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Small Asteroid To Pass Close To Earth Tomorrow
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."
Please place Bruce Willis on standby.
Nonsense. This was obviously a rock launched via Bug Plasma, an attack which fortunately will miss us. Join the Mobile Infantry and fight back before they succeed and destroy Buenos Aires!
The enemies of Democracy are
If an object large enough to cause a global catastrophe was on it's way toward us, we would have way more advance warning than 3 days with these kinds of efforts.
So we'd have plenty of time to get out of the way....whew!
My brain is overly lubricated
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There is a lot of volume in space.
Incorrect... there is no sound in space.
Unisex showers, baby! Of course I'd like to know more.
Michael Reed, freelance tech writer.
...but will not, alas, hit it.
Why is the post-apocalyptic paradise just out of reach? After 40 years of Cold War teasing, I was almost ready to give up hope, but asteroids still mock us. I cry at all the missed opportunities.
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