WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2022
A CLOSE CALL!
Close calls! We've all had one from
time to time! Usually on the highway
when somebody cuts us off without
warning. But the near miss we're
remembering today could have been a
little more serious. It happened on
March 23rd of 1989 when an asteroid
the size of a mountain missed hitting
the earth by 500,000 miles. In
astronomical terms that equates to a
near miss! Had it hit it would have
left a crater the size of Washington, D.C.
And the energy released by such an
impact would have been equal to a 600
megaton atomic bomb! Other asteroids
have come as close as 12,000 miles. And
history tells us one giant one actually
hit which, we're told, caused the death of
the dinosaur! So at 500,000 miles, the
miss we're rememberfing today was still
too close for comfort!b Hope they continue
to miss and that all your NEWS is good!
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