Close Call

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It’s bad enough when a car nearly misses a pedestrian.  But when a car-sized rock nearly misses our planet, it’s a close call for sure.

One week ago, asteroid 2020QG came within 2,000 miles of Earth.  Worse yet, its arrival had not been detected in advance.  This surprise flyby wasn’t noted “until about six hours after the object’s closest approach.”  Oops! 

But hey, science can’t know it all. Sometimes we have to rely solely upon faith to see us through.

Resources

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/a-car-sized-asteroid-made-the-closest-earth-flyby-a-space-rock-has-ever-survived/ar-BB188TgZ?ocid=uxbndlbing