Earth is about to face close encounters with five gigantic monster asteroids

[Judi Lynn]

By Jasper Hamill, Science & Technology Reporter Friday 3 Jan 2020 10:58 am

Five terrifyingly-huge asteroids are coming our way and are due for close encounters with Earth in the coming weeks, Nasa has revealed.

The space agency keeps a database of all the ‘close approaches’ in which space rocks zoom past our planet.

This list reveals that a number of gigantic objects are heading in the direction of Earth, as well as dozens of smaller ones.

If a large object hit Earth, it could wipe out a city and kill millions. But if the rock was truly monstrous, it would wipe out humanity.

The first is called (2019 UO) and will come within 2.7 million miles of our planet. It’s believed to be up to 560 metres wide – meaning it could be twice the size of One Canada Square, the skyscraper in London’s Canary Wharf.

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Professor Tim Barrows looking suitably ominous (Image: University of Wollongong)

Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/03/earth-face-close-encounters-five-gigantic-monster-asteroids-11995205/?ito=cbshare

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Why can't Evangelicals focus on asteroids and science instead of Revelations, End Times, and

red heifers?

Is it because Jesus won't come back if the Earth is hit with an asteroid?

[Javaman]

4. they can't control asteroids, but they can control people...

and at the end of the day, that's what it's all about.

[Kurt V.]

2. if any one of them are interlopers, they science community wouldn't tell us.

and that's a good thing!

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. As long as we have Saitama to call upon

I am not worried about no stinkin asteroid.

Only real anime fans will get this.