An Asteroid Could Have Killed Us Tonight
Rejoice, because you are alive: An asteroid named 2009 TM8 just passed only 216,000 miles from Earth, racing at 18,163mph. That’s closer than the moon. But don’t worry, there’ll be plenty of opportunities to panic, says the JPL: https://gizmodo.com/uh-we-almost-got-asteroided-yesterday-5163926 If it’s typical density, it would create a 4 kiloton explosion in the Earth’s atmosphere if…
