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2024-12-04 Science & Technology

Two skyscraper-sized asteroids to fly past Earth on December 3 and 4

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Posted by badanov 2024-12-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Incredible moment asteroid crashes into Earth's atmosphere

Posted by Skidmark 2024-12-04 00:08|| 2024-12-04 00:08|| Front Page Top

#2 ^
we would call that a meteor, it was only about 2 ft in diameter

Posted by Lord Garth 2024-12-04 00:14|| 2024-12-04 00:14|| Front Page Top

#3
Using the Earth to Moon distance as an example.
The closest the Moon comes to the Earth is about 363,300 km.

That means the closest these rocks will come is 4.9x to 15x's further away from Earth than the moon.

Posted by NN2N1 2024-12-04 03:05|| 2024-12-04 03:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Asteroid the size of 2.5 chinchillas impacts over Russia, no damages reported - NASA, ESA

Posted by Skidmark 2024-12-04 05:46|| 2024-12-04 05:46|| Front Page Top

#5 I was gonna say, howcum we're not measuring them in giraffes anymore.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-12-04 09:22|| 2024-12-04 09:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Angels: There is no way You can hit that planet from here.
The Real Big Guy: Hold my beer!

Posted by SteveS 2024-12-04 09:44|| 2024-12-04 09:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Because everyone thought they were just tall tales.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-12-04 10:52|| 2024-12-04 10:52|| Front Page Top

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