Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to AstronomyEnglish · 1 year agoCar-size asteroid discovered 2 days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moonwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down15
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkCar-size asteroid discovered 2 days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moonwww.livescience.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to AstronomyEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year ago This means it’s an asteroid with a weight-class that would have burned up in Earth’s atmosphere, if its orbit happened to intersect ours more directly.
minus-squaredellish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoSo… Asteroid that would have burned up in the atmosphere will miss us instead. I guess that’s good news?
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoLivescience is 90% over-hyped nothing.
So… Asteroid that would have burned up in the atmosphere will miss us instead. I guess that’s good news?
Livescience is 90% over-hyped nothing.