An asteroid is expected to pass within 1.1 million miles of Earth sometime Wednesday, and although the Houston Chronicle reports NASA as saying that “there is no possibility for the asteroid to collide with our planet,” the paper did leave some wiggle room in its tweet just in case.
Large asteroid unlikely to destroy Earth Wednesday https://t.co/byxYKESWDc
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) April 18, 2017
well not with THAT attitude https://t.co/fgspGAwArf
— James Hope Howard, Five-Time VF Champion (@jameshopehoward) April 18, 2017
So there's still a chance…
— Brian (@mnguy23) April 18, 2017
No.
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/854431702470578177
SAD!
— Bill Goldman (@williamsgoldman) April 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/Dvermillion93/status/854343254220972032
damnit
— mr. s (@travis_mke) April 18, 2017
So, the Chronicle is just going to get people’s hopes up by saying an apocalyptic asteroid strike is “unlikely” when it’s actually impossible?
https://twitter.com/vineshramanand/status/854388670429835265
Disappointing millions.
— Alan Kors (@alkors) April 18, 2017
Damn. Work tomorrow.
— Chrissy (@00Chrissy00) April 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/idnov/status/854426964987441153
Thursday’s good for us.
Thanks, Obama
— THEO (@TeddyKGB) April 18, 2017
You’ve got to admit, it holds up.
What a shame…. imagine dying by asteroid. That'd be so tight
— kristen (@koldjaa) April 18, 2017
Welp. There's always 2027. See ya next time, Destroyer of Man!
— Andrew Good (@FieFitty) April 18, 2017
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Related:
CBS News' Mark Knoller thankful for CNN's asteroid countdown clock; Earth spared http://t.co/hc8iLpYdHt
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 31, 2013