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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

Car-size asteroid discovered 2 days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moon

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Car-size asteroid discovered 2 days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moon

www.livescience.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago
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A newly discovered asteroid got within 12,000 miles of Earth on a harrowing, ultra-close approach today. The space rock won't return for 70 years.
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    I know that’s not how the phrase is meant to be read, but I can’t unsee it as it flying separately by the earth and the moon and deciding to buzz one of the two a bit closer.

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      Than vs then.

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        Hrm, so there’s a third interpretation.

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