Large Asteroid to Safely Pass Earth on Sept. 1

Gerald · 08-18-17, 11:27 AM

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Asteroid Florence, a large near-Earth asteroid, will pass safely by Earth on Sept. 1, 2017, at a distance of about 4.4 million miles, (7.0 million kilometers, or about 18 Earth-Moon distances). Florence is among the largest near-Earth asteroids that are several miles is size; measurements from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and NEOWISE mission indicate it’s about 2.7 miles (4.4 kilometers) in size.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/lar...arth-on-sept-1

Close call.

Note: Aug. 18, 2017

Catfish · 08-18-17, 01:09 PM

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vienna · 08-18-17, 03:02 PM

Stoned... really stoned...

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Skybird · 08-18-17, 03:29 PM

On grumpy days, you really wonder sometimes: why must they always miss...?

Jimbuna · 08-19-17, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

On grumpy days, you really wonder sometimes: why must they always miss...?

Rockstar · 08-19-17, 09:44 AM

Skybird, grumpy?

STEED · 08-18-17, 03:30 PM

Don't bother me unless it comes in a mile of the earth.

Platapus · 08-18-17, 07:31 PM

Better luck next time

vienna · 08-18-17, 09:57 PM

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Gargamel · 09-02-17, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Don't bother me unless it comes in a mile of the earth.

I think you'd notice if a 2 mile asteroid came within a mile of earth.

Sailor Steve · 09-02-17, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

I think you'd notice if a 2 mile asteroid came within a mile of earth.

But not for long.

STEED · 09-02-17, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

I think you'd notice if a 2 mile asteroid came within a mile of earth.

Not me, far too busy.

Rockin Robbins · 09-03-17, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Gargamel

I think you'd notice if a 2 mile asteroid came within a mile of earth.

If it were a mile from earth that would put it most of the way through our atmosphere. Chances are the whole thing would explode like the Tunguska explosion in 1908. The Tunguska meteor/asteroid/whateveritwas is estimated to have been only 150 feet in diameter and leveled 800 square miles of dense forest.

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