A massive asteroid (and some smaller ones) just passed close to Earth

[mfcorey1]

An asteroid the size of a mountain cruised through our cosmic neighborhood Wednesday and humanity survived, because even a close pass in space terms isn't actually that close.


In fact, asteroid 1998 OR2 was always no closer than 3.9 million miles (6.3 million kilometers), putting it over 16 times farther away than the moon.


Still, 1998 OR2 was a rare monster of a space rock, at 1.5 miles (2 kilometers) wide. It was large enough to allow a number of astronomers to catch it as it took a little jaunt through our domain.

The object made its close approach at 2:55 a.m. Pacific and safely whizzed back out to deeper space. This is the first close approach by such a large asteroid since 2017.

Interestingly, this week in space was also punctuated by a handful of far smaller asteroids coming much closer to our planet. According to NASA's database, at least five asteroids have come closer to our planet than the moon over the last seven days.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/a-massive-asteroid-and-some-smaller-ones-just-passed-close-to-earth/ar-BB13oFKe?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

[Javaman]

1. and throw in an meteor impact and we are full apocalypse.

the orange asshole probably contacted NASA to find a way to make that happen to distract the public from the virus.