MaiionPostBotB to c/[email protected]English • 1 year agoNew algorithm spots its first "potentially hazardous" near-Earth asteroid — and it's 600 feet longwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkNew algorithm spots its first "potentially hazardous" near-Earth asteroid — and it's 600 feet longwww.cbsnews.comMaiionPostBotB to c/[email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square1fedilinkcross-posted to: technology
minus-square@orangeNgreenlinkEnglish1•edit-21 year ago Additional observations confirmed the discovery and found that the asteroid’s closest approach brings it within 140,000 miles of Earth’s orbit, placing it closer than the moon.