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Danger: Highly Uncertain Orbit! NASA on Alert as Massive Asteroid Set to ‘Skim Past Earth’ (Video)

Thursday, October 15, 2015 7:51
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15 Oct 15

 

How many near misses will we continue to encounter and remain safe?

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NASA on Alert as HUGE Asteroid ’2015 TB145′ Set to ‘Skim Past Earth’ with Highly Uncertain Orbit

A 500 metre wide asteroid will skim past earth at 78,000 mph.
According to NASA’s Near Earth Object Programme the enormous lump of rock will pass within 300,000 miles (1.3 LD) – a tiny distance in astronomical terms – of Earth on October 31.
The Minor Planet Center has classified 2015 TB145 as “Potentially Hazardous Asteroid.”

During closest approach to Earth the asteroid will reach about apparent magnitude 10, and will be observable to amateur astronomers with small telescopes. At peak brightness, It will be best seen in the Northern hemisphere.

The asteroid was first observed on 10 October 2015 by Pan-STARRS at an apparent magnitude of 20 using a 1.8-meter Ritchey–Chrétien telescope. On 31 October 2015 the asteroid will pass about 0.0019 AU (280,000 km; 180,000 mi) from the Moon and then pass about 0.0032 AU (480,000 km; 300,000 mi) from Earth.

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  • An Observer

    I hope it falls into a direct line with the earth, breaks up into a single small piece the size of a marble, hits Due Diligence’s house, and right through his/her head, so I quit accidentally clicking on his/her fear porn stories.

  • There is ONLY ONE WAY, and that is through Jesus/ Yashaya. Please accept Christ into your heart and repent of your sins. Admit that you are a sinner and do everything you have within yourself to turn away from those sins. Jesus/Yashaya will not let you go once you give yourself to him. He sacrificed himself for ALL of us. Of course its not always easy.  Ephesians 6:12 ” For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places”.  Accecpt the way of the light, grow your faith in Christ, stand in your faith. These are the last days and WE MUST FIGHT FOR OUR SOULS! Love you ALL! GOD bless and may he have favor with us all!

  • Pretty sure I saw a large asteroid last night. I walked outside and saw a constellation I did not recognize. But as I watched it just seamed to keep changing. One of the stars kept slowly moving and getting dimmer and dimmer. I watched it for a couple minutes and it just kept moving away.

    From Washington state it was in the NE and low in the sky at about 2AM

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