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Asteroid Flies by Earth Thursday

Don't worry! You're safe!
A newfound asteroid that may be the size of three football fields will whiz by Earth on Thursday (Sept. 13), and you can watch the close encounter live online.

Asteroid 2012 QG42 is between 625 feet to 1,400 feet wide (190 to 430 meters) and was first spotted by scientists last month. Researchers say the space rock has no chance of hitting Earth this week when it makes its closest approach on Thursday.

The asteroid will pass by at a safe distance of about 7.5 times the Earth-moon distance. The moon is, on average, about 238,000 miles from Earth.

Asteroid 2012 QG42 is, however, listed as a "potentially hazardous asteroid" by the Minor Planet Center at Cambridge, Mass., meaning it may pose a threat in the future.

At least two online observatories are tracking the asteroid's pass by Earth.


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lachicabonita
lachicabonita●counting days to DE, Jakarta Indonesia
Sep 13, 2012●1 Blogs●2,393 Comments
#1
so...what kind of asteroids coming to Earth next month? uh oh grin
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St_Elmo
St_ElmoOP●Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa
Sep 13, 2012●17 Blogs●1,424 Comments
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Lach ~ don't worry about next month; this happens tonight! laugh grin

Oh, wait me! Sill me! You're meeting your Beau in Singapore next month....doh wine yay peace
I'll find something for you....wine hug
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teddybeerke88
teddybeerke88●assenede, Oost Vlaanderen Belgium
Sep 13, 2012●148 Blogs●2,252 Comments
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I like this stuff so thanks for the info. IS their anything said about where it would be best viewed from earth? time of passing and such?
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lachicabonita
lachicabonita●counting days to DE, Jakarta Indonesia
Sep 13, 2012●1 Blogs●2,393 Comments
#4
Singapore? Maybe you mixed it up with someone else's beau laugh peace

Oh will the asteroid fall down there next month? dunno uh oh
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sarasvathy
sarasvathy●Jakarta, Indonesia
Sep 13, 2012●125 Blogs●705 Comments
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Geez now I'm concerned, I'm meeting my beau next year. Should I ask him to meet me sooner, Captain? wink
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St_Elmo
St_ElmoOP●Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa
Sep 13, 2012●17 Blogs●1,424 Comments
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Sara ~ post haste, post! is how Shakespeare would have put it!!! Hurry Girl! grin laugh laugh rolling on the floor laughing wine hug
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sarasvathy
sarasvathy●Jakarta, Indonesia
Sep 13, 2012●125 Blogs●705 Comments
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I need your opinion, not shakespeare. How would you put it, captain? laugh rolling on the floor laughing wine dancing
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St_Elmo
St_ElmoOP●Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa
Sep 13, 2012●17 Blogs●1,424 Comments
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The Fish swims in the stream,
The Bull drinks from it,
The Tiger is watching the bull,
While the rooster rests in his shade.

Old SE Asian riddle....cool wink laugh grin wine yay peace
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sarasvathy
sarasvathy●Jakarta, Indonesia
Sep 13, 2012●125 Blogs●705 Comments
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Lazy rooster! Tiger will hunt you down where you're hiding devil
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cofyminx
cofyminx●Mother City, Western Cape South Africa
Sep 13, 2012●39 Blogs●749 Comments
#10
These things are always interesting. Thanks for the thumbs up Elmothumbs up hug
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St_Elmo
St_ElmoOP●Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa
Sep 13, 2012●17 Blogs●1,424 Comments
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Ya welcome Cofy ~ another heads-up; friend of mine told me over 10 years ago, don't live too near the coast..grin so I moved inland... laugh rolling on the floor laughing professor Seriously, he didn't actually predict the 2004 tsunami, but made references to similar events.
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St_Elmo
St_ElmoOP●Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa
Sep 13, 2012●17 Blogs●1,424 Comments
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wow Rainbow ~ not to worry my good man...laugh I don't think CS peeps take us that seriously! El bells! There has only been 87 readers so far to this blog! conversing So,ya! drop in the ocean as they say...
But, mumbling wait until December when much the fabled Nibiru (Planet X) makes its presence know..uh oh We shall see then! devil
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St_Elmo
St_ElmoOP●Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa
Sep 13, 2012●17 Blogs●1,424 Comments
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professor Typo ~ when the much fabled Nibiru typing doh yay peace
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particolor
particolor●Inverell, New South Wales Australia
Sep 13, 2012●9,376 Comments
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MISSED By That Much !! |< 8" >| doh
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Sandalman
Sandalman●Kuta, Bali Indonesia
Sep 13, 2012●57 Comments
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I can just picture you, Captain, on your deck, peering into the heavens through a telescope with your cap on and a pipe in your mouth.grin
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St_Elmo
St_ElmoOP●Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa
Sep 14, 2012●17 Blogs●1,424 Comments
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Parti ~ Thank God! you're alive...cheering It missed Australia then....grin handshake cheers yay

SM ~ Had me eye on it all the time...
wink handshake cheers yay peace

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sophiasummer
sophiasummer●Northland, New Zealand
Sep 16, 2012●7 Comments
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sweet the roof was on the Dunedin football rugby ground, and the All Blacks won! ahhh! nice!dancing yay

Keep on tracking!handshake
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