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A house sized Asteroid is to pass by Earth at a distance slughtly further out than the geostationary satellites. It is happening Thursday morning.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/10/house-sized-asteroid-will-p...

In reply to Lion Bakes:

I'll probably get gazumped on that too

In reply to Lion Bakes:

Is there any possibility it'll hit Horseshoe Quarry?
It'd would save an awful lot of forum time.

In reply to Lion Bakes:

We might get EarthExit

In reply to Lusk:


>that would be terrible, it would scatter loose rock everywhere, leave routes dangerous tottering piles of fractured dust, leave a huge unsightly hole in the ground....

Awful thought.

In reply to DerwentDiluted:



The dogging opportunities wouldn’t be effected, so Eyam and Stoney will still be well served

In reply to Lion Bakes:

NASA had a planned space mission - The Asteroid Redirect Mission - which would have been the first attempt to practice redirecting an asteroid and in the future saving the planet. Guess what Trump cancelled as soon as he was sworn in? Not NAFTA, the climate agreement or the Iran deal...

In reply to Lion Bakes:

I wonder if life is seeded galactically by giant blocks of ice harbouring simple life that have been blasted off alien planets by rocks like this?

In reply to broken spectre:

There is such a theory about the origins of life on Earth I believe. Asteroids and comets, both bringers and extinguishes of life.

In reply to DerwentDiluted:

Yes but what if it hits?

In reply to Red Rover:

It'll improve the housing crisis by 1 house, I guess, as well as wiping out the dinosaurs

In reply to Red Rover:


This one simply isn't big enough !

What the planet needs is a fresh start, without humanity. An asteroid the size of the one that hit Yucatan is the answer, but these would appear to be very few and far between.

It would be an exciting moment, witnessing the end of humanity !

In reply to Pyreneenemec:

The Yellowstone super volcano is due any minute

In reply to Pedro50:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera

" The U.S. Geological Survey, University of Utah and National Park Service scientists with the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory maintain that they "see no evidence that another such cataclysmic eruption will occur at Yellowstone in the foreseeable future.Recurrence intervals of these events are neither regular nor predictable."[3] "

In reply to Offwidth:

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/faqs_future_activity.html

Or the mathematical model, where it's statistically likely to erupt in the next 180,000yrs.

So in the life of planet that is imminent. For humans, plenty other things could destroy us by then.

In reply to Pyreneenemec:


Unless you were at the impact point or very close to it, it wouldn't be a moment. It would be a long drawn out nightmare of cold, starvation, and murder. Exciting times!

In reply to Offwidth:



Whew! I will sleep more easily tonight. Thanks

In reply to aln:


Unless you were in the ISS, then it would be hilarious!

In reply to Pyreneenemec:


Maybe. We could start by getting rid of you and see how things go before scaling it up.

In reply to broken spectre:


They wouldn't last long without re-supplies. Cheery subject!

In reply to Lion Bakes:

are we there yet?

In reply to Lion Bakes:

...and incase anyone's interested. Here it is! youtube.com/watch?v=xU2FiNHPVoU&

In reply to broken spectre:

Are they sure that's not Carl Fredricksen's house that's gone too high and ended up in space?

In reply to Lusk:

I had to google "Carl Fredrickson" on account of being an adult and having grown out of Disney films.

In reply to wercat


Yep, passed over Antarctica.

In reply to broken spectre:


What you talking? Forced childlessness, bereavement and unfulfilled ambitions are about as adult as they come

In reply to broken spectre:


I'm an adult and I see Disney films. I take my child with me...