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on December 12, 2012 @ 8:01 am (Updated: 9:04 am - 12/12/12 )Last week I told you about NASA's comforting web video reassuring us that the Mayan Calendar does NOT in fact predict the end of the world nine days from now.
It's just the end of a cycle and the beginning of a new one.
Dan Yeomans of NASA's Near-Earth Object program put up the video because of Mayan-inspired concerns about an encounter with a rogue planet.
"This enormous planet is supposed to be coming towards Earth, but if it were we would have seen it long ago," explains Yeomans
Making the point that all this Mayan stuff is a lot of bunk. And then, what pops onto my screen Tuesday but a story from Space.com.
"A newfound asteroid gave Earth a close shave early today (Tuesday,) zipping between our planet and the moon just two days after astronomers first spotted it," the story read.
Several words jump out from that story, the words "newfound" and "just two days", indicating this was a surprise and that we wouldn't have had much time to aim our anti-asteroid rockets, much less build some.
The phrase "between our planet and the moon" is also slightly unsettling, because that seems closer than you'd want nine days from the end of the meaningless Mayan Calendar.
Of course astronomers will point out that this asteroid was just 120 feet across and even though it was between the earth and the moon, it was still 140,000 miles away. But they also point out that a similar asteroid flattened 800 square miles of Siberian forest in 1908, and I want to point out that 140,000 miles is less than what's on my car's odometer.
I'm still willing to believe the Mayan stuff is bunk, but no more surprise asteroids before Christmas, OK?
Dave Ross is co-host of The Ross & Burbank Show on KIRO Radio (weekdays 9-Noon) and never too far from the spotlight.
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Chuck Gould wrote...ScroogeteroidsDecember 12, 2012 8:26 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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jaysonoo7 wrote...They know about 1 %December 12, 2012 9:32 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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maplefish wrote...@jaysonoo7December 12, 2012 10:16 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Oly80 wrote...OR...December 12, 2012 11:35 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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sghouse wrote...Maybe.....December 12, 2012 10:11 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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Oly80 wrote...nope...December 12, 2012 11:36 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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maplefish wrote...OlyDecember 12, 2012 9:33 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Lonestar wrote...I'm not worried about asteroidsDecember 12, 2012 10:39 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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borosnw wrote...I thought the election was over!December 12, 2012 11:13 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Oly80 wrote...no such luck boro...December 12, 2012 11:33 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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maplefish wrote...Facts hurtDecember 12, 2012 9:29 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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rational wrote...borosnwDecember 12, 2012 9:08 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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ron prevost wrote...Yes, Virginia, there will be a Christmas.December 12, 2012 11:54 am{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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mitsuturbo wrote...oh my glob!December 12, 2012 12:32 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Paul Kersey wrote...It wasn't an asteroidDecember 12, 2012 1:32 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Zagnut wrote...It sure is easy to get the libs panties in a wad.December 12, 2012 4:08 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Paul Kersey wrote...It's their insecurity ZagnutDecember 12, 2012 4:27 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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rational wrote...ZagnutDecember 12, 2012 9:06 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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maplefish wrote...You liberalsDecember 12, 2012 9:36 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }
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Rangerhawk wrote...False sense of securityDecember 12, 2012 11:43 pm{ "Thumbs Up":"1","Thumbs Down":"-1" }- Reply
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