Asteroid that could’ve obliterated NYC skimmed past Earth

everittdmickey (73)in #newzleakz • 7 years ago

– and NASA didn’t notice
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The large space rock – dubbed 2017 VL2 – passed the planet on November 9 at an astonishing distance of just 73,000 miles, which is considered tiny in space terms.
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Space boffins think that if the rock measuring between 16 and 32 metres had hit, it could’ve wiped a major city such as New York off the map.
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The rock belongs to the Apollo group of asteroids and was first seen at ATLAS-MLO observatory in Hawaii a day later.
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It was travelling at a speed of 8.73km/s and would have caused catastrophic damage if it had made impact.