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Post by Pez on Mar 2, 2009 18:04:51 GMT -6
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,503164,00.html It passed within 40,000 miles of Earth. To put it into perspective... The average distance from the center of the Earth to the center of the Moon is 384,403 km (238,857 miles).
At its closest point, the Moon gets to 363,104 km (225,622 miles), and at its furthest point, it's 405,696 km (252,088 miles) The Moon, which is close enough to pull the very waters of our oceans, and is generally clearly visible to us all, is roughly seven times farther away than this asteroid was. The kicker? It could possibly swing by to say hello a second time, since it passed through Earth's gravitational field. The way it was thrown means it could eventually boomerang back. brb, Building an anti-asteroid fallout shelter.
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