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Earth Set for an ‘Asteroid Encounter’ This Week; 750ft Space Rock Could be ‘Potentially Hazardous'

posted by cmn32480 on Monday June 26 2017, @05:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the time-to-get-off-this-rock dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The asteroid – named 441987 (2010 NY65) – is marked as a concern because it's 230 metres in diameter and travelling just 7.9 lunar distances (that's about three million km) from us.

[...] If it were to strike, its weight could impact with a force 300 times greater than the Hiroshima bomb, scientists have predicted.

2010 NY65 was discovered on July 10, 2010 by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft and is expected to make yearly close approaches to Earth until 2022.

It might sound far-fetched, but experts have warned that an asteroid crash that would wipe out humanity could be imminent.

Dr Alan Fitzsimmons, speaking ahead of asteroid week this month, said there is currently nothing we can do to stop a large space rock heading our way – and the impact would be catastrophic.

Well, an asteroid impact is certainly one way to solve all our problems.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by donkeyhotay on Monday June 26 2017, @06:25PM (7 children)

    by donkeyhotay (2540) on Monday June 26 2017, @06:25PM (#531451)

    Are we actually sharing articles from The Sun now? Really? Editors, get your heads out of your asses.

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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Monday June 26 2017, @11:17PM (4 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Monday June 26 2017, @11:17PM (#531629) Journal

    In a row: Microsoft recommending against its own update, Gwenyth's Goop, and the Sun. Forgot the Yellowstone MEGA-ULTRA-SUPER volcano. I am detecting a pattern. Well, on the upside, at least there is nothing from Brietbarf.

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday June 27 2017, @02:55AM

      by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday June 27 2017, @02:55AM (#531717) Journal

      Well, on the upside, at least there is nothing from Brietbarf.

      Tcha, that's because you can't handle that truth.

      --
      Washington DC delenda est.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 27 2017, @04:08PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 27 2017, @04:08PM (#531980)

      Well, on the upside, at least there is nothing from Brietbarf.

      Heh.

      https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/06/27/0251246 [soylentnews.org]

    • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday June 27 2017, @04:32PM (1 child)

      by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Tuesday June 27 2017, @04:32PM (#532001) Homepage Journal

      The story from Breitbart is there now. Good story. Sometimes Breitbart has good stories. Steve Bannon, great guy. But Breitbart is very politically correct. I journaled about how they fired an editor for telling the truth. My first journal entry. Shameful! Support @k_mcq!

      • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday June 27 2017, @08:04PM

        by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday June 27 2017, @08:04PM (#532097) Journal

        Oh, Tempura! Oh, Rita Morales! Does this mean the earth is about to be struck by an asteroid the size of Steve Bannon ejected by a super-volcano from the yoni of Pepper Potts, um, what was the other one? Brietbart is dead. No, seriously, Andrew Brietbart died. From exercise. Steve Bannon has sworn to never make that mistake.

  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday June 27 2017, @02:53AM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday June 27 2017, @02:53AM (#531714) Journal

    It's not the editors' fault. It's the submitters who suck.

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    Washington DC delenda est.

  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Tuesday June 27 2017, @01:51PM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Tuesday June 27 2017, @01:51PM (#531901) Journal

    From the comments section of the Sun article:

    "If you don't read The Sun, you are uninformed. If you do read The Sun, you are misinformed."