{"id":17556,"date":"2019-06-07T17:29:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T21:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=17556"},"modified":"2019-06-07T17:29:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T21:29:56","slug":"will-a-giant-asteroid-really-hit-earth-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2019\/06\/will-a-giant-asteroid-really-hit-earth-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Will a giant asteroid really hit Earth this year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.independent.co.uk\/s3fs-public\/thumbnails\/image\/2019\/04\/17\/12\/asteroid-earth-moon-nasa.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Spoiler Alert: I heard the odds are about 7000-to-1. Yet, government plans for asteroid defense seem to be under review lately, so I&#8217;m not sure what to make of this whole end-of-days scenario yet.<\/p>\n<p>The Article &#8216;Will a giant asteroid really hit Earth this year?&#8217; originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/gadgets-and-tech\/news\/asteroid-hit-earth-2019-football-risk-2006-qv89-nasa-space-a8949071.html\">https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/gadgets-and-tech\/news\/asteroid-hit-earth-2019-football-risk-2006-qv89-nasa-space-a8949071.html<\/a><br \/>\nJamie&#8217;s comments are his own.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spoiler Alert: I heard the odds are about 7000-to-1. Yet, government plans for asteroid defense seem to be under review lately, so I&#8217;m not sure what to make of this whole end-of-days scenario yet. The Article &#8216;Will a giant asteroid really hit Earth this year?&#8217; originally appeared on https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/gadgets-and-tech\/news\/asteroid-hit-earth-2019-football-risk-2006-qv89-nasa-space-a8949071.html Jamie&#8217;s comments are his own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[582,586,590,589,565,587,588,585,591,456],"tags":[593,597,596,96,598,594,595,592,523,33],"class_list":["post-17556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-2","category-editorial-2","category-imho","category-imo","category-jamiegray","category-moregray","category-myopinion","category-opinion-3","category-sharedlink","category-jamie-gray","tag-editorial","tag-imho-blogger","tag-imo","tag-jamiegray","tag-link","tag-moregray","tag-myopinion","tag-opinion","tag-blog","tag-jamie-gray"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16439,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/06\/the-largest-fireball-asteroid-in-2018-exploded-over-russia-and-nasa-didnt-spot-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":17556,"position":0},"title":"The Largest Fireball Asteroid In 2018 Exploded Over Russia, And NASA Didn&#8217;t Spot It","date":"June 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"So, basically we're doomed if we're depending on NASA to protect us... \"This incident in Russia highlights NASA's failure to spot the asteroid before it reached Earth. 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