Earth Experiences Near Miss By Asteroid
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A 36 foot by 112-foot asteroid flew past Earth closer than the moon on January 9th, but the employees working at NEO (Near Earth Objects), didn’t discover the flying rock existed until January 7th, according to Google News.
The asteroid called 2017 AG past roughly 129,000 miles away, which is about half the distance of the moon to Earth. Had the asteroid hit the atmosphere, it would dissipate, but many red hot debris would hit the Earth and the blast force would be 30 times stronger than the bomb that hit Hiroshima, according to TheRealNews.com.
Some people are wondering why the NEO wasn’t able to discover this asteroid earlier. Surprisingly, as much as 35 asteroids fly closer than the moon every month that aren’t discovered until it is past us, or until it’s right next to us. We’d all be more comfortable if we were able to see an oncoming meteor years in advance, much less days. If this happens, we can blow up a bomb near the asteroid and blow it off course, according to The Washington Post.
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Matthew Yee • Feb 2, 2017 at 4:28 pm
I was extremely surprised to find out that we had almost gotten hit by an asteroid.
Ethan Richarte • Feb 2, 2017 at 3:11 pm
I thought this was a very interesting article and I wonder what would have happened if it actually ended up hitting Earth.
Brayan Rodriguez • Feb 3, 2017 at 1:28 pm
we would die
Rohan Sahay • Feb 1, 2017 at 7:57 pm
I really like the article and I think that this information will help people prepare for an asteroid that might hit Earth.
Hafsa Nasir • Jan 31, 2017 at 5:36 pm
I feel that this article was very explanatory and talked about how dangerous it could be, if it had hit the Earth’s surface.
Kylie Toblesky • Jan 31, 2017 at 3:07 pm
I liked this because I had no idea that an asteroid almost hit the Earth.
Alexis Herrmann • Jan 31, 2017 at 2:12 pm
I was surprised to learn from your article that about 35 asteroids fly closer than the moon every month
Olivia Steward • Jan 31, 2017 at 10:07 am
This article consisted of so many interesting things. I was shocked to hear how close the asteroid flew to earth! I enjoyed reading this a lot.
Zachary • Feb 2, 2017 at 3:12 pm
hello
Matt Kim • Jan 30, 2017 at 2:53 pm
I enjoyed this article because I don’t want to die and it would be scary if no one knew. Also, there would be more asteroids a few years away coming right at earth possibly.
Eric Stratford • Jan 30, 2017 at 1:23 pm
What a relief. It’s a good thing that this didn’t his us. Well written article, James, and good job on the details.
Darius Reed • Jan 29, 2017 at 8:10 pm
Very interesting article i wondered what would have happened if that had hit Earth.
Zachary • Feb 2, 2017 at 3:10 pm
Umm Darius u do realize If it hit the earth we will be all dead. bro come on u should know that.
Victor Wen • Jan 25, 2017 at 9:51 pm
I really enjoyed this article. It was very detailed and I was surprised to learn that we only find out about asteroids after they fly past us.
Savannah Bloom • Jan 25, 2017 at 9:22 pm
This is actually the first near asteroid but i’ve heard of.
connor vedder • Jan 25, 2017 at 8:55 pm
I thought this article was very interesting because I never knew that asteroids fly closer to the earth and moon each month.
Noah Finn • Jan 25, 2017 at 8:21 pm
Interesting, I had no idea asteroids flew by earth very often, let alone 35 every month.
Ryen Hernandez • Jan 25, 2017 at 7:59 pm
I really enjoyed this article. I was surprised to learn that 35 asteroids fly closer to the Earth each month.
Nathan Le • Jan 25, 2017 at 7:43 pm
I really enjoy reading these kinds of stuff. It’s nice to put some awareness that scientists don’t know about all the things around us in the solar system.
Dylan Smock • Jan 25, 2017 at 7:12 pm
I was surprised to learn from reading your article that if the asteroid went through Earth’s atmosphere is would disintegrate but the debris from it still would have a devastating impact.
Elyzabeth Andersen • Jan 25, 2017 at 6:35 pm
It was interesting to know so many asteroids fly close to the moon and we don’t even know until they are next to us.
Kyle Saba • Jan 25, 2017 at 5:48 pm
It is really amazing how a ton of asteroids fly by closer than the moon each month.
Daniel Jochum • Jan 24, 2017 at 10:57 pm
I feel unnerved that we can prevent a disaster, but we cannot always see what we need to prevent.
Eric Berndt • Jan 20, 2017 at 1:34 pm
Interesting, didn’t know think that they would only discovered it two days before hand, if it was on a collision course with Earth that would be bad.
Olivia Yerkes • Jan 20, 2017 at 1:14 pm
I really like this article because there are a lot of facts, good job! It looks like you also did a lot of research from different sources to make this article.
Carley Austin • Jan 20, 2017 at 1:11 pm
I really enjoyed reading this article, it was very well written and interesting.
Bethany Barks • Jan 20, 2017 at 10:55 am
I was surprised that so many asteroids fly near Earth each month. That’s awfully scary. NEO needs to take a better look at the night sky.