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On Monday, the earth was passed by an asteroid (2009 DD45) about the same size (69 to 154 feet in diameter) as the one that wiped out Tunguska back in (19) ought-eight. It passed Earth at a distance of around 44,000 miles - about twice the distance that geostationary communications satellites orbit.
National Geographic has the graphics.
AP sez: Most people probably didn't notice the cosmic close call. The asteroid was only spotted two days ago and at its closest point passed over the Pacific Ocean near Tahiti.
h/t io9
posted by Smashed at 3/05/2009 07:51:00 AM
4 Comments:
i can't believe this does not get more attention! A bleeping asteroid misses our planet by a couple of circumferences of the planet and its not big news! Really, there is more talk about A-roid taking steroids than this near miss that could have had us all seeing staroids.
It is pretty crazy, isn't it? Maybe the media will pick up on it after a few days... I've got my ear to the ground.
It's great to see HSI has this covered for us! HSI-- the only news source one really needs. Keep up the great work Smashed!
Fair AND Balanced!
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