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Re:A 390FT rock will scrape past Earth closer than the Moon ... by bsmith on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @02:20PM (#20508934)
This reporting is terrible (and pretty hard to read) but here's a cool graph of the approach to Earth: https://theskylive.com/how-far-is-2019od
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Re:A 390FT rock will scrape past Earth closer than the Moon ... by typpo on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @02:28PM (#20509011)
In a similar vein, I built this orbital simulation that shows the orbits of 2019 OD and Earth: https://www.spacereference.org/solar-system#ob=2019-od

Along with a more level-headed collection of facts about the asteroid, which is not classified as Potentially Hazardous: https://www.spacereference.org/asteroid/2019-od

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