What on Earth was that? Mystery space object whizzes past our planet

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AnnaG said:
Maybe it did make it.
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Maybe it did long ago. Moses has horns.


 
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eanassir said:
I remember here that I asked a Canadian scientist about that, and he said there are only few 3 or 4 asteroids circling around the earth.
I read in the book (The Universe and the Quran) that there is a large number of meteoritic rocks near the earth, which may fall every now and then on it:​

((Meteorites are cold objects, having no heat; because they are earthy pieces, which are also called the Celestial Rocks. They are variable in size: some of them are as big as a mountain, while others are more larger, or may be smaller; the smallest of them are about half cubic meter.

They are attracted to Earth by gravity, just like the Moon; because they are cold objects, while the Earth is hot. In like manner, each planet has its own meteorites, attracted to it by gravity.

Their distances from the Earth vary according to their volumes; therefore, the small will be near to the Earth, and the big will be far from it; according to the rule of the pulling and repelling forces.
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roflmao Yup, don't bother reading anything about what real science says about it and keep looking in those holey books to explain things for you.
 
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lone wolf said:
So they made it a part number. Sounds like Canadian Tire. Do they know what the darned thing is? Rock? Ice? man-made?
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I don't know. I doubt it would fly very well if it was a Canuck Tire product, though.
 
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AnnaG said:
According to Ton's link, it is Apophis 2010 A30 or something like that.
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Apophis is actually the name of the near-earth asteroid which will pass by April 2029. It will pass so close that Earth's gravity will grab hold, and it will swing around in 7 years, a tentative impact probability of one in 250,000.

This thing is called asteroid 2010 AL 30, though the recent chatter is that it could be the European rocket Venus Express.
 
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Tonington said:
Apophis is actually the name of the near-earth asteroid which will pass by April 2029. It will pass so close that Earth's gravity will grab hold, and it will swing around in 7 years, a tentative impact probability of one in 250,000.

This thing is called asteroid 2010 AL 30, though the recent chatter is that it could be the European rocket Venus Express.
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Oh, ok. My booboo.
 
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AnnaG said:
Not in my lifetime at the rate its going.
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I kow you love your children so you had better hope that it does not end as the bankers wish. I have children and grandchildren and I'll tell you straight that if Islam falls we will all, every decent person on the planet, have no life worthy of mention.
 
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