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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Wed Sep 7, 2016, 09:34 PM Sep 2016

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A Bus-Size Asteroid Just Gave Earth a Close Shave

The asteroid is a faint spot directly in the center; other brighter spots are stars.

An asteroid the size of a school bus buzzed by Earth today (Sept. 7) in an exceptionally close — but safe — flyby. Scientists discovered the object on Monday, just two days before its encounter with Earth.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-bus-size-asteroid-just-gave-earth-a-close-shave/ar-AAiCxJS?li=AA4ZnC&ocid=spartanntp

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A Bus-Size Asteroid Just Gave Earth a Close Shave (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2016 OP

A 2 day notice?!? postatomic Sep 2016 #1

Thought I felt something… dhill926 Sep 2016 #2

Up Uranus!!!! JonathanRackham Sep 2016 #3

Official NASA photo... pinboy3niner Sep 2016 #4

why do we waste all that money on NASA? Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #5

Because you should see what a "bus-sized" military satellite can do; & there are lots of them Jeffersons Ghost Sep 2016 #6

well it's not like they're going to coordinate the sexbot apocalypse from the ground, silly Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #7

postatomic

(1,771 posts)

1. A 2 day notice?!?

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Wed Sep 7, 2016, 09:38 PM

Sep 2016

Not that it would matter if a much larger Asteroid was heading our way. How's that saying go? "kiss your ass goodbye"

dhill926

(16,346 posts)

2. Thought I felt something…

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Wed Sep 7, 2016, 09:57 PM

Sep 2016

JonathanRackham

(1,604 posts)

3. Up Uranus!!!!

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Wed Sep 7, 2016, 10:05 PM

Sep 2016

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

4. Official NASA photo...

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Wed Sep 7, 2016, 10:20 PM

Sep 2016

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

5. why do we waste all that money on NASA?

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 03:14 AM

Sep 2016

What good could it possibly do us, down here!?

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)

6. Because you should see what a "bus-sized" military satellite can do; & there are lots of them

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #5)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 03:18 AM

Sep 2016

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

7. well it's not like they're going to coordinate the sexbot apocalypse from the ground, silly

Reply to Jeffersons Ghost (Reply #6)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 03:24 AM

Sep 2016

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