Next Tuesday, an asteroid will come closer to the Earth than the distance from the moon...

[kentuck]

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/news/yu55-20111025.html

[Dennis Donovan]

1. ...it misses?

x(

[Scuba]

2. Mayan asteroid? Very cool, thanks for posting. n/t

[fascisthunter]

3. thanks! Pretty cool! (nt)

[teddy51]

4. With any luck it will suck all the repugs and Teabaggers off the earth and

take them along with it.

[pintobean]

6. They should grab a towel this time

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[Rex]

5. Awesome!

[TreasonousBastard]

7. We had one even closer last week...

but it was a little one. Looking good for the Northern Lights this weekend, too. Look North at night to see any aurorae that might happen.

Got to http://spaceweather.com for all sorts of good stuff like that.

[RC]

8. If it is actually coming that close, shouldn't it have a curved path?

I mean the gravitational pull of the earth should swing it a little closer to the moon, which in turn should curve the path a little more yet.

(I watch the Big Bang Theory which makes me smarter than most people.)

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[DCKit]

13. In all fairness, it IS just a theory, right? nt

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[coalition_unwilling]

15. LOL! That's an instant classic! - n/t

[DJ13]

12. .... and which day was chosen for the nationwide emergency system test?