Massive asteroid to pass by earth

**Just AnotherPerson** · 10-15-2018, 09:34 AM

I am just posting this one for fun. From what I know this asteroid is not even close, I think they said 10 lunar distances away. I am not sure why they sometimes bring attention to these things we have much closer ones all the time. But when we do have large passerby's they can pull in smaller ones that part does pose some danger I suppose.

Asteroid twice the size of the Statue of Liberty heading toward Earth

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wond...cid=spartanntp

Here is a good link for checking in on these things
http://www.spaceweather.com/

Near Earth Asteroids

Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs) are space rocks larger than approximately 100m that can come closer to Earth than 0.05 AU. None of the known PHAs is on a collision course with our planet, although astronomers are finding new ones all the time.

On October 15, 2018 there were 1936 potentially hazardous asteroids.

Recent & Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters:

Asteroid	Date(UT)	Miss Distance	Velocity (km/s)	Diameter (m)
2018 TA2	2018-Oct-09	10.7 LD	4.9	14
2018 SM2	2018-Oct-10	11.4 LD	10.1	89
2018 TC2	2018-Oct-10	16.4 LD	8.3	22
2018 TN3	2018-Oct-10	6.7 LD	7.3	8
2018 TS4	2018-Oct-11	5.2 LD	2.3	12
2018 TR4	2018-Oct-11	6.9 LD	11	36
2018 TD2	2018-Oct-12	12.9 LD	11.2	18
2018 TQ3	2018-Oct-12	10.5 LD	7.4	14
2018 TB5	2018-Oct-13	3.1 LD	16.3	17
2018 TC5	2018-Oct-13	12.6 LD	7.6	20
2018 TU4	2018-Oct-15	14.2 LD	11	28
2018 SL3	2018-Oct-15	9.1 LD	13.4	34
2018 TS1	2018-Oct-15	6.6 LD	10.9	27
2018 TZ2	2018-Oct-16	9.1 LD	16.7	41
2014 US7	2018-Oct-17	3.2 LD	8.7	19
2013 UG1	2018-Oct-18	10.4 LD	13.4	123
2016 GC221	2018-Oct-18	8.7 LD	14.4	39
2018 TT5	2018-Oct-24	15.9 LD	10.2	29
475534	2018-Oct-29	7.5 LD	18.1	204
2002 VE68	2018-Nov-04	14.7 LD	8.6	282
2018 TF3	2018-Nov-05	7.8 LD	20.6	312
2010 VQ	2018-Nov-07	15.6 LD	3.8	10
2009 WB105	2018-Nov-25	15.2 LD	18.9	71
2008 WD14	2018-Nov-27	7.4 LD	9.3	93
2001 WO15	2018-Nov-28	13.6 LD	11.7	107
2013 VX4	2018-Dec-09	4.1 LD	6.6	65

**nathanbforrest45** · 10-15-2018, 09:48 AM

What? Rosie O'Donnell is finally leaving the country?

**Mini Me** · 10-15-2018, 09:53 AM

**Peter1469** · 10-15-2018, 09:57 AM

2 days before it passes. Hopefully it stays on it current course.

**CCitizen** · 10-25-2018, 02:24 PM

The probability of a Natural Disaster destroying Earth in a century is about 1 in a 600,000.

A World War or an epidemic triggered by human activity are much more likely.

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