
| My head is empty and I am dumb. Found the answer, goddamn I'm a moron. This post was edited on 2/15 at 7:52 am Reply Back to Top Refresh |
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