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    We got lucky a few days ago

    seems a space rock the size a 747 slide past us. I know 747 v Earth
    https://www.cnet.com/news/asteroid-2...sa-undetected/

    and that far away is not that far.
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    Yikes!

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    One that size is about perfect for ground zero in D.C. That'll drain the swamp....

    If one did that, would that be called an "act of God?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by l921428x View Post
    seems a space rock the size a 747 slide past us. I know 747 v Earth
    https://www.cnet.com/news/asteroid-2...sa-undetected/

    and that far away is not that far.
    It came within about one-third the distance between Earth and the moon, roughly 76,448 miles (123,031 km).With an estimated size of between 82 and 256 feet (25 and 78 meters), it was around three times as big as the bolide that entered our atmosphere in 2013 and exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, blowing out windows and causing numerous injuries on the ground. That house-size bit of cosmic debris also had been previously undetected.
    Holy crap! An asteroid impact that size would wipe out a small city!
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