Asteroid to pass Earth

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Asteroid to pass Earth

Postby Silver_Surfer1 » Wed Nov 2, '11, 5:10 am

Asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass by Earth next Tuesday, Nov. 8. This Asteroid is as large as an aircraft carrier, and that's pretty huge. :

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/sp ... titialskip

It will be several years, probably around 2028, before a large Asteroid like this one will pass Earth again.

Sounds very exciting!!! :hyper:
Good Friday ~ March 29, 2024


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Re: Asteroid to pass Earth

Postby Thoul » Wed Nov 2, '11, 5:23 am

It seems like it's going to come pretty close! I'm glad it is going to miss the planet, though. Hopefully the scientists can learn a lot from this one.
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