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Very Close Call, Huge Asteroid Nearly Slams Into Earth
Washington (dbTechno) – Monday marked a very close call for our planet Earth, as a massive asteroid nearly smashed right into our planet.
The asteroid is known as the 2009 DD45 and is believed to be around 150 feet across, or about the size of a 10-story building.
It was a very close call on Monday as it is believed that it literally skimmed right by our planet.
There was only around 44,000 miles separating the asteroid from our own planet, and a major disaster.
This is not the closest we have come to being hit by an asteroid recently though.
Back in the year 2004, a smaller asteroid, only around 20 feet across, came within 4,000 miles of Earth.
The Siding Spring Survey program in Australia picked up on the asteroid on Saturday and initially reported it, with it being later confirmed by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center.
It is believed that the size of this most recent asteroid was similar to that of the one which hit Siberia in 1908.
The impact of that object led to 800 square miles being completely demolished.
Just think, we came that close to being hit by an asteroid, and we didn’t even know.
This is prompting many in th efield though to push for added observation to watch for such threats.
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Wow! I can’t believe that no one knew about it though. I thought we have a net of deep space satellites that were put up by the USAF or NASA?
“This is prompting many in th efield though to push for added observation to watch for such threats.”
To what end? So that people have sufficient time to panic? Maybe build a 150-foot catchers mitt? Or perhaps so that we can saddle up Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck to fly out there and blow it up?
In a time where we’re looking desperately for ways to cut spending, this is a ludicrous idea.
I guess this means that wiping out 800 square miles which is about 2.5 times larger than NYC could theoretically mean killing millions of people. Should we not invest greater resources in this?
Since asteroids travel in repeating orbits wouldn’t it have made sense to try and destroy it. Now we have to hope it doesn’t wobble on the next pass and smack into us. I would hope we have the capability of destroying one that small (relatively speaking).
RE: Pat
You’re absolutely right. We should wait until an asteroid really does kill millions before we decide to take preventative measures.
What’s ludicrous is being too stupidly short-sighted that you don’t plan ahead for the next catastrophe. .