Thread: Comet C/2017 U1 - MPC compute may be first observed interstellar comet?
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Old 30-11-2017, 10:31 AM
geolindon (Lindon)
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On average, a 150 m space rock hits Earth every 16,000 years and makes a 2.4 km crater. We sure didn't see this one coming.

What confidence we had in NEO monitoring to keep us safer must now be reduced.
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