How much is that in elephants?
Comment on Car-size asteroid discovered 2 days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moon
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
“30 times closer than the Moon” 🙄
Around 12 thousand miles (19.3 thousand kilometers).
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 7 months ago
jam12705@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m not up to date on the latest elephant measuring units but we’re talking at lease 7.8million horse lengths away of that helps.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 7 months ago
Rude to call your mom that.
halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Which on the scale of the solar system is essentially the width of a damned hair.
bigbadmoose@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Missed it by this 🤏 much
JoMomma@lemm.ee 7 months ago
12k miles is very close, the headline is using ridiculous comparisons, but 12k is closer than many medium and high orbit satellites.