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[h=3]A surprise asteroid came "relatively" close to the Earth today[/h]
It was discovered on Saturday, and flew closer than the moon on Sunday. There was not much we could have done about it. At least this one didn't hit us. I wonder when one will, and what the results will be?
SURPRISE ASTEROID FLYBY: With little warning, a relatively large asteroid flew through the Earth-Moon system on April 15th only 192,200 km (0.5 LD) from our planet. 2018 GE3 was discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey approaching Earth on April 14th. Hours later, amateur astronomer Michael Jäger of Weißenkirchen Austria video-recorded the space rock rushing through the southern constellation Serpens:
It was discovered on Saturday, and flew closer than the moon on Sunday. There was not much we could have done about it. At least this one didn't hit us. I wonder when one will, and what the results will be?