Comet elenin won't kill us, says nasa

[dreday]

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You may have seen the scary headlines. You may have read those alarming emails. But do you believe it? Just in case, NASA has issued the facts about a comet called Elenin. And no, these aren't the "facts" doomsayers will tell you.

In short, the 3-5 kilometer-wide comet can't hurt us. Really, it can't. It's too small and its closest approach to Earth will bring it 90 times the Earth-moon distance. 90 times the Earth-moon distance. That's a whopping 35 million kilometers (22 million miles) away. Could there be any conceivable impact to our everyday lives by this dirty snowball?

[Nublar7]

Good to know.

[PhinsPhan11]

I feel better now.

[Locke]

Well ****. What am I going to do with this zombie survival kit now...

[Rafiki]

You know what, though? If something was going to impact the Earth, I'm pretty sure they'd keep it secret so that we wouldn't descend into a full-blown anarchy.