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Meanwhile..an asteroid 2x size of Egypt pyramid to pass Earth on Sept. 6 (Original Post) RestoreAmerica2020 Sep 2020 OP
Don't challenge the universe by saying never. It's 2020. Nevilledog Sep 2020 #1
That's right! It happened say...66M years ago so there's that RestoreAmerica2020 Sep 2020 #3
I'm old fashioned. I still call it the K-T boundary. Crunchy Frog Sep 2020 #7
That's right! It happened say...66M years ago so there's that RestoreAmerica2020 Sep 2020 #5
Or is that what they just want us to think? SCantiGOP Sep 2020 #2
I bet if i load my microwave with refrigerator magnets i can send out a beam to draw it closer Baclava Sep 2020 #4
Sure! ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #10
Thank you for adding the 'don't worry' part. notinkansas Sep 2020 #6
And if it hits the "end of days" types last dying breath will be ... I told you so!!! nt mitch96 Sep 2020 #8
Halley's Comet came closer than that in 837 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #9

RestoreAmerica2020

(3,435 posts)
3. That's right! It happened say...66M years ago so there's that
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 01:00 AM
Sep 2020

Oh well, if go--we all go, que no? [Right?]

66 million years ago
The date of the impact coincides precisely with the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (commonly known as the "K–Pg boundary&quot , slightly more than 66 million years ago, and a widely accepted theory is that worldwide climate disruption from the event was the cause of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, a mass ...
Wikipedia › wiki › Chicxulub_crater
Chicxulub crater - Wikipedia

Crunchy Frog

(26,579 posts)
7. I'm old fashioned. I still call it the K-T boundary.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 01:58 AM
Sep 2020

Anyway, that one was the size of Everest, and we would definitely know if something like that were headed for us in this day and age (I hope).

Anyway, it might do us some good if it happened. We could probably do with a good kick up the pants.

RestoreAmerica2020

(3,435 posts)
5. That's right! It happened say...66M years ago so there's that
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 01:08 AM
Sep 2020

Oh well, if go--we all go, que no? [Right?]

66 million years ago
The date of the impact coincides precisely with the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (commonly known as the "K–Pg boundary&quot , slightly more than 66 million years ago, and a widely accepted theory is that worldwide climate disruption from the event was the cause of the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, a mass ...
Wikipedia › wiki › Chicxulub_crater
Chicxulub crater - Wikipedia

ProfessorGAC

(64,990 posts)
10. Sure!
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 10:14 AM
Sep 2020

If the asteroid has a high iron content!
If it's mostly silicon & carbon compounds, you scheme falls apart!
But, you can give it a shot!!

notinkansas

(1,096 posts)
6. Thank you for adding the 'don't worry' part.
Sun Sep 6, 2020, 01:25 AM
Sep 2020

This is the year 2020 - plagues, locusts, fires, hurricanes, domestic terrorists, traitorous politicians etc etc. An asteroid slamming into Earth would be totally believable.

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