Giant poo misses Earth!

[Chuffy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7921279.stm

 

[MadoneRider1991]

shoot thats close

 

[dan_bo]

As big as a ten- storey poo building!

 

[Night Train]

Given its name it looks like it was only discovered this year so no chance of being able to do anything about it if it was going to impact. Nice of them to wait until after it passed by before letting people know.

 

[dellzeqq]

if the diameter of the earth is about 8000 miles, then 44,000 miles is only about five times that diameter. Or have I got that wrong? If I'm right that does seem very close.

 

[marinyork]

Most of them aren't spotted, the one five years ago is completely typical, LINEAR reckoned that it happens about that size and closeness about every 2 years, just nobody notices them.

 

[fossyant]

45000 miles...... big miss........... ---- 1/5 of the distance between us and the moon..... ah well could have caused someone a headache if it landed...

 

[Mr Pig]

Let's face it, only a matter of time chimps...

 

[andygates]

Headache = Tunguska-sized. Lots of paracetamol, please.

 

[Sittingduck]

That's too effing close for my liking
I thought they would have seen it coming but this sounds like it would have been a lastminute.com effort to get Bruce Willis scrambled in an effort to save the world! Good job it wasn't on target, heh

 

[Chuffy]

That's too effing close for my liking
I thought they would have seen it coming but this sounds like it would have been a lastminute.com effort to get Bruce Willis scrambled in an effort to save the world! Good job it wasn't on target, heh

With a name like your's I'd be worried....

 

[fossyant]

You could get hit by a bus tomorrow...so don't worry.........

 

[Crackle]

I thought this was something to do with the new space station breaking up but it's just a near miss with a giant lump of rock with the potential to kill a few million people. I'm disappointed now.

 

[Sittingduck]

With a name like your's I'd be worried....

Hehehe
If everyone else gets taken out at the same time it wouldn't be so bad...

 

[jpembroke]

You could get hit by a bus tomorrow...so don't worry.........

a bus is going to collide with the Earth?

Tomorrow?

I bet it's late.