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Watch a live webcast of a big asteroid zooming past our planet (…SMOD 2012?)
A city-block size asteroid will fly by Earth this weekend, well beyond the orbit of the moon, and you can watch it zip safely by live in an online webcast.
The asteroid 2002 AM31 will make its closest approach to Earth on Sunday, when it will pass by at a range of about 3.2 million miles (5.2 million kilometers). That’s about 13.7 times the distance between Earth and the moon.
On Sunday, the Slooh Space Camera skywatching website will host two live webcasts to offer Internet denizens views of the space rock from telescopes at the Prescott Observatory in Arizona and the Canary Islands, off the west coast of Africa.
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Isn’t that Michael Moore?
Dollayo on July 21, 2012 at 7:06 PM
SMOD….I wish. I really, really wish.
This planet needs a major douching, and fast.
Wolfmoon on July 21, 2012 at 7:09 PM
Is SMOD being vetted for VP?
FusDoRah on July 21, 2012 at 7:11 PM
If so hopefully it will make a stop in DC.
FloatingRock on July 21, 2012 at 7:17 PM
Take Romney off and put SMOD at the top of the ticket!
Stoic Patriot on July 21, 2012 at 7:27 PM
Great idea, let the American people decide if they want to send SMOD to DC to clean out the swamp—and replace it with a circular lake.
FloatingRock on July 21, 2012 at 7:31 PM
Is SMOD being vetted for VP?
FusDoRah on July 21, 2012 at 7:11 PM
Heh.
sharrukin on July 21, 2012 at 7:39 PM
Give me liberty or give me SMOD!
FloatingRock on July 21, 2012 at 7:40 PM
I understand that the reflecting pool is currently closed for renovations. SMOD would reopen the pool ahead of schedule and at much lower cost!
Stoic Patriot on July 21, 2012 at 7:47 PM
Last time I tried to watch a Slooh event there were so many of us, we crashed the server. I watched a black Javascript window for two minutes and gave up.
Hopefully this one goes better.
Difficultas_Est_Imperium on July 21, 2012 at 7:48 PM
If you want your vote to have the greatest impact on Washington, vote for SMOD in November!
Or short of that, vote for Gary Johnson!
FloatingRock on July 21, 2012 at 7:58 PM
I knew that was comin’.
sharrukin on July 21, 2012 at 7:58 PM
This story says it happened June 14th.
Wolfmoon on July 21, 2012 at 8:12 PM