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Re: A THREE MILE-wide asteroid, that could end life as we know it if it hits, will make a 'close encounter' with Earth on Friday
« Reply #25 on: August 31, 2017, 08:47:29 am »
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Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1
« Reply #26 on: August 31, 2017, 04:27:28 pm »
Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1
August 30, 2017
 

The largest asteroid in more than a century will whiz safely past Earth on September 1 at a safe but unusually close distance of about 4.4 million miles (7 million kilometers), NASA said.

The asteroid was discovered in 1981, and is named Florence after the famed 19th century founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-08-largest-asteroid-century-whiz-sept.html#jCp
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Re: Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1
« Reply #27 on: August 31, 2017, 07:53:15 pm »
Whiz?  Is it going to pee on us?
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Re: Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1
« Reply #28 on: August 31, 2017, 08:08:21 pm »
Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1

Well, tell it to hold it until September 2nd. I'm going to be outdoors all day tomorrow. 
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Re: Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1
« Reply #29 on: August 31, 2017, 08:12:49 pm »
This never ends well.

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Re: Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1
« Reply #30 on: August 31, 2017, 08:48:53 pm »
Just for a little perspective, 4.4 Million miles is over 18 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon.  You can almost hear the wind as it "whizzes by," can't you?
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Re: Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1
« Reply #31 on: August 31, 2017, 08:57:16 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on August 31, 2017, 07:53:15 pm
Whiz?  Is it going to pee on us?

And...should we call it Flow if she pizzes on us on her way by?  Inquiring minds and all that.   :shrug:
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Re: Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1
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Re: A THREE MILE-wide asteroid, that could end life as we know it if it hits, will make a 'close encounter' with Earth on Friday
« Reply #33 on: August 31, 2017, 09:25:35 pm »
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Re: A THREE MILE-wide asteroid, that could end life as we know it if it hits, will make a 'close encounter' with Earth on Friday
« Reply #34 on: September 01, 2017, 12:00:00 am »
Quote from: InHeavenThereIsNoBeer on August 31, 2017, 12:48:46 am

@InHeavenThereIsNoBeer I actually had a first edition of that in paperback., Hilarious book
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Re: A THREE MILE-wide asteroid, that could end life as we know it if it hits, will make a 'close encounter' with Earth on Friday
« Reply #35 on: September 03, 2017, 04:08:47 pm »
Hey, it's September 3 and we are still alive!
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Re: A THREE MILE-wide asteroid, that could end life as we know it if it hits, will make a 'close encounter' with Earth on Friday
« Reply #36 on: September 03, 2017, 04:24:46 pm »
Quote from: Freya on September 03, 2017, 04:08:47 pm
Hey, it's September 3 and we are still alive!

I got up and took a long whiz.  Flow was good. Stream was strong.  What a great way to start a new day.  Colonoscopy on Wed to look for real asteroids.
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Re: A THREE MILE-wide asteroid, that could end life as we know it if it hits, will make a 'close encounter' with Earth on Friday
« Reply #37 on: September 03, 2017, 04:27:48 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on September 03, 2017, 04:24:46 pm
I got up and took a long whiz.  Flow was good. Stream was strong.  What a great way to start a new day.  Colonoscopy on Wed to look for real asteroids.

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Re: A THREE MILE-wide asteroid, that could end life as we know it if it hits, will make a 'close encounter' with Earth on Friday
« Reply #39 on: September 03, 2017, 04:32:43 pm »
I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer.
Nothing says you're alive like blurry eyes and drinking beer from a coffee cup. Well, come on, it is Sunday after all. No work today.
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Re: A THREE MILE-wide asteroid, that could end life as we know it if it hits, will make a 'close encounter' with Earth on Friday
« Reply #40 on: September 03, 2017, 04:35:41 pm »
Quote from: 240B on September 03, 2017, 04:32:43 pm
I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer.
Nothing says you're alive like blurry eyes and drinking beer from a coffee cup. Well, come on, it is Sunday after all. No work today.

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« Reply #41 on: September 03, 2017, 04:40:38 pm »
Quote from: edpc on September 03, 2017, 04:35:41 pm
Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel.

I think it was more like:
"She said don't hand me no lines and keep your hands to yourself"
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Re: A THREE MILE-wide asteroid, that could end life as we know it if it hits, will make a 'close encounter' with Earth on Friday
« Reply #42 on: September 03, 2017, 04:42:19 pm »
Well there is a lot more to "Ending Life as We know It" than just the size of an asteroid.

What is the asteroid made of? Is it hard enough to survive entering Earth atmosphere?
What is the trajectory of the asteroid?  Will Earth get a glancing blow or a hard hit.
Where will the asteroid hit? Land, water, Siberia or the middle of the Mediterranean sea.

The last great extinction event caused by an asteroid was 65 million years ago and the asteroid was estimated to be 7 miles in diameter.  More then 20 times the mass of this one, assuming both are a sphere. Bad assumption I know but it serves to illustrate just how much larger the 65 million ya was.

Yes it will be a bad day for living things on planet earth, but end life as we know it? Maybe, but then again maybe not.
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Re: A THREE MILE-wide asteroid, that could end life as we know it if it hits, will make a 'close encounter' with Earth on Friday
« Reply #43 on: September 03, 2017, 04:46:10 pm »
Quote from: edpc on September 03, 2017, 04:35:41 pm
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Is that a song or something. I'm not up on all the hip-hop stuff.
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« Reply #44 on: September 03, 2017, 04:50:47 pm »
Quote from: 240B on September 03, 2017, 04:46:10 pm

@edpc
Is that a song or something. I'm not up on all the hip-hop stuff.

Hip-hop? LOL


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE32pvvaDT8
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Re: A THREE MILE-wide asteroid, that could end life as we know it if it hits, will make a 'close encounter' with Earth on Friday
« Reply #45 on: September 03, 2017, 04:52:05 pm »
Quote from: 240B on September 03, 2017, 04:46:10 pm
Is that a song or something. I'm not up on all the hip-hop stuff.


Somewhere, the Lizard King just LOLed.


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« Reply #46 on: September 03, 2017, 07:20:12 pm »
@edpc
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Hey guys. The hiphop thing was joke. Wanted to make sure you know I was pulling your leg. I grew up with The Doors and I was quoting the song. Didn't want that to slip by without correcting the record.
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Re: A THREE MILE-wide asteroid, that could end life as we know it if it hits, will make a 'close encounter' with Earth on Friday
« Reply #47 on: September 03, 2017, 07:30:54 pm »
I knew....hence my reply.
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Re: A THREE MILE-wide asteroid, that could end life as we know it if it hits, will make a 'close encounter' with Earth on Friday
« Reply #49 on: September 04, 2017, 12:02:42 am »
Quote from: edpc on September 03, 2017, 07:30:54 pm
I knew....hence my reply.
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I was thinking Morrisons "The End"
 would be a nice song for this thread.
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