Comment on What would happen to the Earth if it got booped by a giant asteroid going super slowly?

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Tedesche@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

It’s much more likely that it would either fly away at another trajectory or circle back several times before eventually hitting us. In order for it to become another Earth satellite, it would have to miss us at a very precise angle and speed in order to get trapped in a stable orbit around us.

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