Corey S Powell on Nostr: Whenever you read one of those breathless stories about some asteroid passing close ...
Whenever you read one of those breathless stories about some asteroid passing close to Earth, keep in mind that small space stuff hits us. All. The. Time.
This map shows the orbits of things that hit Earth just *yesterday* -- and just over the southern & eastern United States!
https://fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov/ #space #science #risk #nasa
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