Asteroid a MILE wide to hurtle past Earth in 72 HOURS - as experts warn of MASS EXTINCTION

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another one coming , size of house, if sky goes of they got sums wrong

https://www.theguardian.com/science...ass-by-earth-at-just-above-satellite-altitude

A house-size asteroid will give Earth a near-miss on Thursday, giving experts a rare chance to rehearse for a real-life strike threat as it passes inside the moon’s orbit.

Dubbed 2012 TC4, the space rock will shave past at an altitude of less than 44,000km (27,300 miles) – just above the 36,000km altitude at which hundreds of geosynchronous satellites orbit the Earth.

That represents about an eighth of the distance between the Earth and the moon.

Nasa’s Mike Kelley, who leads the exercise to spot, track and intimately probe the transient visitor, insisted there was “no danger. Not even for satellites”.
 
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Funny this thread came on main page had a mad dream last night.

We either got nuked or hit with something from space as remember a big flash burning then darkness.

Fucked up dream lol
 
another one coming , size of house, if sky goes of they got sums wrong

https://www.theguardian.com/science...ass-by-earth-at-just-above-satellite-altitude

A house-size asteroid will give Earth a near-miss on Thursday, giving experts a rare chance to rehearse for a real-life strike threat as it passes inside the moon’s orbit.

Dubbed 2012 TC4, the space rock will shave past at an altitude of less than 44,000km (27,300 miles) – just above the 36,000km altitude at which hundreds of geosynchronous satellites orbit the Earth.

That represents about an eighth of the distance between the Earth and the moon.

Nasa’s Mike Kelley, who leads the exercise to spot, track and intimately probe the transient visitor, insisted there was “no danger. Not even for satellites”.

I don't think there is too much to worry about it its over 27000 miles away
 
"Though several million miles away astronomers fear a slight deviation from its orbit will put it on a headlong collision course with the planet."

I would like to know what could cause a mile wide lump of rock travelling at 30,000 MPH to "deviate slightly" ?

Two bottles of Brown Ale?
 
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