Another Massive Asteroid Passing By

[migtig]

Unfortunately it doesn't appear that the back yard hobbist will be able to track it.

However, who wants to make predictions for the 2119 doomsday cults?

Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31 - latimes.com
Excerpt:
It's 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making a flyby.

Asteroid 1998 QE2 will make its closest pass to Earth on May 31 at 1:59 p.m. PDT.

Excerpt:
There is no chance that asteroid 1998 QE2 could collide with Earth this go-around, and its next close approach won't be until 2119.

 

[DEEKAYPEE8569]

Unfortunately it doesn't appear that the back yard hobbist will be able to track it.

However, who wants to make predictions for the 2119 doomsday cults?

Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31 - latimes.com
Excerpt:
It's 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue. If it impacted Earth it would probably result in global extinction. Good thing it is just making a flyby.

Asteroid 1998 QE2 will make its closest pass to Earth on May 31 at 1:59 p.m. PDT.

Excerpt:
There is no chance that asteroid 1998 QE2 could collide with Earth this go-around, and its next close approach won't be until 2119.

Pretty sure I won't be around to see it.

 

[migtig]

Is everybody excited about tomorrow?

Asteroid 1998 QE2's close encounter generates a wave of attention online - Cosmic Log
Excerpt:
The 1.7-mile-wide (2.7-kilometer-wide) near-Earth asteroid won't pose any threat to our planet: Its orbit will bring it no closer than 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers). Nevertheless, it's sparking interest because it's big enough, and coming close enough, to serve as a valuable target for scientific study.


Slooh Space Camera has scheduled an online viewing party starting at 4:30 p.m. ET Friday
SLOOH SpaceCamera - Live Event

 

[czygvtwkr]

Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the bottom of a barbecue.

That is the symboyte that became venom in the spiderman series.

 

[Misfit]

That is the symboyte that became venom in the spiderman series.

I'm hyperventilating.

 

[b23hqb]

That is the symboyte that became venom in the spiderman series.

Could that be what is infecting the White House as well?

 

[BlueBird]

Massive asteroids aren’t scary. Massive hemorrhoids, now that's a different story.

 

[migtig]

Oh WOW - They just discovered the asteroid has its own moon!

NASA Radar Shows Near-Earth Asteroid Bringing Its Own Moon « CBS Los Angeles
The preliminary estimate for the size of the asteroid’s satellite, or moon, is approximately 2,000 feet wide, researchers said. The moon appears in JPL images as a small, bright object orbiting 1998 QE2

 

[slotpuppy]

Oh WOW - They just discovered the asteroid has its own moon!

NASA Radar Shows Near-Earth Asteroid Bringing Its Own Moon « CBS Los Angeles
The preliminary estimate for the size of the asteroid’s satellite, or moon, is approximately 2,000 feet wide, researchers said. The moon appears in JPL images as a small, bright object orbiting 1998 QE2

I bet its not an asteroid. I think it is a dyson sphere.

 

[migtig]

I bet its not an asteroid. I think it is a dyson sphere.

Aliens!!!

 

[kwillia]

I bet its not an asteroid. I think it is a dyson sphere.

Cool. I hear those are pretty good at suckin' up all the pet dander and pollen in our atmosphere.

 

[migtig]

Cool. I hear those are pretty good at suckin' up all the pet dander and pollen in our atmosphere.

Not to mention the sun's energy!

 

[SamSpade]

Oh WOW - They just discovered the asteroid has its own moon!

"That's no moon"

 

[slotpuppy]

Cool. I hear those are pretty good at suckin' up all the pet dander and pollen in our atmosphere.

Did you not see space balls? We need to change it from suck to blow!