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Attilatheblond

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5. Thanks for the heads up! Will dust off my hard hat!

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2026, 03:35 PM

12 hrs ago

One of my fav sites, SpaceWeather, has a nifty chart of known Near Earth Asteroids, by date. Yeah, sometimes the observers miss the 'sneaky ones' in time to put them up on the chart.

Near Earth Asteroids on the chart have data regarding size, velocity, distance from earth (measured in 'lunar distances' for scale) Handy source for known NEAs, but astronomers do get surprised from time to time. Also just a fun site for those who like to look up.

https://spaceweather.com/]

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An asteroid discovered days ago will narrowly miss Earth (today, just before 6pm eastern time) uh-oh! [View all] orleans 12 hrs ago OP

I wonder what kind of damage this asteroid would cause if it hit the Earth... wcmagumba 12 hrs ago #1

It is estimated an asteroid the size of a house (larger than this one) sarisataka 12 hrs ago #4

LOL popsdenver 10 hrs ago #13

That meteor was 6-9 miles. That's a lot bigger than 50-150 feet. EdmondDantes_ 8 hrs ago #24

Not nearly as much misanthrope 9 hrs ago #21

Yeah, about Hiroshima Metaphorical 11 hrs ago #6

it wd take out a lot of satellites, i presume. mopinko 10 hrs ago #11

Oh thank god dweller 12 hrs ago #2

Disappointed bustedbiscuits 12 hrs ago #3

Yeah, same. EuterpeThelo 9 hrs ago #22

Thanks for the heads up! Will dust off my hard hat! Attilatheblond 12 hrs ago #5

Let it go by. Norrrm 11 hrs ago #7

Damn! I was going to use that for Orrex tomorrow. no_hypocrisy 11 hrs ago #8

Don't look up! betsuni 11 hrs ago #9

I see what you did there Brother Buzz 10 hrs ago #17

Too small to see, though. MineralMan 11 hrs ago #10

Unless it's not a miss and you're in the trajectory. paleotn 9 hrs ago #18

Exactly why RoseTrellis 8 hrs ago #25

Maralago James48 10 hrs ago #12

We're all gonna die!!! Martin Eden 10 hrs ago #14

Funny thing, when you're young, you don't think much about Father Time. paleotn 10 hrs ago #16

Time, by Pink Floyd Martin Eden 8 hrs ago #23

That they do. paleotn 7 hrs ago #27

Close shave. 57K miles may seem like a lot..... paleotn 10 hrs ago #15

The skywatchers should be able... BH liberal 9 hrs ago #19

That's three minutes from now Uncle Joe 9 hrs ago #20

you're welcome. i heard joan esposito (on wcpt) mention this so i googled and found a couple articles. orleans 6 hrs ago #28

Tell Trump it is made of priceless rare minerals. Irish_Dem 8 hrs ago #26