Large Near-Earth Asteroid Will Pass Earth by This September

[Binary_Bark]

Within Earth’s orbit, there are literally thousands of what are known as Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), more than fourteen thousands of which are asteroids that periodically pass close to Earth. Since the 1980s, these objects have become a growing source of interest to astronomers, due to the threat they sometimes represent. But as ongoing studies and decades of tracking the larger asteroids has shown, they usually just pass Earth by.

More importantly, it is only on very rare occasions (i.e. over the course of millions of years) that a larger asteroid will come close to colliding with Earth. For example, this September 1st, the Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) known as 3122 Florence, will pass by Earth, but poses no danger of hitting us. Good thing too, since this Near-Earth Asteroid is one of the largest yet to be discovered, measuring about 4.4 km (2.7 mi) in diameter!

To put that in perspective, the asteroid which is thought to have killed the dinosaurs roughly 65 million years ago (aka. the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event) is believed to have measured 10 km (6 mi) in diameter. This impact also destroyed three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, hence why organizations like NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) is in he habit of tracking the larger NEAs.

More At: https://www.universetoday.com/136851/large-near-earth-asteroid-will-pass-earth-september/

 

[satanboy]

another miss, dammit

 

[schuits]

There's another interesting one in October.
It will pass 48,000km from earth, that's closer than our moon, but a safe 10000km from geooribtal sattelites.

https://phys.org/news/2015-04-asteroid-tc4-earth-october.html

 

[Drifter]

Where did you see 48 000 km's?

 

[Ninja'd]

Imagine being killed by something called Florence. That's like that one guy killed by Hurricane Gert.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

until one day, some madman, will decide, hey why dont I launch a nuke into it......
that will brighten everyone's day......

the debris will rain down on the planet killing millions.....
and nobody will be able to do anything, as it will be lots of small stones

so no need to nuke another country, just nuke a passing asteroid........
cause worldwide destruction,

 

[crackersa]

another miss, dammit

anyway we can get it to hit Sugarman's house?

 

[WaxLyrical]

We're going to need deep sea drillers and a space ship for this.

 

[AstroTurf]

until one day, some madman, will decide, hey why dont I launch a nuke into it......
that will brighten everyone's day......

the debris will rain down on the planet killing millions.....
and nobody will be able to do anything, as it will be lots of small stones

so no need to nuke another country, just nuke a passing asteroid........
cause worldwide destruction,

Burn up entering the atmosphere. Nice fallout though.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Burn up entering the atmosphere. Nice fallout though.

quite a few yes, but a few might hit
depends on the size, but one slamming into manhattan even one the size of a car, can cause serious damage.....

 

[c3n0byt3]

There's another interesting one in October.
It will pass 48,000km from earth, that's closer than our moon, but a safe 10000km from geooribtal sattelites.

https://phys.org/news/2015-04-asteroid-tc4-earth-october.html

Apparently predictions range from 6800km to 270 000km.
It's already done a 94 800km pass.
http://www.inquisitr.com/3769893/20...s-meteors-comets-asteroid-belt-hitting-earth/
http://earthsky.org/space/near-earth-asteroid-2012-tc4-close-pass-october-2017

 

[grok]

another miss, dammit

You are definitely not up to date with conspiracy theory..

They predict even bigger than 2012

 

[Genisys]

You are definitely not up to date with conspiracy theory..

They predict even bigger than 2012

So even more nothing than 2012?

 

[Marius Flash]

another miss, dammit