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Asteroids Flyby — 2010 RF12 & 2010 RX30

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the duck-and-cover dept.

Ernesto Guido writes "Two small asteroids (2010 RF12 & 2010 RX30) will pass within the Moon's distance of Earth today, September 08, 2010." One is 6-14 meters and the other is 10-20, so even if they change course, don't expect Bruce Willis to be called in.

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  1. Ob by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is there any chance it will hi&^8@
    &/.'[#
    no carrier

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  2. Re:Bruce Willis by Goboxer · · Score: 3, Funny

    SPOILER: Turns out he's a ghost. The earth is destroyed.

  3. We should still sling Bruce at it by grasshoppa · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just to be sure something like "Live Free, Die Hard" doesn't happen again.

    In fact, I'm a big fan of slinging stars after asteroids. We could do it in the same style as throwing a perfectly good virgin in to a volcano, but with less loss of anything worthwhile.

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    1. Re:We should still sling Bruce at it by bjackson1 · · Score: 2, Funny

      We're going to have to call in the Puppeteers if we want to move something as massive as Bruce Willis.