Near-Earth Asteroid to Fly By Earth Monday 9 p.m. ET.

WATCH LIVE TONIGHT @ 9 pm ET: Hazardous Near-Earth Asteroids Webcast from Slooh

[link to www.space.com]

Asteroid 2000 EM26
Date Feb 18
Distance 8.8 LD
Size 195 m

Notes: LD means "Lunar Distance." 1 LD = 384,401 km, the distance between Earth and the Moon.

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They're really stretching the "near-earth" part, aren't they?

no

yes

wake me up when there is one at a 100 miles.

Yes. This is a perfect example of MSM getting people excited over nothing. But then, the MSM probably thinks the moon is only a bit higher than airliners fly.

Thanks for the info GFG

Just gonna leave this here.

I never knew that, it could crash into us any minute.

Seems like every time they say a "rogue satellite" is falling, they also say there is an asteroid making a close pass. Makes you wonder if they don't expect something from that asteroid to crash into earth and are prepared to say it was the "rogue satellite". Just thinking out loud.

was thinking along these similar lines last night when reading about this.....

Agreed. It's almost NINE TIMES the distance from here to the moon. Interesting, but nothing of note. In fact, until a few years ago it most likely would have passed by unnoticed at all.

X2

not near enuf.

which is why they should not touch those things! No major doom for thousands of years, except maybe in Siberia circa 1906 or 12? I don't remember. I'm afraid they'll try to shove one out of the way one year, and it will end up falling here!

Thank you GFG

BUMP for later !

... NewThor Presents!

Wake up...smack smack...there is one at a 100 miles

Is this still pinned? For the love of...

Sad day

Thanks for pin earlier , I have not been on since am

Near-Earth asteroid 2000 EM26 poses no threat of actually hitting the planet, but the online Slooh Space Camera will track the asteroid as it passes by Earth on Monday. The live Slooh webcast will start at 9 p.m. ET (0200 Feb. 18 GMT), and you can also watch the webcast directly through the Slooh website. (You can participate in the broadcast by using the hashtag #asteroid to ask questions during the 2000 EM26 show.)

You can also watch the asteroid broadcast live on Space.com. Scientists estimate that 2000 EM26 is about 885 feet (270 meters) in diameter, and it is whizzing through the solar system at a break-neck 27,000 mph (12.37km/s), according to Slooh. During its closest approach, the asteroid will fly about 8.8 lunar distances from Earth. [See photos of potentially dangerous asteroids]

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watch here
WATCH LIVE TONIGHT @ 9 pm ET: Hazardous Near-Earth Asteroids Webcast from Slooh

[link to www.space.com]

Do not go gently into that good night! Rage!

Glad I checked before posting. 8)
About 35 min. Countdown has started:

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my boss mentioned this today and he only gets MSM

its a non event why is this being reported?

go to spaceweather and there is half a dozen more interesting events listed