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Small Asteroid Making 400,000 Mile Pass By Earth

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the summon-bruce-willis dept.

AtariKee writes "Universe Today is reporting that a small 10m asteroid, discovered earlier this month and named 2009 BD, is passing within 400,000 miles of Earth. Although the asteroid poses no threat to the planet, the site reports that the asteroid is still very interesting, as it may be a rare co-orbital asteroid (as in, shares the same orbit as Earth)."

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  1. Obligatory reference by jtseng · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "That's no moon..."

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    Sanity.html - Error 404 not found

  2. Re:Let's land on it. by Aqua_boy17 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, asteroid lands on you?

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    What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?
  3. Re:Let's land on it. by gblackwo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think you guys might be missing the parents REAL joke. In order to land ON the asteroid the following is taken into consideration.

    Since he is proposing the ship being larger, the asteroid would actually be landing on the ship.

    If you allow the asteroid to land on the soyuz, -- in soviet russian soyuz lands on asteroid.

    Thus, the only way to land ON the asteroid is with a russian ship and a bad joke. Get it?