Say Hello To My Little Friend

 A space rock that is potentially as big as the Washington Monument is due to pass by the Earth this weekend.By Ed Browne for MSN.com "Asteroid 2008 GO20 is due to make a close approach to Earth on Sunday July 25 at about 1:50 p.m. EDT. It is being tracked by NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Scientists think the asteroid could measure up to 721 feet in diameter, though this figure is not certain. The space rock could also be as small as 218 feet in diameter. In comparison, the Washington Monument is 555 feet tall. When 2008 GO20 passes by our planet it is due to be traveling at a speed of around 18,400 miles per hour—faster than the space shuttle when it orbited the Earth.Although the asteroid is making a close approach according to CNEOS, the term "close" is relative in space.The asteroid is not going to skim past our planet or pose any danger to us this weekend. It will actually pass Earth at a distance of more than 2.8 million miles. This is over 11 times farther away from us than the moon is." WHAT?That's it?That's as close as it is going to get?
I was all excited about getting anAsteroid Burntoo!You know,like aSun Burn.Remember,it's not if it is going to happen,but when it will happen.Someday I will get thatAsteroid BurnI've been dreaming about.*****"Are you trying to tell me that an asteroid burn is when the asteroid burns up in the Earth's atmosphere? Like that would happen. I am going with my fake physics that I've learned on the always truthful internet and an asteroid burn is like a sun burn."
This is,I Always Know What I Am Talking AboutJim Hauenstein And, “Never in my life had I wished so hard for a thousand-foot-wide asteroid to change its course to hit someone directly in the face. Granted, it would have wiped out the entire country and possibly caused an impact winter on Earth in the process, but the greater good of mankind was worth some modicum of sacrifice.”
- Camilla Monk -
 That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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