Asteroid sweeps past Earth on ‘dooms day’

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Today is 12-12-12 the day the world is supposed to end – at least according to the Mayan calendar and while the earth is still in one piece early this morning, astronomers report of a close call. Early Wednesday morning a newly discovered asteroid skimmed past the Earth about 226,000km from the earth. The asteroid passed through the Earth’s shadow and created an asteroid shadow. In 2011, a small asteroid missed the Earth just by 5,400 kilometers.


Read more at Universe Today and the Washington Post.

 

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