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Asteroid passes just 8,700miles from Earth - with only 15 hours
warning
Claire Bates
UK
Daily Mail
Wednesday, Nov 11th, 2009
Although no one noticed at the time, the Earth
was almost hit by an asteroid last Friday.
The previously undiscovered asteroid came within
8,700miles of Earth but astronomers noticed it only 15 hours
before it made its closest approach.
Its orbit brought it 30 times nearer than the Moon, which is
250,000 miles away.
But before you head for the nuclear bunkers you will be relieved
to learn the tumbling rock was only 23ft across. Similar sized
objects pass by this close to Earth about twice a year and impact
on the planet about once every five years.
Astronomers believe the object, called 2009 VA, would have
almost completely burned up while entering Earth's atmosphere,
causing a brilliant fireball in the sky but no major damage
to the surface.
The asteroid was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey on November
6, 2009. It was then identified by the Minor Planet Centre in
Cambridge, Massachusetts as a near Earth object.
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