# WTF is going to Hit the Earth within a month(?)

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**Created:** [October 26, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-going-to-hit-the-earth-within-a-month/735785 "2015-10-26T11:37:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-going-to-hit-the-earth-within-a-month/735785/41 "2015-11-16T14:54:56Z")

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Sri Lanka? I wonder if Arthur C. Clarke had anything to do with it.

Rama with a bad interplanetary GPS.

(Sorry - kept missing this thread somehow)

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-going-to-hit-the-earth-within-a-month/735785/42 "2015-11-16T15:23:01Z")

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> [@kopek](#):
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> Rama with a bad interplanetary GPS.
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> (Sorry - kept missing this thread somehow)

We’re just lucky that Clarke moved Sri Lanka ( as _Taprobane_ which is a real name for the island) a bit south of where it actually is.

The aliens who were aiming for Kalidasa’s Tower from _The Fountains of Paradise_ missed by aiming too far south.

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