Huge asteroid with $5 trillion worth of platinum to pass by Earth

[VCheng]

Bhai jaan you took my post seriously ... I don't know how should I react

EiD mubarak!!!

Khair Mubarik. If you do not want to be serious, that is fine too. Lets start by demanding Martial Law and toilets on the asteriod.

 

[monitor]

Star gazers are in for a treat, as a huge asteroid is set to pass by the Earth at 11 p.m (London time) on Sunday.

People in India can watch it live on the internet at 4 a.m. on Monday.

Asteroid UW-158, with a 90 million tonne core, is expected to contain $5 trillion worth of platinum. It will be 30 times closer than Earth’s nearest planet.

Slooh, a project which links telescopes to the internet, will broadcast images from an observatory in the Canary Islands, volcanic archipelago off the coast of northwestern Africa.

“It’s always fun when an asteroid fly past our world. Slooh will be watching live when UW-158 passes 30 times closer to us than the nearest planet, on July 19,” Slooh Astronomer, Bob Berman said.

“What makes this unusual is the large amount of platinum believed to be lurking in the body of this space visitor. Perhaps it could be mined someday, not too far in the future,” Berman asked.

Asteroids like UW-158 are defined as ‘X-type’ by Planetary Resources, an asteroid mining company.

Asteroid UW-158, with $5 trillion worth of platinum to pass by earth - The Hindu

5 Trillion dollar !!!!!!!!!! we need to catch the big fish .

 

[jaunty]

How is that for think-tank tag?

I came back and saw that 12 people thanked my post, including -- surprise, surprise-- the think tank chairman. So there could be some truth in what I said. Maybe time for an introspection?

 

[Foo_Fighter]

Bhai jaan... that's an awesome idea. We could also send a few astro's there and make it PDF colony

Khair Mubarik. If you do not want to be serious, that is fine too. Lets start by demanding Martial Law and toilets on the asteriod.