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An asteroid the size of a house zoomed by Earth Wednesday, flying within the orbit of the moon just one day after astronomers spotting the space rock in the sky, NASA says. The small asteroid 2011 EB74 was about 47 feet across and posed no threat of hitting Earth, since it was too small to survive the trip through the planet’s atmosphere. Instead, the asteroid passed our planet at a comfortable distance of about 203,000 miles when it made its closest approach at 5:49 p.m. EDT, NASA officials said. For comparison, the average distance between the Earth and the moon is about 238,000 miles. The flyby of 2011 EB74 is about 0.85 Earth-moon distances, officials said. Astronomers discovered asteroid 2011 EB74 Tuesday as part of the ongoing Catalina Sky Survey, a project based at the University of Arizona to seek out previously unknown near-Earth objects like asteroids and comets.
Originally posted by diamondsmith
reply to post by Lee78
It's very possible,but right now I feel like crying.
For those people in Japan.
Originally posted by Lee78
Originally posted by diamondsmith
reply to post by Lee78
It's very possible,but right now I feel like crying.
well thanks
2nd
Three terms together are the key to...llumination..still crying!
quake,tsunami and whirlpool.
Originally posted by Lee78
NASA says. The small asteroid 2011 EB74 was about 47 feet across and posed no threat of hitting Earth, since it was too small to survive the trip through the planet’s atmosphere.