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muriel_volestrangler

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5. No. 56,000 miles - a quarter of the way to the moon - is as close as it gets

Reply to chicoescuela (Reply #2)

Sun May 17, 2026, 10:32 AM

17 hrs ago

They know its trajectory well by now, and it can't just change - like geostationary satellites (about half the distance to the Earth) can't just change suddenly.

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A 70-ft asteroid will skim by the Earth tomorrow... [View all] kentuck 17 hrs ago OP

20500. Just sayin'. NT mahatmakanejeeves 17 hrs ago #1

Any chance it will change course and hit mar a lago? chicoescuela 17 hrs ago #2

Gravitational pull fragmentation. bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago #3

That's some cheerful wishful thinking. I like it. Walleye 17 hrs ago #4

No. 56,000 miles - a quarter of the way to the moon - is as close as it gets muriel_volestrangler 17 hrs ago #5

Thank you. It was an attempt at a joke. chicoescuela 16 hrs ago #6

I thought it probably was, but the first reply took it seriously muriel_volestrangler 16 hrs ago #7

Appreciate that. My attempts at humor are not always apparent. chicoescuela 16 hrs ago #8

What is there to say but... Buns_of_Fire 16 hrs ago #9

Is there any way to send co-ordinates for Mar-a-Lago up to the asteroid? OGBuzz 16 hrs ago #10

How many other objects are zooming around out there that they haven't discovered? And didn't DOGE cut these programs? ChicagoTeamster 15 hrs ago #11