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Close shave from an undetected asteroid
« on: July 28, 2017, 05:43:22 am »
Close shave from an undetected asteroid
By Eddie Irizarry in SPACE | July 25, 2017
http://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-2017-oo1-close-pass-undetected

Whoosh! Astronomers discovered a small asteroid – now designated as asteroid 2017 OO1 – on July 23. That was 3 days after it passed 1/3 the moon’s distance from Earth.

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This means the asteroid’s closest approach occurred 2.5 to 3 days before it was seen. Asteroid 2017 OO1 flyby had passed at about one-third the Earth-moon distance, or about 76,448 miles (123,031 km).

Although that’s still a safe distance, a fact that stands out is that asteroid 2017 OO1 is about three times as big as the house-sized asteroid that penetrated the skies over Chelyabinsk, Russia in February, 2013, breaking windows in six Russian cities and causing more that 1,000 people to seek treatment for injuries, mostly from flying glass.

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Re: Close shave from an undetected asteroid
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2017, 12:29:48 am »
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Re: Close shave from an undetected asteroid
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2017, 12:31:02 am »
Quote from: Suppressed on July 28, 2017, 05:43:22 am
Close shave from an undetected asteroid
By Eddie Irizarry in SPACE | July 25, 2017
http://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-2017-oo1-close-pass-undetected

Whoosh! Astronomers discovered a small asteroid – now designated as asteroid 2017 OO1 – on July 23. That was 3 days after it passed 1/3 the moon’s distance from Earth.

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This means the asteroid’s closest approach occurred 2.5 to 3 days before it was seen. Asteroid 2017 OO1 flyby had passed at about one-third the Earth-moon distance, or about 76,448 miles (123,031 km).

Although that’s still a safe distance, a fact that stands out is that asteroid 2017 OO1 is about three times as big as the house-sized asteroid that penetrated the skies over Chelyabinsk, Russia in February, 2013, breaking windows in six Russian cities and causing more that 1,000 people to seek treatment for injuries, mostly from flying glass.

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Re: Close shave from an undetected asteroid
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2017, 12:34:29 am »
I knew about this 2 or 3 weeks ago. I just didn't want to say anything.
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Re: Close shave from an undetected asteroid
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Re: Close shave from an undetected asteroid
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2017, 09:56:46 am »
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