Wham!!

[Arti]

A giant asteroid will only just miss earth later this year, according to NASA.
The huge rock, dubbed YU55, will pass within 201,700 miles of our planet in November.
If it crashes into earth the impact would be equivalent to 65,000 atomic bombs, while the crater would be six miles wide and 2,000 ft deep.
The asteroid, which weighs 55 million tons and is 1,300ft wide, will be the largest ever object to get so close to our planet. It orbits the sun every 14 months.

Cripes!

[bednobs]

two hundred thousand miles is a big margin though

[boxtops]

I suppose in terms of Outer Space, it's relatively near!

[jno]

the moon's only 240,000 miles away

[bednobs]

lol at "only"

[jno]

the moon's quite close. Men have been there.

[Arti]

That's right, jno. Lionel Jeffries went there in 1964

[Ankou]

as its so close, will bruce willis try and land on it ?

[RATTER15]

Somebody even drove a bus to the moon, I know its an amazing fact but its true, I seen a photo in the Sunday Sport!!

[ChuckFickens]

"The huge rock, dubbed YU55"

So the asteroid was first registered in Sheffield in late 2005/ early 2006?

[Arti]

lol, chuck, yeah. I think it got outbidded on A5T ROID so had to settle for the other one.

[jno]

very true, Ratter.... I think it was spotted in the Cricklewood Bus Depot Crater.

[joggerjayne]

So it will pass closer than the Moon ??

Golly!

Will we feel the breeze?

[mccfluff]

if we are really lucky we may get to see it flounce

[WELSHYORKIE]

Bloody hell, that crater would take some backfilling with a JCB

[Ankou]

not if bob the builder is doing, job done in 10 minutes.

[amber_stone]

There is not much we can do about it... Oh wait, is that the 12/20/2012 thing again? Cripes indeed!

[mrs_overall]

Dont start posts with a title like that. I wandered in here thinking George Michael was reforming his group

[Postdog]

Seems appropriate considering the topic...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J9GWsF_BAo

[Postdog]

I hate it when that happens, grrrr

[Arti]

lol, mrs o, posty :)