Three things for a Monday

[mckitterick]

First, a bit of Doomsday Astro-Porn: On February 15 (just a few months from now), Asteroid 2012 DA14 will whoosh between the Earth and our geostationary communication satellites. You read that right. Not between the Earth and the Moon, but below high Earth orbit. Current estimates have is blasting past at just 22,500km above the surface of the

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[siro_gravity]

Hm...looks like the Mayans were off by a couple months, then, eh? :) I wonder why I haven't heard about that asteroid on the news.

Believe it or not, I have thought about that jail thing. Not so much where I'm concerned, but my nephew seems to end up there a lot. It crossed my mind that him being in jail takes care of his equally frequent problems: rent & bills.

[zitronenhai]

That's too bad about the asteroid.