Bus-sized asteroid gives Earth close shave Friday
01-27-2012, 11:57 AM
#1
50 Watt CAFz'r
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 260
Bus-sized asteroid gives Earth close shave Friday
A small asteroid the size of a city bus zoomed between Earth and the moon's orbit Friday just days after its discovery, but it never posed a threat to our planet, NASA says.
The asteroid 2012 BX34 passed within 36,750 miles (59,044 kilometers) of Earth when it made its closest approach at 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT). The space rock is about 37 feet (11 meters) wide and would have broke apart in Earth's atmosphere long before it reached the ground, if it had reached the planet at all, NASA scientists said.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/...#ixzz1kgNfihcc
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Roger @ CAFz
Off-topic Chat
1
11-07-2011 05:02 PM
Roger @ CAFz
Off-topic Chat
0
11-01-2011 05:59 AM
zgenius
General Discussion
8
06-25-2009 08:14 PM
Hardcore Rock Superstar
Off-topic Chat
21
08-26-2004 03:19 PM
