Marco Missed

[George K]

https://starwalk.space/en/news/should-you-worry-about-an-asteroid-hitting-earth

Asteroid 2023 BU, discovered only five days before its encounter with the Earth, will zoom by our planet on January 26, 2023. The closest approach will occur at 21:17 GMT (16:17 EST). The asteroid will pass just 3,500 km (2,174 miles) above the Earth’s surface — between low Earth orbit where the ISS flies and geostationary orbit where geostationary satellites fly. While most asteroids pass beyond the Moon’s orbit (which is 384,400 km or 238,855 mi from the Earth), this one will get 100 times closer to us! According to NASA, the asteroid’s diameter equals 3.8-8.5 m (12-28 ft), which is about half the size of the famous Chelyabinsk meteorite. Despite flying quite close to our planet, the asteroid will pose no threat to the Earth: even if it entered the atmosphere, it would break up around 30 km (18.6 mi) above the ground.

[Catseye3]

@George-K said in Marco Missed:

Despite flying quite close to our planet, the asteroid will pose no threat to the Earth:

Nice how they posted all the scary stuff in the beginning and tacked this on the end.

I hate the news.