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Author:  jonbwfc [ Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Asteroid to pass between Moon and Earth *ulp*
PS 13 due to pass 0.5 lunar distance from Earth tomorrow

OK, Asteroid zips past (in astronomical terms) within a hair's breadth of us, that's scary enough right? You know what's actually scary? We only found out it was coming two days ago.
Author:  AlunD [ Sat Aug 10, 2013 7:13 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Asteroid to pass between Moon and Earth *ulp*
:shock:
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Aug 10, 2013 7:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Asteroid to pass between Moon and Earth *ulp*
Another near miss. :shock:
Author:  davrosG5 [ Sat Aug 10, 2013 7:37 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Asteroid to pass between Moon and Earth *ulp*
It's not the near misses you have to worry about.
Author:  ProfessorF [ Sat Aug 10, 2013 9:04 am ]
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Yup, I'd take 1000 near misses everyday over an impact. :lol:
Author:  Spreadie [ Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Asteroid to pass between Moon and Earth *ulp*
lame article wrote:
Asteroid 2013 PS13 Closest Approach Today and will Fly Between the Earth and the Moon at a Distance of 203.700 km (0,5 LD)

So which is it, 203km or a 0.5LD?

203km means it will pass through the atmosphere.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Aug 10, 2013 1:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Asteroid to pass between Moon and Earth *ulp*
Spreadie wrote:
lame article wrote:
Asteroid 2013 PS13 Closest Approach Today and will Fly Between the Earth and the Moon at a Distance of 203.700 km (0,5 LD)

So which is it, 203km or a 0.5LD?

203km means it will pass through the atmosphere.

I think it is 203 700 km I think that some places use the comma instead of a dot and vice versa.
Author:  rustybucket [ Sat Aug 10, 2013 2:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Asteroid to pass between Moon and Earth *ulp*
Spreadie wrote:
European article wrote:
Asteroid 2013 PS13 Closest Approach Today and will Fly Between the Earth and the Moon at a Distance of 203.700 km (0,5 LD)

So which is it, 203km or a 0.5LD?

203km means it will pass through the atmosphere.

It's from from Madrid.

Much of Europe uses the comma as the decimal point (as in the ‘0,5LD’ from the article ;) ) and they use either a space or a full stop for the digit group separator. A lot of engineers and scientists use the same system when writing documents - depending on use, there can be more contrast, it can be more readable and less likely to suffer from copying errors.
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