# 2 asteroids in one day closer than the moon orbit **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-asteroids-in-one-day-closer-than-the-moon-orbit/553079 "2010-09-08T17:51:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-asteroids-in-one-day-closer-than-the-moon-orbit/553079/21 "2010-09-08T22:27:58Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > > [@cjepson](#): > > > > You guys are really piling on. > > Is there no relief from the punsters dropping in on every thread? It’s becoming something of a sore point. Could you please explain to me who is piling on with what? Perhaps I’m missing something. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-asteroids-in-one-day-closer-than-the-moon-orbit/553079/22 "2010-09-08T23:16:00Z")
Oh this sort of thing happens almost every day: > [@](#): > > a ten meter-sized near-Earth asteroid from the undiscovered population of about 50 million would be expected to pass almost daily within a lunar distance, and one might strike Earth’s atmosphere about every ten years on average. [http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news169.html](http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news169.html) ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-asteroids-in-one-day-closer-than-the-moon-orbit/553079/23 "2010-09-08T23:34:10Z")
Don’t worry, Bruce Willis is on the case. Yippi-kay-ay, motherfucker! ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-asteroids-in-one-day-closer-than-the-moon-orbit/553079/24 "2010-09-09T00:17:04Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > > [@robardin](#): > > > > Is there no relief from the punsters dropping in on every thread? It’s becoming something of a sore point. > > Could you please explain to me who is piling on with what? Perhaps I’m missing something. Piles = Hemmorhoids ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-asteroids-in-one-day-closer-than-the-moon-orbit/553079/25 "2010-09-09T00:59:26Z")
I see that my targetting system still leaves much to be desired. I was aiming for Skald’s house. Animals with attached weaponry. How quaint. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-asteroids-in-one-day-closer-than-the-moon-orbit/553079/26 "2010-09-09T02:17:27Z")
I’d hate to think we spent all those billions of dollars making nukes only to have the world done in by a chunk of flying rock 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-asteroids-in-one-day-closer-than-the-moon-orbit/553079/27 "2010-09-09T02:26:28Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I see that my targetting system still leaves much to be desired. I was aiming for Skald’s house. There are many decoys. Beware, and good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-asteroids-in-one-day-closer-than-the-moon-orbit/553079/28 "2010-09-09T02:26:39Z")
Anyone else thinking of Weird Al’s _Mongoloid_ parody? If he really does lurk here, he should post a vid. . ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-asteroids-in-one-day-closer-than-the-moon-orbit/553079/29 "2010-09-09T02:27:31Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > I’d hate to think we spent all those billions of dollars making nukes only to have the world done in by a chunk of flying rock 🙂 Personally I think that CAPTURING THE POWER OF THE ATOM by making a glorified windmill turn is pretty disappointing too. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-asteroids-in-one-day-closer-than-the-moon-orbit/553079/30 "2010-09-09T07:43:04Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > > [@Marley23](#): > > > > [It was a vaudeville staple](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowly_I_Turned) and a lot of people did it, including The Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello. Its origins aren’t clear. > > So that phrase had a deep impact on the entertainment industry? I reckon Ah’m er geddin’ it just fine. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-asteroids-in-one-day-closer-than-the-moon-orbit/553079/31 "2010-09-09T18:27:12Z")
[http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/](http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/) Here is the NASA site showing all we know about the near earth objects with the probabilities and sizes listed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-asteroids-in-one-day-closer-than-the-moon-orbit/553079.md?page=1)