NASA and its European counterpart, are tracking a 50mt-wide asteroid that could collide with our planet later this year. While potentially hazardous asteroids regularly pass Earth without issue, on September 9, a rock known as 2006 QV89 will make its closest approach to Earth in some time. http://www.24australia.xyz/NewsCont...-colliding-with-earth_20190613172010_37_d.jpg
I read about that, too. But even if it collides, it won't reach the earth's surface in one piece, so they say. More exact predictions can be made in July.
I live in Florida. I'm always afraid a big one will hit the Atlantic and cause a tidal wave. I think I've watched way too many weather channel documentaries. I WILL be following this story though.....cause you never know.
Another disaster threatening the earth and I’m still busy worrying about climate change and the destiny of the spotted owl. Seriously though and to be a bit too realistic, if it becomes a huge threat would “they” be reporting it or keeping it under wraps until, BANG, it’s over?
"An asteroid dubbed a ‘city-killer’ narrowly missed colliding into the Earth, say scientists. Asteroid 2019 OK - around 100 metres in diameter and racing at 24 kilometres a second - raced past earth at around 11.22am on Thursday morning." See: https://frontier.yahoo.com/news/earth-just-had-a-near-miss-with-a-killer-asteroid-175546112.html There is a video, won't embed, I'll try to post the link: https://twitter.com/i/status/1154190931509350401
That is about 35,500 mile away. In news articles they always make it sound like it zoomed by as close as a space satellite.
@Bess Barber Earth satellites are often that far away, Bess. Our satellite feeding us T-V is 20,000 miles out, over the Gulf of Mexico somewhere. So in terms of space miles, 35,000 is close enough for me!! Frank