Lee Duna to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish • 1 month agoCar-size asteroid discovered 2 days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moonwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down15
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkCar-size asteroid discovered 2 days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moonwww.livescience.comLee Duna to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareYer Malink26•edit-21 month ago12k miles is very close, the headline is using ridiculous comparisons, but 12k is closer than many medium and high orbit satellites. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Earth_orbit
12k miles is very close, the headline is using ridiculous comparisons, but 12k is closer than many medium and high orbit satellites.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Earth_orbit