Current Events > Asteroid passing by close to Earth tomorrow...

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http://www.iflscience.com/space/an-asteroid-is-going-to-swing-by-fairly-close-to-earth-tomorrow-but-dont-panic/

An asteroid is going to come pretty darn close to Earth on Friday although as always, theres no chance of it hitting us.

The asteroid is called 2018 CB, and its going to pass Earth on February 9 at a distance of about 64,000 kilometers (39,000 miles). Thats five times closer than the Moon, enough to label it as a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA). You can watch it fly by online from 3pm EDT on Friday.

Its estimated to be between 15 and 40 meters (50 and 130 feet) across. It was discovered fairly late, only being spotted by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) in Arizona on February 4.

2018 CB is an Apollo asteroid, which is a group of 8,000 near-Earth asteroids that orbit in the inner Solar System, and regularly cross Earths orbit. About 1,500 of them are classified as PHAs.

The orbit of this asteroid takes it about to about 1.68 AU from the Sun (1 AU, astronomical unit, is the distance from Earth to the Sun). Thats about the same distance from the Sun that Elon Musks Tesla Roadster, launched the other day, will reach.

"Although 2018 CB is quite small, it might well be larger than the asteroid that entered the atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia, almost exactly five years ago, in 2013," said Paul Chodas, manager of the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, in a statement.

"Asteroids of this size do not often approach this close to our planet -- maybe only once or twice a year."

It follows on the heels of another asteroid, 2018 CC, which swung past Earth on Tuesday, February 6. That asteroid measured 15 to 30 meters (50 to 100 feet) across, and came within 184,000 kilometers (114,000 miles) of our planet.

PHAs are classified as objects that exceed 500 feet (140 meters) in size and come closer than 7.5 million kilometers (4.6 million miles) to Earth. Currently, there is no known asteroid PHA or otherwise on a collision course with Earth in the next few centuries at least. Phew.

Still, the close call of this asteroid is a reminder of the millions of space rocks out there in the Solar System and we really need to get better at tracking them. One might have our name on it one day, so wed better be ready.
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I think this shows some evidence of a guiding hand in the universe. that all these rocks pass us by. or maybe aliens are subtly using gravity technology to push them off course.

I'll get my baseball bat
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WE'RE ALL GONNA DlE!!!!!
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DuranOfForcena posted...

Zikten posted...

I think this shows some evidence of a guiding hand in the universe. that all these rocks pass us by. or maybe aliens are subtly using gravity technology to push them off course.

ah yes, "i'm ignorant of the way it actually works, so god must have done it"

tell me how it works then dude. you don't know that I am ignorant. you just say that cause I brought up god and it upset you.

An asteroid of that size could still cause a ton of damage. I don't think Trump is getting enough credit for stopping it from hitting Earth.
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DuranOfForcena posted...

Zikten posted...

I think this shows some evidence of a guiding hand in the universe. that all these rocks pass us by. or maybe aliens are subtly using gravity technology to push them off course.

ah yes, "i'm ignorant of the way it actually works, so god must have done it"

Be careful, when I scrolled by this post my screen got a deep scratch from the edge
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i know you are ignorant in general from your posting habits here

This I agree with though
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HAARP weather sys...

Nah nevermind, I can't even lead myself to believe that load of bull...
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asteroids are small in comparison to the size of the universe and it's like a bunch of random bullets trying to hit a bullsye. but I also think there is a Force that sublty guides things in the universe. if that upsets your delicate mind, I'm sorry.

I am not always ignorant. you just decide I am because you don't like what I say. this was evidenced last night when I was in a topic having a normal discussion about human evolution and human migration. and 2 people came in the topic, didn't bother to actually read what I was saying, just saw my name and started shittalking me and making themselves look like fools. and I know they realize that now because I called them out on it and they both finally shut up.

DuranOfForcena posted...

i'm not obligated to do that

You clearly don't know lol.
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And how many miles up is the International Space Station?

Giant Meteor 2018!
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DuranOfForcena posted...

Zikten posted...

asteroids are small in comparison to the size of the universe and it's like a bunch of random bullets trying to hit a bullsye. but I also think there is a Force that sublty guides things in the universe. if that upsets your delicate mind, I'm sorry.

there is a force that subtly guides things through the universe. four of them, in fact. the Fundamental Forces (or Interactions) of gravity, electromagnetism, strong nuclear force and weak nuclear force. they explain every movement that an asteroid will ever take, no god or aliens required. if that upsets your delicate mind, well, i'm not sorry.

it doesn't upset me actually. because unlike you, I am not butthurt by the other side. you don't even understand what my belief is. I think something like the Force from star wars does subtle things to run the forces we know as science. its all the same thing to me. so no. you are sitting over there upset that I mentioned anything akin to God. and I am meanwhile totally comfortable and well adjusted about my position on the subject even after you tried to insult me

DuranOfForcena posted...

what a pathetic post

Yours was, yes.
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NOM posted...

I'll get my baseball bat

i heard one can knock out a meteor with a guitar (the right guitar).
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DuranOfForcena posted...

nope

nah
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DuranOfForcena posted...

Zikten posted...

you don't even understand what my belief is. I think something like the Force from star wars does subtle things to run the forces we know as science

lol wow

okay, remind me never to try to talk any sense into you in the future, cuz it is clearly impossible

yea typical response. you see "star wars" and you think I believe in jedi. whatever man. you are far from the first person to not get what I am about

SageHarpuia posted...

WE'RE ALL GONNA DlE!!!!!

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nevermind that lots of scientists share my view. they just don't say the words star wars. but its the same idea.

Jesus fucking christ zikten

Zikten posted...

I think

You should stop doing that, you're awful at it.
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Speaking of Star Wars, I want Episode One Racer on the Switch.

DuranOfForcena posted...

Zikten posted...

nevermind that lots of scientists share my view.

source?

anything Albert Einstein ever said. or Carl Sagan. or countless others who have admitted there might be some power out there beyond our understanding. you think I believe in light sabers and force powers. that is not what I said. I say the word Force to make it easier to understand my point. but it's more complicated than that. it's just the closest word and easiest way to describe it. I could also cite the God that Bender meets in futurama. except imagine its not something you can see or have a conversation with. but if you refuse to try to understand, you will never get past the stage of "lol star wars"

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omega cookie posted...

Zikten posted...

I think

You should stop doing that, you're awful at it.

this is more ironic a post than you realize

DuranOfForcena posted...

this post is so wrong, ignorant and idiotic in so many ways, that i don't even know where to begin

and with that, I am done. you don't get what I am saying at all, and you refuse to listen. just know that you have no idea what you are talking about and that when you laugh at what I said, you don't even know what you are laughing at

Zikten posted...

omega cookie posted...

Zikten posted...

I think

You should stop doing that, you're awful at it.

this is more ironic a post than you realize

Aren't you the guy who has meltdowns on the subreddit because you get suspended for garbage posting and blame it on autism?

Because if you are who I think you are, you probably shouldn't fence with me. You won't win.
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omega cookie posted...

Zikten posted...

omega cookie posted...

Zikten posted...

I think

You should stop doing that, you're awful at it.

this is more ironic a post than you realize

Aren't you the guy who has meltdowns on the subreddit because you get suspended for garbage posting and blame it on autism?

Because if you are who I think you are, you probably shouldn't fence with me. You won't win.

you said I am bad at thinking yet what I was saying totally went over your head. so no, I am feeling pretty confident. the only reason you think I am bad at thinking over this subject is because you don't get it. that's why I said your post was dripping with irony. but you won't admit this. your gonna fire back with some insult and continue not understanding what I am saying. because you don't want to understand

just cause I have meltdowns doesn't mean I am stupid about everything. autistic people tend to have certain subjects they know alot about. you act the same way no matter what I am talking about. so it makes you look like a bully who just likes to attack even when it dosn't make sense. sometimes I DO know what I am talking about

Good topic.
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DuranOfForcena posted...

i don't need to understand every last detail of how you think The Force from Star Wars is rea

that's not what I said at all.

what I said

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your head

Zikten posted...

you said I am bad at thinking yet what I was saying totally went over your head

so youre bad at explaining yourself too

Zikten posted...

sometimes I DO know what I am talking about

like when

Zikten posted...

just cause I have meltdowns doesn't mean I am stupid about everything. autistic people tend to have certain subjects they know alot about. you act the same way no matter what I am talking about. so it makes you look like a bully who just likes to attack even when it dosn't make sense. sometimes I DO know what I am talking about

I enjoy your posts but that's because I read them in the voice of Ricky from Trailer Park Boys.

like now

and yes I said LIKE the force. it's hard to explain and citing Star Wars is the easiest translation. I believe in a creative energy that is kinda like God but it's not the old man in the clouds. it's something that humans can't comprehend, and it built all the scientific rules of the universe.