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Several Large Asteroids Are Firing Towards Earth

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This image mosaic of asteroid 253 Mathilde releaseed by NASA 30 June is constructed from four images acquired by the NEAR spacecraft on 27 June. The images were taken from a distance of 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) with sunlight coming from the upper right. The surface exhibits many large craters, including the deeply shadowed one at the center, which is estimated to be more than 6 miles (10 kilometers) deep. The shadowed, wedge-shaped feature at the lower right is another large crater viewed obliquely. Mathilde's angular shape is believed to result from a violent history of impacts. (Photo: NASA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Andrew Powell Sports and Entertainment Blogger
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Hurricanes and 50-foot creatures and asteroids, oh my!

I’ve recently been covering some crazy stuff. Well, crazier than usual (let’s also throw the diarrhea-covered airplane in there as well), and here we go again.

Multiple large asteroids are heading towards Earth.

A total of five asteroids, with one of them being as large as a house and two being compared to an airplane, will speed past Earth between Sept. 6-12, according to NASA’s Asteroid Watch dashboard.

Labeled JA5, the house-sized asteroid will be the first to get close to the planet, passing by Sept. 6. It will be coming within 3.17 million miles of our world. JA5 was first observed in 2021. The asteroid is an astounding 59 feet in size, according to NASA, which is why it has drawn comparisons to a house.

A couple of days later on Sept. 8, two more asteroids will zoom past Earth. One asteroid, named QC5, is the size of a plane at around 83 feet. The other, GE, is the size of a bus at 26 feet. First observed in 2023, QC5 will be 2.53 million miles from the planet, while GE (first observed in 2020) will be within 3,560,000 miles, per NASA’s Asteroid Watch.

The second asteroid that’s the size of an airplane is called QF6 (first discovered in 2023) and comes in at 68 feet. That big boy will be flying past the planet Sept. 10. This particular asteroid will be getting the closest to Earth, coming within 1.65 million miles, NASA’s Asteroid Watch shows.

Lastly, RT2 is the size of a bus and will be speeding past our world Sept. 12. Coming in at 25 feet, the asteroid (first discovered in 2020) will be 2,620,000 miles from the Earth. (RELATED: Tropical Storm Lee Officially Forms In Atlantic, Expected To Become ‘Extremely Dangerous Hurricane’)

And thank the heavens, none of them pose a legitimate threat.

I don’t need these problems:

I don’t want that smoke.