2984: Asteroid News - Revision history

FaviFake: given the proposal made at the community portal, i'm merging Blondie and Miss Lenhart, just like Cutie and Megan

2026-05-09T15:38:36Z

given the proposal made at the community portal, i'm merging Blondie and Miss Lenhart, just like Cutie and Megan

Kynde at 17:55, 8 February 2026

2026-02-08T17:55:26Z

Kynde at 17:50, 8 February 2026

2026-02-08T17:50:20Z

Kynde: Category:News

2026-02-07T14:48:02Z

Category:News

172.70.85.242 at 17:01, 1 October 2024

2024-10-01T17:01:22Z

N0lqu: Almost is also pretty cool

2024-09-17T14:14:49Z

Almost is also pretty cool

172.69.195.27: /* Explanation */ proper names

2024-09-14T07:36:45Z

‎Explanation: proper names

172.71.99.167: /* Explanation */

2024-09-14T07:14:16Z

‎Explanation

172.70.90.64: /* Explanation */ Probably has a name, but not stated here.

2024-09-13T20:24:39Z

‎Explanation: Probably has a name, but not stated here.

DKMell: minor updates

2024-09-13T16:48:15Z

minor updates

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 This is one of the [[:Category:News|News]] comics delivering Asteroid News. It is also one of five comics to use the News format in the title. So far the last, after a long break without using this format.
-[[Blondie]] as a [[:Category:News anchor|news anchor]] presents an image where an {{w|asteroid}} is seen zooming past {{w|Earth}} outside of the {{w|Moon}}'s orbit.
+[[Miss Lenhart]] as a [[:Category:News anchor|news anchor]] presents an image where an {{w|asteroid}} is seen zooming past {{w|Earth}} outside of the {{w|Moon}}'s orbit.
 The comic is about an unspecified asteroid that is predicted to approach Earth in 2063. It could possibly be related to the recently discovered asteroid [https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/06/Close_approach_of_asteroid_2024_MK 2024 MK], which made a close approach to Earth on June 29, 2024, but it could be any of the {{w|Sentry (monitoring system)|Sentry Objects}} of the {{w|Jet Propulsion Laboratory}}'s Center for Near Earth Object Studies [https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/ ].
-Blondie mentions that according to the astronomers, the asteroid only has 'a one-in-6000 chance of "doing something cool",' meaning that there is only a small chance that the asteroid will have a direct impact on Earth's surroundings. What is described as "something cool" would presumably be that the asteroid hits or almost hits the Earth or the Moon. She then states that further observations have shown that this will not happen and the asteroid will just be yet another boring dot in the sky.
+Miss Lenhart mentions that according to the astronomers, the asteroid only has 'a one-in-6000 chance of "doing something cool",' meaning that there is only a small chance that the asteroid will have a direct impact on Earth's surroundings. What is described as "something cool" would presumably be that the asteroid hits or almost hits the Earth or the Moon. She then states that further observations have shown that this will not happen and the asteroid will just be yet another boring dot in the sky.
 The joke is that most people are afraid that a near-Earth asteroid would actually hit, and hope to hear that it will not. If the asteroid in this comic gets close enough that it will actually be a visible dot, then given the normal sizes of {{w|Near-Earth object|near-Earth asteroids}}, it would indeed be very close to Earth. Many people interested in the night sky would find it interesting to see an asteroid with their naked eye.
-The title text may refer to another asteroid that gets even closer than the one depicted, because this one should come closer than the Moon according to calculations (presumably by the astronomers). However, this asteroid will not hit the Moon even though it gets close, so the astronomers ask, "What's the point?". The comic is mute on the question whether the asteroid will hit the Earth, although this is generally very unlikely even for an asteroid passing closer than the Moon. Again Blondie implies that the astronomers hope for some visible effect.
+The title text may refer to another asteroid that gets even closer than the one depicted, because this one should come closer than the Moon according to calculations (presumably by the astronomers). However, this asteroid will not hit the Moon even though it gets close, so the astronomers ask, "What's the point?". The comic is mute on the question whether the asteroid will hit the Earth, although this is generally very unlikely even for an asteroid passing closer than the Moon. Again Miss Lenhart implies that the astronomers hope for some visible effect.
 This is the fourth comic in the last seven about space.
 ==Transcript==
-:[Close-up of Blondie as a news anchor speaking, alongside an image to the left of an asteroid passing by Earth. The path of the asteroid is shown as a dashed line near the top-left, with the Moon orbiting the Earth below it.]
+:[Close-up of Miss Lenhart as a news anchor speaking, alongside an image to the left of an asteroid passing by Earth. The path of the asteroid is shown as a dashed line near the top-left, with the Moon orbiting the Earth below it.]
-:Blondie: Astronomers initially said there was a one-in-6,000 chance that the newly-discovered asteroid might "do something cool" in 2063, but further observations determined it will be "just a boring dot like all the others."
+:Miss Lenhart: Astronomers initially said there was a one-in-6,000 chance that the newly-discovered asteroid might "do something cool" in 2063, but further observations determined it will be "just a boring dot like all the others."
 {{comic discussion}}
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 [[Category:News]]
 [[Category:News anchor]]
-[[Category:Comics featuring Blondie]]
+[[Category:Comics featuring Miss Lenhart]]
 [[Category:Astronomy]]
 [[Category:Space]]

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 ==Explanation==
-This is one of the [[:Category:News|News]] comics. It is also one of five comics to use the News format in the title. So far the last, after a long break without using this format.
+This is one of the [[:Category:News|News]] comics delivering Asteroid News. It is also one of five comics to use the News format in the title. So far the last, after a long break without using this format.
 [[Blondie]] as a [[:Category:News anchor|news anchor]] presents an image where an {{w|asteroid}} is seen zooming past {{w|Earth}} outside of the {{w|Moon}}'s orbit.

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		+	This is one of the [[:Category:News\|News]] comics. It is also one of five comics to use the News format in the title. So far the last, after a long break without using this format.
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	[[Blondie]] as a [[:Category:News anchor\|news anchor]] presents an image where an {{w\|asteroid}} is seen zooming past {{w\|Earth}} outside of the {{w\|Moon}}'s orbit.		[[Blondie]] as a [[:Category:News anchor\|news anchor]] presents an image where an {{w\|asteroid}} is seen zooming past {{w\|Earth}} outside of the {{w\|Moon}}'s orbit.

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 [[Category:Comics featuring Blondie]]
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 [[Category:Space]]

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	[[Blondie]] as a [[:Category:News anchor\|news anchor]] presents an image where an {{w\|asteroid}} is seen zooming past {{w\|Earth}} outside of the {{w\|Moon}}'s orbit.		[[Blondie]] as a [[:Category:News anchor\|news anchor]] presents an image where an {{w\|asteroid}} is seen zooming past {{w\|Earth}} outside of the {{w\|Moon}}'s orbit.

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 The joke is that most people are afraid that a near-Earth asteroid would actually hit, and hope to hear that it will not. If the asteroid in this comic gets close enough that it will actually be a visible dot, then given the normal sizes of {{w|Near-Earth object|near-Earth asteroids}}, it would indeed be very close to Earth. Many people interested in the night sky would find it interesting to see an asteroid with their naked eye.
-The title text may refer to another asteroid that gets even closer than the one depicted, because this one should come closer than the Moon according to calculations (presumably by the astronomers). However, this asteroid will not hit the Moon (or presumably the Earth) even though it gets close, so the astronomers ask, "What's the point?". Again Blondie implies that the astronomers hope for some visible effect.
+The title text may refer to another asteroid that gets even closer than the one depicted, because this one should come closer than the Moon according to calculations (presumably by the astronomers). However, this asteroid will not hit the Moon even though it gets close, so the astronomers ask, "What's the point?". The comic is mute on the question whether the asteroid will hit the earth, although this is generally very unlikely even for an asteroid passing closer than the moon. Again Blondie implies that the astronomers hope for some visible effect.
 This is the fourth comic in the last seven about space.

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 [[Blondie]] as a [[:Category:News anchor|news anchor]] presents an image where an {{w|asteroid}} is seen zooming past {{w|Earth}} outside of the {{w|Moon}}'s orbit.
-The comic is about an unnamed asteroid that is predicted to approach Earth in 2063. It could possibly be related to the recently discovered asteroid [https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/06/Close_approach_of_asteroid_2024_MK 2024 MK], which made a close approach to Earth on June 29, 2024, but it could be any of the {{w|Sentry (monitoring system)|Sentry Objects}} of the {{w|Jet Propulsion Laboratory}}'s Center for Near Earth Object Studies [https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/ ].
+The comic is about an unspecified asteroid that is predicted to approach Earth in 2063. It could possibly be related to the recently discovered asteroid [https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2024/06/Close_approach_of_asteroid_2024_MK 2024 MK], which made a close approach to Earth on June 29, 2024, but it could be any of the {{w|Sentry (monitoring system)|Sentry Objects}} of the {{w|Jet Propulsion Laboratory}}'s Center for Near Earth Object Studies [https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/ ].
 Blondie mentions that according to the astronomers, the asteroid only has 'a one-in-6000 chance of "doing something cool",' meaning that there is only a small chance that the asteroid will have a direct impact on Earth's surroundings. What is described as "something cool" would presumably be that the asteroid hits the Earth or the Moon. She then states that further observations have shown that this will not happen and the asteroid will just be yet another boring dot in the sky.