Asteroid Headed for Earth

**Saint Willy** · 23-08-2020, 06:42 AM

It’s 2020 so an asteroid is headed toward Earth on the day before the election. NASA says the chance of it actually impacting Earth is 0.41%, so you can pretty much count on it.

Scientists recently spotted an asteroid on a direct collision course to Earth — projected to hit a day before the presidential elections in November.
The flying space object, known as 2018VP1, is expected on Nov. 2, according to the Center for Near Objects Studies at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The asteroid is 6.5 feet in diameter, according to NASA data, and first identified at the Palomar Observatory in California two years ago.

The space agency says there could be three potential impacts “based on 21 observations spanning 12.968 days, with the chance of a direct impact less than 1 per cent.”
Rest assured, the agency has determined the asteroid probably won’t have a deep impact, let alone wipe out the planet.

NASA predicts asteroid will make contact with Earth on the eve of US election

**tomcat** · 23-08-2020, 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by TheRealKW

Rest assured, the agency has determined the asteroid probably won’t have a deep impact, let alone wipe out the planet.

...I was hoping for a direct hit on the White House...

**Saint Willy** · 23-08-2020, 06:50 AM

One could pray...

**tomcat** · 23-08-2020, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by TheRealKW

One could pray...

...because prayer is known to have an effect on asteroids...

**Saint Willy** · 23-08-2020, 07:03 AM

Yup, thoughts and prayers.

Fixes everything. Just need to prayer harder than the other side.

**tomcat** · 23-08-2020, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by TheRealKW

Just need to prayer harder than the other side.

...Hello, is this QAnon? Alien prayers are guiding the asteroid! They're aiming for the Chosen One!...

**Backspin** · 23-08-2020, 07:12 AM

I care not about "the election" nor anything the Seppo space agency says

**jabir** · 23-08-2020, 08:03 AM

That's a decoy, the big one's heading in from the other side.

Anyway in my lifetime the world's avoided annihilation a half dozen times, so we've had a good run and no big deal.

**tomcat** · 23-08-2020, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by jabir

we've had a good run and no big deal

...yes, mass extinction events aren't all that rare...I'd still like to see Mar-a-Lago underwater, though...

**lom** · 23-08-2020, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by tomcat

I'd still like to see Mar-a-Lago underwater, though...

I'm sure he has insurance..

**headhunter** · 23-08-2020, 09:12 AM

not to worry its only RONNIE THE ROCKET coming home after the world snooker championship.

**VocalNeal** · 23-08-2020, 10:25 AM

^ and there's me thinking the aliens were coming back to retrieve their Donald.

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