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Fifty Meter Asteroid Might Hit Earth In 2098

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the warn-your-grandkids dept.

eldavojohn writes "The Bad Astronomer brings word of an asteroid discovered with a tiny chance of hitting Earth. While it's only 50 meters wide, it could have the impact of a 20 megaton bomb. It's still twenty million miles away so if it hits us, it won't happen until 2098. The real story here is how a remarkable telescope, dubbed Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System, that went operational in May found its first potential target in our growing impact alert system for Earth."

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  1. Rush Limbaugh Might Become U.S. "President" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Think about it;

    An entertainer as U.S. President.

    Yours In Moscow,
    K. Trout

  2. I initially read this as... by Antisyzygy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Fifty Meteor Asteroid's Might Hit Earth In 2098

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    That brings me to an interesting point, / . is just "the ramblings of socially-inept, technology-literate news-mongers".
  3. Don't worry by slapout · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't worry, President Obama says we can absorb the impact

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    1. Re:Don't worry by slapout · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Troll? Didn't you see the news story? Obama said "We can absorb a terrorist attack." http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/09/22/130040247/obama-says-we-can-absorb-a-terrorist-attack-your-thoughts

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