Asteroid Passes Close to Earth Yesterday!
Do you know that an asteroid passed closer to the earth than the moon on Monday? It was relatively tiny – only 200 feet wide – which probably explains why astronomers did not see it until three days before it whizzed by? It is amazing to me that it passed only twice as high as telecommunication satellites. It makes you wonder if the predictions about 2012 are about a larger asteroid hitting earth.
A small asteroid buzzed by Earth Monday, though only real astronomy geeks in the Pacific would have noticed.
The rock, estimated to be no more than 200 feet wide, zoomed past our planet at an altitude of 40,000 miles at 1:44 p.m. universal time — or 8:44 EST.
Dubbed 2009 DD45, it was discovered only on Friday by Australian astronomers.
Forty thousand miles may sound like a lot, but it’s only about one-seventh of the way to the moon, and less than twice as far out as many telecommunications satellites.
Had 2009 DD45 hit the Earth, it would have exploded on or near the surface with the force of a large nuclear blast — not very reassuring when you consider humanity had only about three days’ notice.
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Surprise Asteroid Makes Near-Miss of Earth (Missed by 40,000 miles)
