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Closest Asteroid Yet Flies Past Earth
lmcl writes "New Scientist reports that an asteroid about the size of a small house passed just 88,000 kilometres from the Earth by on Saturday 27 September - the closest approach of a natural object ever recorded. Geostationary communication satellites circle the Earth 42,000km from the planet's centre. The asteroid, designated 2003 SQ222, came from inside the Earth's orbit and so was only spotted after it had whizzed by."
...they managed to launch CowboyNeal, after all!
David, I really don't know how to respond to your post properly,............ mostly cause I didn't read it.
I'm lead to believe that the only living thing to have been exterminated by an extra terrestrial event was a dog in Egypt in 1911, the offending rock was, some 70 years later identified as having come from Mars. I ask one question, could this rock not have come from the same source as the billions of rocks that litter the martian surface? I.E. somewhere other than Mars.
RIAA = Readily Ingestable Annoying Advocates If only it were that easy.
What you say intrigues me. I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Oh. And I suppose that makes you cream in your hot grits filled pants does it?
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