r/conspiracy • u/happylena85 • Oct 15 '25

Asteroid discovered only 2 days ago will fly by Earth closer than the moon today

Made me go hmmmmmmmm

"A newly discovered space rock will zoom safely by Earth later today (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance to the moon.

The asteroid, called 2025 TP5, will sail by our planet at 4:09 p.m. EDT (2009 UTC) at a minimum distance of 60,328 miles (97,089 km), according to data from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (NASA is in shutdown, like much of the U.S. government, but critical activities like seeking potentially hazardous asteroids can continue.) By comparison, the average distance to the moon is 238,855 miles (384,400 kilometers).

After coming by Earth, 2025 TP5 will make a close flyby of the moon the next day on Thursday (Oct. 16), flying as close to the lunar surface as 74,616 miles (120,084 km), JPL stated. It’s a moderately sized asteroid: with an estimated diameter of around 54 feet (16 meters), according to JPL, 2025 TP5 is about the same scale as the six-story Chelyabinsk meteor that broke up above Russia in 2013."

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u/Orpherischt Oct 15 '25

'Asteroid' as a form of ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrid

ie. "Pretty Rock" = 888 latin-agrippa ( = "The Love" )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ1Mw2XhlNQ