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turbinetree

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Mon Mar 22, 2021, 09:27 AM Mar 2021

No threat to Earth as huge asteroid zooms past

Source: Raw Story

BGy Agence France-Presse
Published March 22, 2021

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The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year has made its closest approach, posing no threat of a cataclysmic collision but giving astronomers a rare chance to study a rock formed during the beginning of our solar system.

The asteroid was two million kilometres (1.25 million miles) away at its nearest, according to NASA -- more than five times the distance between the Earth and the Moon but still close enough to be classified as a "potentially hazardous asteroid".

NASA tracks and catalogues such objects that could potentially slam into Earth and unleash enormous destruction, like the massive asteroid hit that wiped out 75 percent of life on the planet 66 million years ago.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/no-threat-to-earth-as-huge-asteroid-zooms-past/



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No threat to Earth as huge asteroid zooms past (Original Post) turbinetree Mar 2021 OP
That's just one particle blowing... Omnipresent Mar 2021 #1
It is only a "matter" of time turbinetree Mar 2021 #2
Hopefully, the size of Mar-a-lago.. Omnipresent Mar 2021 #4
Hey 'roid speak easy Mar 2021 #3
We don't need an asteroid for planet destruction twodogsbarking Mar 2021 #5
Oh, crap! keithbvadu2 Mar 2021 #6
Damn. I guess I'll have to pay the water bill then. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #7
A diagram of the asteroid's orbit. Jim__ Mar 2021 #8
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