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NASA Says Asteroid Will Buzz Earth Closer Than Many Satellites
coondoggie writes "NASA says an asteroid about half the size of a football field will blow past Earth on Feb 15 closer than many man-made satellites. NASA added that while the asteroid, designated 2012 DA14, has no chance of striking Earth. Since regular sky surveys began in the 1990s, astronomers have never seen an object so big come so close to our planet."
On the actual asteroid.
Ehh... I have battery power heated thermal socks I will put over my balls. They will be fine. As for the wife, if she isn't passed out drunk, she will never get her fat ass off the couch long enough to make dinner.
Unfortunately, my binoculars are broken because the neighbor thought I was looking through the window when his wife was getting out of the shower. Of course I wasn't, I was watching the TV in their bedroom in an attempt to get away from my wife.
But hey, I'm still interested in standing in the garden looking at nothing if you want to tell me which direction I should stare at.
1% of a Standard Football Field Length.
Of course, if there were an impact, and it was in the territory of the former Soviet Union, the asteroid STILL would not be said to have struck the Earth, so much as the Earth striking the asteroid.
I'm just saying.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.