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Old 12-01-2013, 11:16 AM
Danack (Dan Ackroyd)
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Originally Posted by widow18 View Post
Closest ever asteroid I remember is one that passed through the upper atmosphere and kept going, sometime in the 60's I think.
I've been looking for that and just found it (or one very similar):

http://youtu.be/vBu-yUzWXqg?t=30s

Apparently it was between only 3 metres and 14 metres in diameter which is surprisingly little to me, given it's resistance to disintegrating.
Great Daylight Fireball 1972
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