Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoCar-size asteroid discovered 2 days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moonwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down15
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkCar-size asteroid discovered 2 days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moonwww.livescience.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 months 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-up7·3 months 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-up3·3 months 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.