Did I hear correct, has an asteroid flown close to earth today?

Question

Asteroid flying close to earth today?

Answer 1

Way cool. Thanks for pointing that out!

George Carlin (RIP) taught us that it isn't a near miss.  It's a near hit.  A near miss would be a collision, which didn't happen.

Answer 2

yes.

Answer 3

So the Tribulation begins...

Answer 4

Yes.  It's an asteroid binary system ( 2 asteroids together) about 1/2 mile wide.  It was much further than the moon and  (1.4 million miles away, about six times as far from us as the moon).  It (they) will not hit the earth according to astronomers who study these things. The asteroids will be closest to Earth on July 14, 2008 (Today!).

Answer 5

Yes........indeed

Answer 6

I wouldn't call it close. It was six times the distance of the moon, which is out there a ways. Close would be somewhere between here and the moon, in my opinion.