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2023-01-25 Science & Technology

Huge asteroid the size of a LONDON BUS will fly within 2,100 miles of Earth this week - the fourth closest approach to our planet on RECORD, NASA reveals

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-25 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Considering, geosynchronous orbit (GSO) is 22,230+/- miles. I wonder how many Sat's will die this week as it punches through them ?

Maybe Direct-TV????

Posted by NN2N1 2023-01-25 08:49|| 2023-01-25 08:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Do the math. The volume of geosynchronous space is a stupidly big number, even if small by astronomical standards.

Chance of winning the lottery is better.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-01-25 08:59|| 2023-01-25 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 S M O D....save us all from the nihilists!!

Posted by AlanC 2023-01-25 09:39|| 2023-01-25 09:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Fourth closest, other than, you know, the ones which have hit.

Watch parties have been set up for a couple days now, so this is some DM floosie overhearing a cocktail conversation and reporting breathless news.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-01-25 10:43|| 2023-01-25 10:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Worth a look
Every Earth-orbiting satellite and who owns them.

Posted by NN2N1 2023-01-25 13:58|| 2023-01-25 13:58|| Front Page Top

#6 DM floosie

Well, you know, the NASA @AsteroidWatch Twitter account has nada. Same for the NASA main Twitter.

Virtual telescope

Posted by KBK 2023-01-25 14:56|| 2023-01-25 14:56|| Front Page Top

#7 NASA and their fake Mission Control full of Diverse and hyper-stoked about space participants is the best PR they've done since they fired that actual technician who was actually excited about that mission for his Hawaiian shirt's pattern.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-01-25 15:12|| 2023-01-25 15:12|| Front Page Top

#8 Oh I see.

NASA is busy trying to figure how many hundreds of millions to give to Boeing.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-01-25 16:58|| 2023-01-25 16:58|| Front Page Top

#9 USA with 2,804+ SAT's in orbit and over 4,800 total for all nations.

I honestly think the odds are slim, but plausibly good, that something might get bumped as the asteriod dips 18,000 miles below geo sync obital area.

Oh!

Posted by NN2N1 2023-01-25 17:16|| 2023-01-25 17:16|| Front Page Top

#10 "The sky is almost falling, the sky is almost falling!"

Posted by JohnQC 2023-01-25 17:30|| 2023-01-25 17:30|| Front Page Top

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