September 28, 2004
Huge Asteroid to Fly Past Earth Wednesday! We're all gonna die!!!
Posted in Space/Science/Astronomy by RAT | Comments (2)
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First Charley then Francis then Ivan then Jeanne and now this shit!!!
The largest asteroid ever known to pass near Earth is making a close celestial brush with the planet this week in an event that professional and backyard astronomers are watching closely.
The space rock, named Toutatis, will not hit Earth, despite rumors of possible doom that have circulated the Internet for months. Humanity is very fortunate there won't be an impact, as the asteroid is large enough to cause global devastation. Toutatis is about 2.9 miles long and 1.5 miles wide (4.6 by 2.4 kilometers).
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I'm curious, why didn't they use this as an opportunity to test a way to control it's orbit or see if they could even land something on it? They have known about it for 16 years.
"Huge Asteroid to Fly Past Earth Wednesday! We're all gonna die!!!"
We should be so lucky!
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