# Asteroid 2000 EM26 passing by earth to say 'Hi' (live video)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 18, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-2000-em26-passing-by-earth-to-say-hi-live-video/681579 "2014-02-18T01:32:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-2000-em26-passing-by-earth-to-say-hi-live-video/681579/21 "2014-02-18T22:30:59Z")

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No, it turned out the object had transformed into an ultra dense rectangular black obelisk and then some NSA warning flashed on the screen and then it was just random Chelyabinsk footage.

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**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-2000-em26-passing-by-earth-to-say-hi-live-video/681579/22 "2014-02-18T23:16:33Z")

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> [@yoyodyne](#):
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> Wales are a measure of area, whales are a measure of volume.

So where does “an arse the size of Belgium” fit in?

By ‘fit in’, I mean it’s relevance… I realise that the phrasing could be misconstrued

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**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-2000-em26-passing-by-earth-to-say-hi-live-video/681579/23 "2014-02-18T23:51:20Z")

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> [@mascaroni](#):
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> So where does “an arse the size of Belgium” fit in?
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> By ‘fit in’, I mean it’s relevance… I realise that the phrasing could be misconstrued

That is a bilateral unit - one meaning is the area covered by the sitting arse and the other the volume of that same arse when standing.

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