Missing Potential Earth-Busting Asteroid Found 80
Billosaur writes "A potentially disastrous 40-year-old mystery has been solved: Where is asteroid 6344 P-L? Back in 1960, asteroid 6344 P-L was identified and classified as a 'Potentially Hazardous Asteroid,' meaning that its orbit brings it perilously close to Earth's orbit (on the cosmic scale). Unfortunately, it then disappeared, or more precisely, was lost from view. Flash forward to 2007 and scientists believe that 6344 P-L has been rediscovered as 2007 RR9. Further, they are not sure it is an actual asteroid, but actually a comet fragment, which won't hit the Earth anytime soon but bears watching."
That Close! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:That Close! (Score:3, Funny)
I once was lost, but now I'm found.
like, perhaps we took our eye off the ball?
I once was blind, but now I see.
That said, there went my plan to spend all 48 hours of the last weekend on earth popping penguin mints and playing Halo 3. I guess I'll just have to do that this weekend instead.
comet fragment (Score:5, Funny)
I don't know about you, but I would perfer to go extinict by asteroid rather than a puny comet fragement
The unofficial name (Score:5, Funny)
Good (Score:2, Funny)
Bears Watching? (Score:3, Funny)
I'm getting tired of this... (Score:4, Funny)
Global warming made irrelevant.
Overpopulation? Not anymore.
Think of it as God (or the FSM) saying "Aww, fuck it" and hitting the reset button.
Re:That Close! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Good (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm getting tired of this... (Score:5, Funny)
Asteroid collisions are like hard disks crashes (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm getting tired of this... (Score:4, Funny)
do none of you watch movies? (Score:3, Funny)
I've been observing it since they found it, and I just did some quick calculations using Excel, and I can confirm that it IS going to hit Earth.
Re:do none of you watch movies? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Good (Score:2, Funny)