Large Asteroid to Safely Pass Earth on Sept. 1

[Gerald]

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/large-asteroid-to-safely-pass-earth-on-sept-1

Close call.:Kaleun_Wink:

Note: Aug. 18, 2017

[Catfish]

... :timeout:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyjj8BgsBGU

[vienna]

Stoned... really stoned...





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[Skybird]

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

[STEED]

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

[Platapus]

Better luck next time

[vienna]

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[Jimbuna]

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

:haha:

[Rockstar]

Skybird, grumpy?

[Skybird]

Grumpy, me? All the time. Reasons galore to be, minor and major ones, , private and non-private ones. Its been a lousy year for me so far. If there would be aliens on that incoming asteroid, I would be tempted to paint a big, fat "X" on my roof.

[Gerald]

Well, if the Alien shows "up" say hello from me.:haha:

[STEED]

@Skybird

You will get the "Trekkie's" version of the X-Files mob around your gaff, mind you if Gillian Anderson turns up and if you post pictures of you and her...... :wah:

[Gerald]

Gillian Anderson belongs to me.:03:

[Gerald]

With Charleston being the last city to host the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in the United States in almost a century, area businesses are cashing in. Nathan Frandino reports.

http://www.reuters.com/video/2017/08/19/charleston-businesses-ready-to-capitaliz?videoId=372355014&videoChannel=117760


Note: 11:04am EDT - 02:06

Money! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0kcet4aPpQ

[Rockstar]

Grumpy, me? All the time. Reasons galore to be, minor and major ones, , private and non-private ones. Its been a lousy year for me so far. If there would be aliens on that incoming asteroid, I would be tempted to paint a big, fat "X" on my roof.


TC4 will pass within 0.00033 AU of earth on the 12th of October. Though I've been assured there's no chance of impact before 2050. The margin for error is already fairly wide so maybe, just maybe it could hit.

[STEED]

Well its got around 50 odd minutes GMT to smash into the Earth and wipe us all out.

[Platapus]

Well its got around 50 odd minutes GMT to smash into the Earth and wipe us all out.

Don't tease.

[STEED]

Don't tease.

Me...:D

Well its now Sept 2nd and I'm cheesed off, what a let down this has been..:arrgh!:

[Rhodes]

I even forgotten that this was happening, so...

[STEED]

I even forgotten that this was happening, so...

If I was you crack open a bottle of cold beer sit back and relax. :03: :)

[Reece]

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[Rhodes]

If I was you crack open a bottle of cold beer sit back and relax. :03: :)

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[Gerald]

We look forward to another.:Kaleun_Wink:

[Gargamel]

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

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

[Sailor Steve]

I think you'd notice if a 2 mile asteroid came within a mile of earth.
But not for long.

[STEED]

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

Not me, far too busy. :haha:

[vienna]

Wait... asteroid?... what asteroid?...




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[STEED]

Wait... asteroid?... what asteroid?...




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Good question, we need names places who where and when and what are my odds cooking the great British breakfast and sitting down to eat it and see another day. :yep:

[Rockin Robbins]

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.

[Gargamel]

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.

Pretty much my point.

[Reece]

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.

Maybe it will pass over North Korea!!:hmmm:

[Platapus]

The Tunguska meteor/asteroid/whateveritwas is estimated to have been only 150 feet in diameter and leveled 800 square miles of dense forest.

I still have a hard time conceptualizing the energy transfer that was involved in that incident. :o

[Gerald]

Much energy was that,:o

[Jimbuna]

Maybe it will pass over North Korea!!:hmmm:

We should be so lucky :06: