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(CNN) Well, 2020 keeps getting better all the time.
Amid a pandemic, civil unrest and a divisive US election season, we now have an asteroid zooming toward us.
On the day before the presidential vote, no less.
Yep. The celestial object known as 2018VP1 is projected to come close to Earth on November 2, according to the Center for Near Earth Objects Studies at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It was first identified at Palomar Observatory in California in 2018.
"Asteroid 2018VP1 is very small, approximately 6.5 feet, and poses no threat to Earth. If it were to enter our planet's atmosphere, it would disintegrate due to its extremely small size," NASA said in a statement. "NASA has been directed by Congress to discover 90% of the near-Earth asteroids larger than 140 meters (459 feet) in size and reports on asteroids of any size."
NASA says that, "based on 21 observations spanning 12.968 days," the agency has determined the asteroid probably -- phew! -- won't have a deep impact, let alone bring Armageddon. The chance of it hitting us is just 0.41%, data show. CNN has reached out NASA for any additional or updated information but has not heard back. (Read More)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/us/asteroid-earth-november-2020-scn-trnd/index.html
JI7
(90,233 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,978 posts)Just so it's not on a Monday. Mondays are bad for me.
Tanuki
(15,223 posts)LuckyCharms
(18,721 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)shanti
(21,706 posts)Pachamama
(16,996 posts)Turbineguy
(38,227 posts)who will start attending church!
Bleacher Creature
(11,394 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)At first I thought it was funny. I still do, but now it might just be hitting a little too close to home.
Nexus2
(1,261 posts)Its strange outer space radiation will mutant the Covid virus so instead of making people ill it changes them into flesh hungry ghouls. While h'es being devoured by what used to the press corp in their briefing room, Trump's last screamed utterance will be "Democrat Hoax!"
regnaD kciN
(26,513 posts)This leads to the most obvious question: in the case of Republicans, how would we know?
csziggy
(34,189 posts)Nexus2
(1,261 posts)Just enough to make things real interesting for those that aren't changed. Changing everyone would be too quick and relatively merciful for 2020.
nocoincidences
(2,311 posts)I have meteor strike on my 2020 Apocalypse card and that did it for me! Yeeeehaw!
Do I get to progress to the next realm of existence?
Wicked Blue
(6,516 posts)Sweet Meteor Of Doom
blogslut
(38,595 posts)Collimator
(1,840 posts)I'm pretty sure that I have seen "Giant Meteor 2020" campaign bumper stickers.
(Sorry. Didn't see the post featuring the actual bumper sticker. Thank you, though.)
Karma13612
(4,662 posts)And glanced over at a lovely plot with a bench to sit on, a small statue of the virgin Mary and some flowers. It was a nice single plot with nothing surrounding it for a good 30 feet.
Alongside the headstone there was a huge flag flying. The size you usually fly in front of your home on a flag pole.
It was a Trump 2020 Maga flag.
I feel sorry for anyone who has a loved one in a plot there. My Gawd that was tacky.
Ilsa
(62,169 posts)Excellent idea!
Maru Kitteh
(28,903 posts)Not sorry.
Karma13612
(4,662 posts)A family member from just doing this to spite the deceased?
We wont ever know if this was the deceased persons wish.
csziggy
(34,189 posts)I would make a huge stink about politicizing the place! Even though I don't visit that town or the cemetery very often I would NOT want to see that anywhere near my relatives.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Agreed. It is completely inappropriate. Is there not one place that these people won't desecrate with their sickening hatred and intolerance? Nothing is sacred to them.
Karma13612
(4,662 posts)Same thing.
I would HOPE cemeteries were off limits!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,476 posts)It has a .41% chance of hitting Earth. Meaning it has a 99.59% chance of missing.
More importantly,
You need to worry a fuck of a lot more about almost anything else.
Crunchy Frog
(26,886 posts)the one that offed the dinosaurs was the size of Mt. Everest.
This is nothing but hype.