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Closest Asteroid Yet Flies Past Earth

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the greatest-near-hits dept.

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."

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  1. Re:She said... by drkich · · Score: 0, Troll

    You were in bed with a real woman! Wow that is almost as amazing as being struck by an asteroid!

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  2. Re:She said... by AvengerXP · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wait aren't you also a slashdot reader? Why do you keep depreciating yourselves?

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