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Re:A 390FT rock will scrape past Earth closer than the Moon ... by hughes on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @02:00PM (#20508771)
So the headline is that a near-Earth object is not only going to miss Earth by a wide margin, but also even if it did hit us nobody would notice...
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Re:A 390FT rock will scrape past Earth closer than the Moon ... by Pfhreak on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @02:04PM (#20508803)
People would definitely notice. A 390 foot meteor bursting into many smaller meteors is still going to be a spectacular show (and likely cause some damage.)

It's just not going to be an extinction level event.

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Re:A 390FT rock will scrape past Earth closer than the Moon ... by ls612 on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @03:58PM (#20509722)
Even a 390 ft nickel-iron meteor would only be dangerous if it entered over populated areas and the odds of that are low.
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Re:A 390FT rock will scrape past Earth closer than the Moon ... by simonebrunozzi on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @02:28PM (#20509016)
Well, assuming my very basic math is right. As said, I am not an expert, and I might be very wrong about how that scenario would have played out.
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