Asteroid that came nearer to Earth than the moon (... but was only spotted two days before the close encounter)
Submitted by Bob-45 on Sat, 12/15/2012 - 08:57A recently discovered asteroid gave Earth a close shave yesterday as it came within the moon's orbit.
The near-Earth asteroid 2012 XE54, which was only spotted for the first time on Sunday, came within 140,000 miles of our planet
The moon orbits at an average distance of 240,000 miles or so from the Earth.
Astronomers estimate that 2012 XE54 is about 120ft wide - big enough to cause substantial damage if it ever hits us.
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Just found this on it if anyone is interested in watching a
predictive animation of future close calls. :)
It comes close to us in 2021 as well as really close in 2034.
http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2012+XE54&orb=1
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I don't for one instant believe it wasn't seen. They just
didn't want to start a panic until they could say it wouldn't hit us, imho. There are TOO many eyes in the sky to miss it.
I remember in 2008 there was a portion of google sky blocked that later seemed to turn out to have been an asteroid.
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"I remember in 2008 there was a portion of google sky blocked
that later seemed to turn out to have been an asteroid."
what? You mean this, which was nothing?
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