Nothwithstanding my hyperbolic title, we’ze all gone DIES! DIES! Ok, maybe not dies, but like, close, man, like real close. Scientists say, and this is key, it is “extremely unlikely” the Empire-state-building-sized asteroid will kill us all and leave the planet to the cockroaches, but I am upset at the lack of certainty in that statement. Poem follows the excerpt, so keep at it, friends.
Asteroid the size of the Empire State Building will skim past Earth just before Christmas – Mirror UK
Excerpt:
An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building is set to skim past Earth just before Christmas.
The asteroid, dubbed 216258 (2006 WH1), will pass our planet at about 15:17 on December 20, according to NASA .
The space rock is estimated to measure around 240 – 540 metres in diameter. At the higher end of that estimate, the asteroid could be 1.4 times the height of New York’s iconic Empire State Building!
During the passing, the asteroid will be around 3.6 million miles away from Earth. While this might sound far, it’s actually classed as a ‘close approach’ by NASA.
Thankfully, it’s extremely unlikely that the asteroid will impact Earth during the passing.
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Space Plans Christmas Present for Earth that Could End Life as We Know It – a NewsPoem
Empire.
The long-flamed face.
In the breech of the night sky a body
Heaved in the flotsam, driving
Storey upon storey of imagined skyscraper overcome
Asteroid’s metaphorical clean slate.
A clean slate.
A state. The empire looms over the fire.
The metaphor overtakes the math.
“We are certain that such end at such time, and before Christmas on top of it,
is extremely unlikely.”
And I go back to sleep, my head
Stuck between floors on my way to the top
Of the Empire State Building, preparing
To destroy worlds. Again.
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