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Old 21-04-2017, 09:20 AM
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This NEO is calculated (by NASA / JPL) to be between 650 metres and 1.4 km in diameter, travelling at over 33 km/sec, and passed by the Earth at about 4.57 times the distance from Earth to the Moon. An impact with the Earth would be more than just a splash in the pan....

In the animation, the distance between the NEO in successive frames is about 460 km.
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