Are Large Asteroid Flybys becoming more common?

[JoeKing]

Has anyone noticed how large asteroid flybys are becoming more common in the news. What's going on? Are we in an era of more flybys or are we just being made more aware of them by technology? Life on Earth is a peril by these giant objects that pop into our ability to detect them far too late to do anything about them. Sci-Fi movies would have you think otherwise but it's true.

Coincidentally, an asteroid that NASA is calling "2004 BL86" is expected to flyby Earth on Monday, 22 March 2021. It’ll come about 745,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) from Earth, or about three times as far away as the moon at 11:19 a.m. ET, according to NASA.

 

[The Fonz]

or it could be just some distraction news

 

[HungryLion]

I would imagine it’s just increased in technology that allow us to even see or be aware of them.

I’m no NASA engineer but I would I would think there’s a lot of empty space out there and it’s hard to keep an eye on it all

 

[CouchCoach]

The universe is coming apart at the seams and it's all the Millennials fault!

And they can't defend themselves against an asteroid because unlike the Baby Boomers, they weren't taught the incredible protection a desktop provides when a nuclear bomb falls on the school. We didn't lose one elementary school kid to a nuclear bomb in the 50's. Let them match that!

 

[Hardline]

 

[DallasEast]

One of these days, Robert Duvall will not be around anymore to save humanity from The Big One.



100 internet credits to the first member who gets and posts that reference.

 

[Rockport]

The universe is coming apart at the seams and it's all the Millennials fault!

And they can't defend themselves against an asteroid because unlike the Baby Boomers, they weren't taught the incredible protection a desktop provides when a nuclear bomb falls on the school. We didn't lose one elementary school kid to a nuclear bomb in the 50's. Let them match that!

 

[DallasEast]

That game drove me insane...

 

[Oz-of-Cowboy-Country]

The universe is coming apart at the seams and it's all the Millennials fault!

And they can't defend themselves against an asteroid because unlike the Baby Boomers, they weren't taught the incredible protection a desktop provides when a nuclear bomb falls on the school. We didn't lose one elementary school kid to a nuclear bomb in the 50's. Let them match that!

I remember those get under your desk drills. They're funny when you think about it.

But NASA is just pointing out every asteroid that's not a real threat. Because if it was a real threat they would have never told us. But the truth is...if an asteroid is big enough to take out all life then it's big enough to get caught in Earth's gravitational field (think satellites). Meaning it will more than likely end up orbiting us instead of hitting us.

The Apophis asteroid is still a treat to us though.

 

[Tabascocat]

One of these days, Robert Duvall will not be around anymore to save humanity from The Big One.



100 internet credits to the first member who gets and posts that reference.

Armageddon was better than Deep Impact even though Tea Leoni was looking fine!

 

[DallasEast]

Armageddon was better than Deep Impact even though Tea Leoni was looking fine!

Winner!

I liked both equally well. Armageddon was high stakes action suspense comedy. Deep Impact was dramatic and thought-provoking.

DI's ending stood out. It is not every day that Frodo Baggins saves Helen Hunt's younger lookalike from the end of the world on a motorcycle.

 

[cowboyec]

no...not really.
better detection and more eyeballs paying attention to it.

 

[cowboyec]

side:
i think some are derelict alien craft left abandoned years ago.
some might be alien probes designed to look like asteroids.
similar to how the death star actually looks like a moon.

 

[Runwildboys]

Winner!

I liked both equally well. Armageddon was high stakes action suspense comedy. Deep Impact was dramatic and thought-provoking.

DI's ending stood out. It is not every day that Frodo Baggins saves Helen Hunt's younger lookalike from the end of the world on a motorcycle.

Younger and much better looking.

 

[InTheZone]

why would flybys become more common? Just because the reporting is talking about it doesn't mean the occurrences are happening any less or more. This applies to all things the media covers.