Friday afternoon asteroid pass........

Although NASA is assuring us that there is no change of impacting Earth, it will be the closest fly by of an asteroid this size ever recorded. Closer than many satellites orbiting our planet. 5,000 miles closer.


150-foot asteroid to zoom near Earth this week.



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Although NASA is assuring us that there is no change of impacting Earth, it will be the closest fly by of an asteroid this size ever recorded. Closer than many satellites orbiting our planet. 5,000 miles closer.

150-foot asteroid to zoom near Earth this week.

Although NASA is assuring us that there is no change of impacting Earth, it will be the closest fly by of an asteroid this size ever recorded. Closer than many satellites orbiting our planet. 5,000 miles closer.

150-foot asteroid to zoom near Earth this week.

"It will be 5,000 miles closer than the ring of weather, communications and GPS navigation satellites that orbit the Earth..."

I thought the GPS sats were in low orbit.

A 2 minute NASA JPL vid on the asteroid.....
Courtesy of NASA and CNN.
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Now you know me by now.......
I am a man of not less than average IQ, and have only 1 conspiracy theory under my belt, the assassination of JFK.

But........
NASA has kept us informed of the closest flyby of a large asteroid known to man for weeks now. Which happened yesterday afternoon, supposedly with no ill effects.
And yet, this morning when I wake up, I read about a 'meteor explosion' over Russia the injured over 500 people. Russian meteor explosion not caused by asteroid flyby, NASA scientist says.

Now, 'meteor explosions' over the planet do not just happen every day either.
And you are trying to tell me, as a somewhat educated man, that the two events just kinda happened around the same kinda time and are not kinda related????????

I call bullshit. I suspect it was either a fragment that broke off of the asteroid or some space junk that was being towed behind it that was drawn in by the earth's gravity.

OR maybe a test of some kind of anti nuke space shield project?

Or maybe just Russia's poor people's karma coming to roost. Yeah, that's it.

Fart in a windstorm?

You tell me YOUR theory.

Meeeeeeeewhoooshow.





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I think you are looking for spooks in the shadows Mark ..... There doesn't have to be an answer to something unexplained, it can just remain unexplained and wondered about.

I think you are looking for spooks in the shadows Mark ..... There doesn't have to be an answer to something unexplained, it can just remain unexplained and wondered about.

Actually, the asteroid pass is this afternoon (Central time, which you are), not yesterday.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

I think you are looking for spooks in the shadows Mark ..... There doesn't have to be an answer to something unexplained, it can just remain unexplained and wondered about.

Just a simple coincidence then, eh?
Two amazing events in planet Earth's history coming about at the same time?
OK, Chris.

Actually, the asteroid pass is this afternoon (Central time, which you are), not yesterday.

And finally, here's one for the conspiracy theories. A Russian web site claims their government tried to shoot down whatever it was, and that caused most of the damage.

And finally, here's one for the conspiracy theories. A Russian web site claims their government tried to shoot down whatever it was, and that caused most of the damage.

Don't encourage the natives Bill, there's a good chap!

And finally, here's one for the conspiracy theories. A Russian web site claims their government tried to shoot down whatever it was, and that caused most of the damage.

Don't encourage the natives Bill, there's a good chap!

Only one hour to go till it's at its closest point to Earth (19:26 UTC)

See you on the other side :)

T.A.

There's a decent vid of it from various angles on the Telegraph site.
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NASA TV also has it.

T.A.

Zapped - wrong space lump, that was far too early for the Friday afternoon's one (actually more like mid evening given its expected to fly-by over Eastern Europe)
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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?