Comment on Car-size asteroid discovered 2 days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moon

someguy3@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• atzanteol@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This means it’s an asteroid with a weight-class that would have burned up in Earth’s atmosphere, if its orbit happened to intersect ours more directly.

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  • dellish@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So… Asteroid that would have burned up in the atmosphere will miss us instead. I guess that’s good news?

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    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Livescience is 90% over-hyped nothing.

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• Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A quick search suggests that something as small as 5 meters can survive hitting the ground, however there are a number of calculations to consider including the speed it is traveling, the entry angle, and the material it is made of.

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