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Shot Across the Bow: Massive Asteroid Hurtling Towards Earth

05/05/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

“A massive asteroid will fly within the moon’s orbit narrowly missing Earth later this year.

The space rock, called YU55, will hurtle past our planet at a distance of just 201,700 miles during its closest approach on November 8.

That is closer to Earth than the moon, which orbits 238,857miles away on average.

With a width of some 400metres and weighing 55million tons, YU55 will be the largest object to ever approach Earth so close.

Nasa spokesman Don Yeomans said: ‘On November 8, asteroid YU55 will fly past Earth and at its closest approach point will be about 325,000kms away.

‘This asteroid is about 400 metres wide – the largest space rock we have identified that will come this close until 2028.'”  Read more.

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  1. AtHisFeet
    05/05/2011 at 1:49 PM
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    Seems to be coming at about the same time as comet Elenin, which will make its closest pass right in the midst of the feast days.

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  2. ICA
    05/05/2011 at 2:12 PM
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    Yes, right in between Elenin’s next two alignments with the earth this year, in September and November.

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  3. AtHisFeet
    05/05/2011 at 5:35 PM
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    …and a meteor “superstorm” – the Draconids – hits on Oct. 8, which is Yom Kippur.

    http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=08&month=10&year=2010

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