Large asteroid will hurtle past Earth Thursday night

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    Cosmically speaking, Earth is about to get a surprise buzz from a nearby asteroid.

    The innocuously named 2012 LZ1 will hurtle by Earth tonight 3.35 million miles away, about 14 times farther away than the moon.

    The asteroid is between 1,000 and 2,300 feet wide, roughly two to four times the size of the Washington Monument. That's big enough to do serious damage, but not big enough to end life on earth as we know it.

    The gigantic space rock was discovered just a few days ago by Rob McNaught at an observatory in Australia and is considered to be "near-Earth" because it is more than 500 feet wide and within 4.65 million miles of Earth.

    http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...2YHQBA&usg=AFQjCNE-jFrJ1Dx3mFmQAKSWBWgKsJth7A
     
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  3. Neverfly Banned Banned

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    "You guys didn't see this thing coming?"
    "Begging your pardon, Mr. President... but it's a big ass sky."
     
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  5. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    Is there a thread about the huge comet that is coming next year yet?
    It has the catchy name of 2012 S1, and should be bright in our skies November next year.
    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2012_S1
     
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  7. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    Six people banned already.
    Is this shaping up into the most controversial thread ever?
     
  8. Gustav Banned Banned

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    it is a conspiracy to conceal the fact that collision is imminent
     
  9. prometheus viva voce! Registered Senior Member

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    The reality is far more mundane I'm afraid - they were all spammers.
     
  10. Gustav Banned Banned

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    the insidious coverup
     
  11. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    Why do they love this thread so much?

    Re the coming Giant Comet:
    Isn't there a comet in Revelations called Wormwood or something?
    If so, then End of the World enthusiasts are going to become a pain in the neck next year.
    I've done a search on google, and no loony has made the connection yet.
    This is a big opportunity for some aspiring fruitcake.
    It could be as bright as the moon.

    I enjoyed the Hale Bopp comet until that American cult committed mass suicide.
    Halley's comet was a big disappointment. I'd been looking forward to it for decades.
    Someone is bound to spoil this one for me.
     
  12. Gustav Banned Banned

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    taking my cues from you, capt, got me a warning
    were you similarly rebuked?


    please go [mod note - profanity removed] yourself
    thanks
     
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  13. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    No Way!
    A warning for that is OTT.

    Prometheus.
    Calm down lad.

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    I just noticed that Gustav has been banned.
    If it is for what he said on this thread I should be banned as well.

    Neverfly and Buddha12 should be banned too.
    Neverfly said "Big ass sky" which is bad language,
    and Buddha12 posted a picture of a skinhead from the back.

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    Short back and sides please barber

    And while you are at it, ban yourself Prometheus.

    This is the most Banniferous thread ever!
     
  14. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    If you want a banning, post here!
     
  15. Neverfly Banned Banned

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    Right behind you Captain Kremmen.
     
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