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Attilatheblond

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5. Thanks for the heads up! Will dust off my hard hat!

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2026, 03:35 PM

Monday

One of my fav sites, SpaceWeather, has a nifty chart of known Near Earth Asteroids, by date. Yeah, sometimes the observers miss the 'sneaky ones' in time to put them up on the chart.

Near Earth Asteroids on the chart have data regarding size, velocity, distance from earth (measured in 'lunar distances' for scale) Handy source for known NEAs, but astronomers do get surprised from time to time. Also just a fun site for those who like to look up.

https://spaceweather.com/]

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An asteroid discovered days ago will narrowly miss Earth (today, just before 6pm eastern time) uh-oh! [View all] orleans Monday OP

I wonder what kind of damage this asteroid would cause if it hit the Earth... wcmagumba Monday #1

It is estimated an asteroid the size of a house (larger than this one) sarisataka Monday #4

LOL popsdenver Monday #13

That meteor was 6-9 miles. That's a lot bigger than 50-150 feet. EdmondDantes_ Monday #24

Not nearly as much misanthrope Monday #21

Yeah, about Hiroshima Metaphorical Monday #6

it wd take out a lot of satellites, i presume. mopinko Monday #11

Oh thank god dweller Monday #2

Disappointed bustedbiscuits Monday #3

Yeah, same. EuterpeThelo Monday #22

Thanks for the heads up! Will dust off my hard hat! Attilatheblond Monday #5

Let it go by. Norrrm Monday #7

Damn! I was going to use that for Orrex tomorrow. no_hypocrisy Monday #8

Don't look up! betsuni Monday #9

I see what you did there Brother Buzz Monday #17

Too small to see, though. MineralMan Monday #10

Unless it's not a miss and you're in the trajectory. paleotn Monday #18

Exactly why RoseTrellis Monday #25

Maralago James48 Monday #12

We're all gonna die!!! Martin Eden Monday #14

Funny thing, when you're young, you don't think much about Father Time. paleotn Monday #16

Time, by Pink Floyd Martin Eden Monday #23

That they do. paleotn Monday #27

Close shave. 57K miles may seem like a lot..... paleotn Monday #15

The skywatchers should be able... BH liberal Monday #19

That's three minutes from now Uncle Joe Monday #20

you're welcome. i heard joan esposito (on wcpt) mention this so i googled and found a couple articles. orleans Monday #28

Tell Trump it is made of priceless rare minerals. Irish_Dem Monday #26

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