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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBus-size asteroid will buzz earth at 18,400 mph on Jan. 2
Heres one extraterrestrial express bus youll be glad you missed.
Fortunately, the Near Earth Object (NEO) wont come too near to the earth. The closest it is expected to get is four lunar distances -- about 1 million miles at approximately 9 am EST. Tracking is available on The Sky Live, which calculates that 2019 AE3 will technically be visible from New York between around 1 a.m. and 10 am.
The event is set to occur just three days after five sizeable NEOs flew by the earth on the same day. The largest was taller than the Statue of Liberty and came within 3.1 million miles of the planet, according to The Sun, while another similar in size to 2019 AE3 practically skimmed it just 415,000 miles away.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/bus-size-asteroid-will-buzz-earth-at-18400-mph-on-jan-2/ar-BBYwG0X?li=BBnbfcL
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,916 posts)I was just discussing it with My Son the Astronomer. For the probability of impact numbers to make sense, you want to click on the blue number in the Impact Probability (Cumulative) column. A box will display that gives the probability in numbers that make more sense to us non-mathematicians.
And as you can see, the probability of impact is almost infinitesimal. So articles that talk about these objects skimming by, or sometimes stated as a near miss, are rather misleading.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy perusing that chart.
liberaltrucker
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(17 posts)That was close