Earth narrowly avoided an "asteroid" strike Sunday when an "asteroid" whizzed past Earth so close that it went under the orbits of some satellites.
Fortunately, it was tiny (16 feet wide, which makes me wonder whether it should even be classed as an asteroid).
Wouldn’t have hurt us (or so they say).
It was the second-closest such miss on record.
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Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."
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A “near miss,” eh? So it hit us? 😉
A “near miss,” eh? So it hit us? 😉
Hey, what’s with the double posts??
Did this asteroid destruted one or several satellites ? It’s a real garbage there !
I can’t remember how many time the Enterprise was hit by these stupid machines !
An asteroid : good for waseing earth’s orbits?
Only 16 feet wide? ONLY 16 feet?
Not all that big at 16 feet. The real problem would have been if it’s core was made up of Naquadah! 🙂
“The real problem would have been if it’s core was made up of Naquadah!”
Only if we tried to blow it up with a nuke!