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To: SunkenCiv

A “near miss” has another name. A complete miss....


9 posted on 08/02/2020 6:46:00 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: fhayek

Well, near misses aren’t usually all that near... but true near misses (like this one) can count... like in horseshoes.

The only catch is that this “asteroid” isn’t much more than a meteoroid.


15 posted on 08/02/2020 6:59:16 PM PDT by dangus
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To: fhayek

Well, near misses aren’t usually all that near... but true near misses (like this one) can count... like in horseshoes.

The only catch is that this “asteroid” isn’t much more than a meteoroid.


16 posted on 08/02/2020 6:59:16 PM PDT by dangus
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To: fhayek

“Near-by miss” might be a better term.


17 posted on 08/02/2020 7:05:34 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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