Three HUGE asteroids close to Earth

originally posted by: oldcarpy
a reply to: Flavian

Hey, man - you're harshing my doom vibe.

If it's solid metal and it hits, somewhere is doomed............DOOMED i tell you........

a reply to: Flavian

Thank you. That's much better. Hey - what if it's made of tungsten? Epic doom!

My god....we are all gonna die. Better go shag the wife some more....you know....just in case.

a reply to: oldcarpy

If it's Tungsten then it's late. Fireworks were last week.

Frankly, it would need holding to account. These asteroids today really aren't as punctual as they should be, lazing around the outer Solar System with their hands in their pockets.......

originally posted by: lakenheath24
My god....we are all gonna die. Better go shag the wife some more....you know....just in case.

Take it you havent been married long then?

20 years this christmas eve! Still my bestie.

a reply to: Flavian

a reply to: Bluntone22

If there was concern about them hitting earth the people would never be told. There is no room for them in the bunkers that the elite and politicians have built for themselves with your money.

originally posted by: lakenheath24
20 years this christmas eve! Still my bestie.

a reply to: Flavian

Good effort and congratulations.

originally posted by: Flavian

originally posted by: Lagomorphe

originally posted by: a325nt
a reply to: Lagomorphe

IMO it's not dangerously close until it skims atmo.

Imagine if that bugger skimmed your head..!

oooOOOER!

Does it count as a full proper skim if it doesn't complete 2 full skims off the surface? I'm sure the World Stone Skimming Association will have some guidelines on this.......

Does a hair skim count?

They really are not that close to earth to be of much of a concern. Unless they bump into each other and bounce, but that is not really expected at all.

originally posted by: lakenheath24
20 years this christmas eve! Still my bestie.

a reply to: Flavian

22 this july for me. A near miss wouldn't even phase her and I.

Do we know when and if these buggers come around again? What year and distance?

Yes that isnt close at all and zero threat. The moon is 252,088 miles away. Anything in that range i would consider close.

a reply to: dragonridr

The third one will pass 237,000 miles from Earth about 6.30 Saturday evening.

Asteroid 2018 VX1 is the smallest of the three asteroids but will also come closest to the planet – closer than the Moon. At about 6.21pm GMT, Asteroid VX1 will close the distance between itself and the Earth to 0.99 LD or 0.00255au.

Note that a ‘close’ passage astronomically can be very far away in human terms NASA This is the equivalent of just 237,037 miles (381,474 km). In astronomical terms, this is an incredibly close brush and warrants interest from NASA’s asteroid trackers.
www.express.co.uk...

a reply to: gortex

Does this help. Its not even in same orbit it is actually above us and zero chance of hitting.

watchers.news...

a reply to: dragonridr

Not sayin it will hit just that it is within Lunar distance.