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(NPR)   In case you missed it, an asteroid almost hit the Earth yesterday, you probably would have noticed if it hit   (npr.org) divider line
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Oliver Twisted
2023-01-27 3:24:23 PM  
I was out having a smoke, I might not have noticed.
 
E_Henry_Thripshaws_Disease
2023-01-27 3:34:26 PM  
too bad it missed Fla
 
Cyrene Valantion
2023-01-27 3:39:48 PM  
Close enough that it might've collected a geo synchronous satellite, but not so large that it would've made it to ground if it did come in.
 
Bennie Crabtree
2023-01-27 4:03:57 PM  
[Looks around at world]

(._. )

Like...maybe I would notice if it hit hereabouts but I dunno...
 
Manfred J. Hattan
2023-01-27 4:07:40 PM  
"Crimean amateur astronomer Gennadiy Borisov"

Did he say, "Fark you, Russian asteroid?"
 
Tyrone Slothrop
2023-01-27 4:40:16 PM  
Dammit, Giant Meteor, why do you always disappoint?
 
theresnothinglft
2023-01-27 4:44:07 PM  
Woo, finally something close enough to knock out HBO.
 
Ghastly [TotalFark]
2023-01-27 5:42:52 PM  
It's only 8 meters long. It probably would have exploded in the atmosphere. Would have given a pretty good show though.
 
dailygrinds
2023-01-27 6:40:13 PM  
2023 BU is much smaller than many other close-passing asteroids that have made headlines in recent years, one of which was "the size of two Rose Bowl stadiums."

Or .0000257433 Rhode Islands, if you prefer more traditional units of measure.
 
khatores
2023-01-27 6:47:53 PM  

dailygrinds: 2023 BU is much smaller than many other close-passing asteroids that have made headlines in recent years, one of which was "the size of two Rose Bowl stadiums."

Or .0000257433 Rhode Islands, if you prefer more traditional units of measure.


That's pretty close to what I got... 0.00002574135 Rhode Islands
 
RaiderFanMikeP
2023-01-27 6:50:57 PM  
Simpsons Did It!
 
RI_Red
2023-01-27 7:53:08 PM  

khatores: dailygrinds: 2023 BU is much smaller than many other close-passing asteroids that have made headlines in recent years, one of which was "the size of two Rose Bowl stadiums."

Or .0000257433 Rhode Islands, if you prefer more traditional units of measure.

That's pretty close to what I got... 0.00002574135 Rhode Islands


Nah, you're both off.

0.00025742325 Rhode Islands,which also happens to be the average distance between two Dunkin Donut shops in the state.
 
Quigley_Wyatt
2023-01-27 9:30:04 PM  

Tyrone Slothrop: Dammit, Giant Meteor, why do you always disappoint?


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dailygrinds
2023-01-28 12:00:54 AM  

RI_Red: khatores: dailygrinds: 2023 BU is much smaller than many other close-passing asteroids that have made headlines in recent years, one of which was "the size of two Rose Bowl stadiums."

Or .0000257433 Rhode Islands, if you prefer more traditional units of measure.

That's pretty close to what I got... 0.00002574135 Rhode Islands

Nah, you're both off.

0.00025742325 Rhode Islands,which also happens to be the average distance between two Dunkin Donut shops in the state.


According to your mathulations, that's about 1 Dunkin Donuts/200 acres.
My reckoning puts it at about 1 Dunkin Donuts/51,793.333 acres.

/I've been quarantining w/ covid all week, sorry
 
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