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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeanwhile..an asteroid 2x size of Egypt pyramid to pass Earth on Sept. 6
Our #PlanetaryDefense experts are not worried about asteroid 2010 FR and you shouldnt be either because it has zero chance of hitting Earth. 🌎 It will safely pass by our planet on Sept. 6 more than 4.6 million miles awaythats more than 19 times the distance of our Moon!
12:30 PM · Sep 1, 2020
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/science/story/asteroid-twice-size-egypt-pyramid-zip-past-earth-sunday-september-6-nasa-explainer-1718921-2020-09-05&ved=2ahUKEwigq_352tPrAhW7HzQIHc4cAxMQFjAFegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3IZ7W8HfShM4PaEtQf5QOq&cf=1
Nevilledog
(51,065 posts)RestoreAmerica2020
(3,435 posts)Oh well, if go--we all go, que no? [Right?]
The date of the impact coincides precisely with the CretaceousPaleogene boundary (commonly known as the "KPg boundary" , 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 CretaceousPaleogene extinction event, a mass ...
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Chicxulub crater - Wikipedia
Crunchy Frog
(26,579 posts)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)Oh well, if go--we all go, que no? [Right?]
The date of the impact coincides precisely with the CretaceousPaleogene boundary (commonly known as the "KPg boundary" , 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 CretaceousPaleogene extinction event, a mass ...
Wikipedia wiki Chicxulub_crater
Chicxulub crater - Wikipedia
SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)Baclava
(12,047 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,990 posts)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)This is the year 2020 - plagues, locusts, fires, hurricanes, domestic terrorists, traitorous politicians etc etc. An asteroid slamming into Earth would be totally believable.
mitch96
(13,888 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,295 posts)3 million miles away; and at about 9.3 by 5 miles, that's probably more than 100,000 times the mass of this one.