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  • An Asteroid The Size Of A Bus Came Closer To Earth Than The Moon This Morning, But It’s Cool

    05/03/2014 5:11:16 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 131 replies
    Geekosystem ^ | Saturday, May 3rd 2014 | Sam Maggs
    Don't worry, NASA's known about it for ages. Like, four whole days. So here’s a fun fact: while you were sleeping last night, you had a near-death experience. Yes, you – and everyone else on this lovely planet. In the wee hours of the morning, a pretty sizeable asteroid soared by the Earth, just missing it. But we’re okay. For now. At 4:13am EDT, asteroid 2014 HL129 essentially side-swiped the Earth, coming within 186,000 miles of our planet. For reference, the moon is 238,855 miles away. Which means the asteroid was much, much closer to us than the moon will...