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lord_shiva
08-Dec-19, 12:50

Skim the Earth?
www.express.co.uk

What a load of garbage.

"According to the Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the object, called VH5 2019, will harmlessly fly past around 4.27 million miles from our planet at a speed of 6.1 miles per second."

So while this is an interesting story, "skim the Earth" means come within 5% of the Earth/Sun distance. Or "skim" by out 16 times further than the lunar orbit. 17 times further. Almost 18 times further.
mo-oneandmore
09-Dec-19, 05:18

Hm-mm?

I thought "skim" was some version of "touch", shiva.
lord_shiva
09-Dec-19, 08:55

#MeToo
Bad touch, mommy.

The asteroid touched my naughty.
mo-oneandmore
09-Dec-19, 09:36

Touched my naughty at 7-miles per second? Thats likely less than 100% probable, shiva.



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