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Car-size asteroid discovered 2 days ago flies 30 times closer to Earth than the moon
(www.livescience.com)
this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2024
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12k miles is very close, the headline is using ridiculous comparisons, but 12k is closer than many medium and high orbit satellites.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Earth_orbit