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| Asteroid to pass within 17,200 miles of Earth | |
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| CJ | Feb 9 2013, 01:44 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/feb/08/asteroid-will-miss-earth-says-nasa?intcmp=239 Anyone happening to glance towards the heavens in a week's time and glimpses a 50-metre-long lump of rock hurtling ominously through the skies need not panic. Although it will pass closer to us than any asteroid has for the past 15 years – closer even than the TV satellites that girdle the planet – Nasa insists that 2012 DA14 will miss Earth by a good 17,100 miles (27,520km). "No Earth impact is possible," said Donald Yeomans, an astronomer with the US space agency. He also pointed out that the planet was bombarded by about 100 tonnes of space material every day. "Basketball-sized objects come in daily," he said. "Volkswagen-sized objects come in every couple of weeks. As you get to larger and larger sizes the number of objects out there is less and less, so the frequency of hits goes down." I had no idea that this was going to happen. 17,200 miles is pretty close !
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