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Asteroid to Make Closest Recorded Pass to Earth

Posted by michael on from the horseshoes-and-hand-grenades dept.

unassimilatible writes "A 100-ft diameter asteroid will make the closest (26,500 miles, or about 3.4 Earth diameters) pass of earth ever detected in advance today, NASA reports. Asteroid 2004 FH's point of closest approach with the Earth will be over the South Atlantic Ocean. Using a good pair of binoculars, the object will be bright enough to be seen during this close approach from areas of Europe, Asia and most of the Southern Hemisphere. While we are in no danger this time, it is good to know NASA's LINEAR guys are on the job, for when that Death Star-sized object pays us a visit."

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  1. Re:Lucky by AmigaAvenger · · Score: 0, Troll

    you are an idiot, right? pressurce differences inside a solid mass? wtf... this rock would have been able to do some serious damage to a major city. maybe 20 square blocks completely gone, with related damages further out.

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