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Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years 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

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Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago

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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So… Asteroid that would have burned up in the atmosphere will miss us instead. I guess that’s good news?
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  Livescience is 90% over-hyped nothing.

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