Asteroid Nearly Misses Earth

[popowich]

It was on the news last night that an asteroid barely missed us within the last couple of nights.

I can't seem to find the news article for it... calling Raven (again) :)

-Raymond

[THERESA]

:rofl::fryingpan::fryingpan::fryingpan:

[esnagel]

Asteroid 2007 TU24 Zooms by Earth
January 29, 2008 As expected, Asteroid 2007 TU24 made its closest approach to Earth at 12:33 a.m. today, Jan. 29 (3:33 a.m. Eastern time), and is now headed away from our planet. At its closest point, the asteroid was 554,209 kilometers (344,370 miles) from Earth, or roughly 1.4 times the distance between the moon and Earth.


I don't know if I'd call that "close", but, whatever...


http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/

[popowich]

In astronomical terms, less than 50% farther away than the moon is pretty close.

It was 344,370 miles away.

By comparison, the Sun is a little over 90,000,000 mile away.

-Raymond

[RJD]

I knew I heard something overhead. I thought it was fairies.