Asteroid to pass very close to Earth today - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brent88 · 03-18-2004, 10:47 AM

It's 100 feet long in diameter and will pass 26,500 miles from Earth at 5:08pm Eastern time this afternoon. It'll be the closest encounter ever by an asteroid.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/0....ap/index.html

It will miss the earth, but the good news is... if it ever hits Earth, it likely would burn up in the atmosphere and if it did hit Earth, it wouldn't cause much damage because it's pretty small. It defintely won't kill the human race.

TJL · 03-18-2004, 10:52 AM

Duck!!!!!!

David · 03-18-2004, 01:01 PM

Interesting..

Sterling Holobyte · 03-18-2004, 01:32 PM

SOMEBODY CALL BRUCE WILLIS!!!

Hollow · 03-18-2004, 03:31 PM

kick ass.

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 03-18-2004, 04:54 PM

Dude, that's awesome.

Rhiannon · 03-18-2004, 05:01 PM

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Originally posted by Sterling Holobyte
SOMEBODY CALL BRUCE WILLIS!!!

AHH!!

TJL · 03-18-2004, 05:36 PM

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Originally posted by Sterling Holobyte
SOMEBODY CALL BRUCE WILLIS!!!

I'll take the asteroid.

Rhiannon · 03-18-2004, 05:55 PM

I don't have binoculars...and it's cloudy. Damn.

Hollow · 03-18-2004, 06:04 PM

i wish it would hit the earth... then we could all die.

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 03-18-2004, 06:20 PM

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Originally posted by safety pin
i wish it would hit the earth... then we could all die.

Georgia's on my Mind · 03-18-2004, 06:24 PM

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Originally posted by safety pin
i wish it would hit the earth... then we could all die.

hopefully it will just crush you and your house to smithereens.

Brent88 · 03-18-2004, 07:49 PM

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Originally posted by Vera Wang
I don't have binoculars...and it's cloudy. Damn.

You couldn't see it most likely anyway. You would need a pretty strong telescope and I think you would have to be an expert and know where to look.

Hollow · 03-18-2004, 08:22 PM

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Originally posted by Georgia's on my Mind
hopefully it will just crush you and your house to smithereens.

aww. you didn't get your cocoa puffs today did you?

and i dont live in a house, im in your backyard right now. DUCK!

Georgia's on my Mind · 03-18-2004, 08:26 PM

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Originally posted by safety pin
aww. you didn't get your cocoa puffs today did you?

and i dont live in a house, im in your backyard right now. DUCK!

i dont eat breakfast, sweetie.
and too bad you live thosands of miles away from me.

03-18-2004, 10:47 AM	#1
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	Asteroid to pass very close to Earth today It's 100 feet long in diameter and will pass 26,500 miles from Earth at 5:08pm Eastern time this afternoon. It'll be the closest encounter ever by an asteroid. http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/0....ap/index.html It will miss the earth, but the good news is... if it ever hits Earth, it likely would burn up in the atmosphere and if it did hit Earth, it wouldn't cause much damage because it's pretty small. It defintely won't kill the human race.
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03-18-2004, 10:52 AM	#2
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03-18-2004, 01:01 PM	#3
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03-18-2004, 04:54 PM	#6
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03-18-2004, 01:32 PM	#4
Sterling Holobyte Harper House Senior Member Join Date: Nov 07, 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,896	SOMEBODY CALL BRUCE WILLIS!!!

03-18-2004, 03:31 PM	#5
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	kick ass.

03-18-2004, 05:55 PM	#9
Rhiannon oh, snap! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jul 19, 2002 Location: middle of nowhere Posts: 11,097	I don't have binoculars...and it's cloudy. Damn.

03-18-2004, 06:04 PM	#10
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	i wish it would hit the earth... then we could all die.