Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoCar-size asteroid discovered 2 days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moonwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down15
arrow-up164arrow-down1external-linkCar-size asteroid discovered 2 days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moonwww.livescience.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareatzanteollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·7 months ago“30 times closer than the Moon” 🙄 Around 12 thousand miles (19.3 thousand kilometers).
minus-squareYer Ma@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up26·edit-27 months ago12k miles is very close, the headline is using ridiculous comparisons, but 12k is closer than many medium and high orbit satellites. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Earth_orbit
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-27 months agoWhich on the scale of the solar system is essentially the width of a damned hair. We have satellites in higher orbits than that.
minus-squarejam12705@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-27 months agoI’m not up to date on the latest elephant measuring units but we’re talking at lease 7.8million horse lengths away of that helps. If you’re looking for greater accuracy we can always convert that to badgers with a simple formula.
minus-squarebigbadmoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·7 months agoMissed it by this 🤏 much
“30 times closer than the Moon” 🙄
Around 12 thousand miles (19.3 thousand kilometers).
12k miles is very close, the headline is using ridiculous comparisons, but 12k is closer than many medium and high orbit satellites.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Earth_orbit
Which on the scale of the solar system is essentially the width of a damned hair. We have satellites in higher orbits than that.
How much is that in elephants?
I’m not up to date on the latest elephant measuring units but we’re talking at lease 7.8million horse lengths away of that helps.
If you’re looking for greater accuracy we can always convert that to badgers with a simple formula.
Rude to call your mom that.
Missed it by this 🤏 much