Another Asteroid Flyby – 2022 YS5!

Hooray – another asteroid (2022 YS5) made a flyby of Earth! According to NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), 2022 YS5 is about 120 feet (36.5 meters) in diameter—comparable to a 10-storey building. While its size may raise eyebrows, it’s not large enough to be classified as “potentially hazardous.”

I’m interested in 2022 YS5 because it’s a similar story to 2008 EV5, the asteroid that takes a starring role in Mike.Sierra.Echo. As you may be interested to know – a space elevator must have a counterweight to hold all that cable in place and a mountain-sized asteroid like 2008 EV 5 fits that bill nicely.

According to the Metro – 2022 YS5 by Nasa will pass us at a staggering 13,980mph. Fun fact – that’s 70 times as fast as a Lamborghini Gallardo, or 7 times as fast as a rifle bullet. Americans will do anything to avoid the metric system.

Speaking of which – happy to tell you that I’ve finished Mike.Sierra.Echo version 4 – it’s out for consideration among 20+ lit agents/agencies. Waiting to hear back and I’ll update you immediately if I hear good news. This blog post – about kayaking – has many positive insights that translate well to the business of writing and being creative. ‘Kayaking taught me to be okay with repeatedly looking dumb in public’ is great advice for anyone looking to try something new.

Additional Notes

One question jumped out at me this week – ‘geeze, Jax – why are you blogging like it’s 2008? Wake up and smell the 2020s!’ I have some thoughts about this and I’ll share them in a separate post.

Y No ‘Notes from Eugene’?

I’m working on one but haven’t translated the weirdness into words I’m proud of yet. Stay tuned.

 

 

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