Big asteroid shows itself ahead of Earth flyby on April 29

[mark]

https://www.space.com/asteroid-1998-or2-photo-arecibo-observatory-april-2020.html

[mark]

[89th]

I see a boobie!

Now you can't unsee it, either!

[Improviso]

@89th said in Big asteroid shows itself ahead of Earth flyby on April 29:

I see a boobie!

Yep... he's definately married.

He's sees boobies EVERYWHERE expect at home.

[Mik]

That's very cool, Mark.

[mark]

@89th lol

[taiwan_girl]

Very neat stuff. It is pretty big also, and as they say, if it did hit earth, it could "threaten civilization". How big do they think the one that helped lead to teh end of the dinosaurs was?

[mark]

@taiwan_girl said in Big asteroid shows itself ahead of Earth flyby on April 29:

Very neat stuff. It is pretty big also, and as they say, if it did hit earth, it could "threaten civilization". How big do they think the one that helped lead to teh end of the dinosaurs was?

The estimate is anywhere from 7 to 50 miles (11-81 kilometers) wide.

[taiwan_girl]

@mark Thanks Mark!!!

[89th]

@mark said in Big asteroid shows itself ahead of Earth flyby on April 29:

The estimate is anywhere from 7 to 50 miles (11-81 kilometers) wide.

That’s real, and that’s spectacular.

[George K]

@89th said in Big asteroid shows itself ahead of Earth flyby on April 29:

That’s real, and that’s spectacular.

[Larry]

I wonder why they didn't call hemorrhoids asteroids...