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Small Asteroid To Pass Close To Earth Tomorrow

Posted by Soulskill on from the bruce-willis-alert-color-mauve dept.

Matt_dk writes "A small asteroid will pass very close to Earth this Tuesday. Astronomers are still tracking the object, now designated as 2010 TD54, and various estimates say it should come within anywhere from 52,000 km (33,000 miles) to 64,000 km (40,000 miles) on October 12, with closest approach at approximately 11:25 UT."

2 of 126 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Geosync is only 26200 miles by RaymondKurzweil · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This sounds like a great way to end up getting raped.

  2. Re:I'm not. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Rule #1 if being worried:

        #1 - IF YOU CAN'T DO SHIT ABOUT IT, DON'T WORRY!!!!

    You can worry about politicians and their nukes. Then ask them what they are doing about these nukes to make sure they don't go off, ever. Then you can stop worrying about asteroids from space - can't do anything about them anyway.