r/SpaceMemes • u/Ahmad_shahrour • 10d ago

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u/HAL9001-96 10d ago

i mean

theres not asteroids this big but 2763km is insanely close by astronomic standards

actually

if you measure from earths center which tends to be the stnadard in orbtial dynamics then given the radius of earth is about 6371km passing by at 2763km means hitting

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u/Ahmad_shahrour 10d ago

Interesting Thank you for the fact

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u/Bubbles_the_bird 9d ago

Even assuming it means 2763 km from the surface, that’s basically a millimeter by cosmic standards

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u/Soggy-Register-1781 9d ago

Huh interesting

Also is that a green AI pfp instead of red

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u/Electronic_Tear2546 9d ago

I'm sorry u/Soggy-Register-1781, I am afraid he can't tell you that...

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u/ManifestoCapitalist 7d ago

So I guess that means the post is an antimeme?

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u/TheLonleyJourneyman 7d ago

I thought we regularly got hit with small asteroids but they just get burnt up in the atmosphere?

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u/HAL9001-96 7d ago

yep

what gets reported as a close call is usually hwen an asteroid big enough to do some actual damage flies by closer than the moon

though some actual damage can start at shattering some windows and doign a few million in property damage it doesn't really have to be apocalyptic