A Joseph asteroid is barreling towards — eight times faster than a speeding bullet passing closer to lessen the satellites that broadcast is very program. But were still on a crash course here’s ABC’s Neal Karlinsky. On a sliding scale of things — ruin your day you may want to put this one at the top of the list the asteroid with a not so catchy name. He’s hurtling towards earth right now at a rate eight times faster than a speeding bullet. And — — will miss disaster won’t be averted by much — grazed the Earth’s atmosphere Friday afternoon at about 171000. Miles out. Remember all of those satellites out there. — give us our global positioning. That tell — iPhone where we are those are at 22000. Miles so this is actually going to pass between the earth. And the satellites that give us our direct TV every day. That’s a close shave. Hollywood loves this kind of thing exhibit eight Bruce Willis is Armageddon. But he’s fourteen and others like you are no joke. Which is why a trio of big brains from NASA Apollo nine astronaut Rusty Schweickart space station astronaut Ed Lu And modified rocket scientist Scott harbored have become.

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